xTCA Standards Drive Growth In Embedded Market 
xTCA标准推动嵌入式市场增长

July 27, 2012 -- Sales of xTCA boards are forecast to grow from $400 million in 2012, to over $700 million in 2016 according to a recently published report by IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc.

7月27日消息——根据IMS Research（最近已被HIS公司收购）新近发布的一份报告表明，XTCA板卡的销售额预计将从2012年的4亿美元增长到2016年的7亿多美元。

“Although ATCA is projected to outsell PrAMCs, accounting for 85 percent of the xTCA market in 2016, all technologies have a part to play, as the application reach of each standard is a little different,” commented report author Toby Colquhoun.

报告作者Toby Colquhoun评论道：“尽管ATCA的销量预计将超过PrAMC，并在2016年占据85%的xTCA市场，但所有的技术都会有其一席之地，因为各项标准的应用范畴略有不同。”

The majority (about 80 percent) of ATCA board revenues are to communications applications. Growth is closely tied to the performance of companies in this vertical. For example, the performance of tier 1 European communication equipment providers was weak in 2011, and consequently ATCA board revenues contracted from 2010.

ATCA板卡收入的大部分（约80％）是通信应用，因此市场的增长与该垂直行业的公司业绩密切相关。比如，欧洲一级通信设备供应商2011年的业绩较弱，因此ATCA板卡销售收入相比2010年有所收缩。

By contrast, the flexibility of the microTCA platform means that about 50 percent of revenues are to other industries, such as military and transportation. As expenditure in these programmes runs over long periods, microTCA board revenues experienced strong growth between 2010 and 2011 in EMEA.

相比之下，MicroTCA平台的灵活性使得其大约有50％的收入来自其他行业，如军事和交通运输。这些项目支出具有长期性，使得从2010年到2011年，MicroTCA板卡在欧洲、中东和非洲地区取得了强劲增长。

2012 to 2016, ATCA board revenues are forecast to grow strongly, as growth in economic activity and investment in communications infrastructure increases. Many companies have picked ATCA to support 4G deployments, and as more network operators offer this service, ATCA is poised to benefit.

2012年到2016年，随着通信基础设施经济活动的增加和投资的增长，ATCA板卡收入预计增长强劲。许多公司已经选定ATCA支持4G网络的部署，而随着越来越多的网络运营商提供4G服务，ATCA也将受益。

Beyond 2016 the outlook for the ATCA standard is uncertain. Today, the transition to 40 GB Ethernet is well underway, but it remains to be seen if the standard has enough footprint to allow features that are likely to become key purchasing criteria. This includes support for multiple high performance processors and 100 GB Ethernet.

2016年以后ATCA标准的前景并不明朗。现今，40GB以太网的过渡正在有条不紊地进行，但该标准是否有足够的空间实现有可能成为主要采购标准的功能，仍有待观察。这包括对多种高性能处理器和100GB以太网的支持。