The server and workstation markets that have so recently been impacted by the failure of the dot-com business are ready to proceed to recovery. The dot-com explosion of system purchases is being replaced by renewals of corporate inventory short-term, and further on, by increasing needs of cellular and wireless data communications and by processing, storage and delivery of multimedia.

Until Itanium 2 became available Intel could not access the revenue-rich high-end server market serviced by microprocessors from Sun, IBM, and HP. Itanium 2 and the high performance Xeon MP are now poised to bring to Intel the opportunity to penetrate the workstation and server market and reach for a wider slice of its total revenue.

The roadmap for the next five years also looks good, because with increases in frequencies and transistor numbers, additional server components such as codecs, cryptography engines, and communication interfaces will migrate on-chip and obtain for semiconductor vendors a larger percentage of server revenues. Intel's workstations and servers 5-year processor revenues referenced to 2001 are expected to reach a CAGR of 24.8% as its unit shipments show a CAGR of 12.9%.

In-Stat/MDR's "Demand for Intel Server and Workstation Processors 2001-2006" report, part of the "Intel Microprocessors" Service, presents the status and five-year forecast of worldwide demand for Intel's workstation and server processors by server categories.

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• Nomenclature
  • Basic Definitions
  • Hardware and Software
  • Processor Categories Used In The Report
• Background
  • End-use Defines Priorities
    • Entry-Level, Access Servers
    • Mid-Range Applications Servers
    • High-End Database Servers
  • Turning Desktop Chips into Server Processors
    • Cache Memory Support
    • MP Support
    • Simultaneous Multithreading
  • The Business Environment
    • Competing Chips
    • Competing Operating Systems
• Introduction
  • Performance Increases at the Low End
  • Performance Increases at the High End
    • Xeon
    • Itanium
    • Yamhill
• Intel WorkStation and Server Processors Status and Forecast 2001–2006
  • The Big Picture
  • Processor Sales by Application
  • Sales by Application At The Low End: Pentium
  • Xeon—Backbone of Workstation and Server Product Lineup
  • Itanium—IntelЃfs Passport For Database Servers
  • 32-bits vs. 64-bits
• Conclusions
• Appendix: Intel Processors 1999–2004

• Table 1. Worldwide revenue from processors for workstations and servers (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 2. Worldwide workstation and server revenues 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/ MDR, 12/2002
• Table 3. Workstation and server processor revenues (US $k) 2001–2006 by application. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 4. Worldwide workstation and server processor unit (KЃfs) shipments by application 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 5. Intel worldwide workstation and server processor ASP (US $) by application 2001–2002. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 6. Worldwide Pentium workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR 12/2002
• Table 7. Worldwide Pentium workstation and server processor unit shipments (K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 8. Worldwide Pentium workstation and server processor ASP (US $) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 9. Worldwide Xeon workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 10. Worldwide Xeon workstation and server processor unit shipments (K) 2001–2002. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 11. Worldwide Xeon workstation and server processor ASP (US $) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR 12/2002
• Table 12. Worldwide Itanium workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 13. Worldwide Itanium workstation and server processor unit shipments (K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 14. Worldwide Itanium workstation and server processor ASP (US $) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 15. Intel server and workstation 32-bit vs. 64-bit share of revenue (%) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 16. Intel server and workstation 32-bit vs. 64-bit share of unit shipments (%) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 17. Intel server and workstation 32-bit vs. 64-bit ASPs (US $) comparison 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Table 18. Intel processors 1999–2004 status and In-Stat/MDR estimates. (Source: Intel, except cells highlighted in color, which indicate MDR projections.)

• Figure 1. Conceptual block diagram of a 4-way server
• Figure 2. Multi-level function-oriented server architecture
• Figure 3. 4-way cell board divides memory bandwidth among 4 processors, I/O and a communication port connected to a system crossbar switch
• Figure 4. Intel enterprise processor roadmap
• Figure 5. Hewlett-PackardЃfs roadmap for Intel processor use in servers. Source: HP 2002
• Figure 6. Processors for workstations and servers 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR 12/2002
• Figure 7. Workstation and server processor revenues (US $k) 2001–2006 by application. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Figure 8. Worldwide Pentium workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006
• Figure 9. Worldwide Xeon workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002
• Figure 10. Worldwide Itanium workstation and server processor revenues (US $K) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR 12/2002
• Figure 11. Intel server and workstation 32-bit vs. 64-bit share of revenue (%) 2001–2006. Source: In-Stat/MDR, 12/2002