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By Tom Sloan
Some good news for Intel and their forthcoming Romley chip is anticipated.
The tech hardware and chip analysts at Piper Jaffray provided insights from a recent survey on corporate IT spending for 2012. They are predicting 4% to 5% IT spending growth, based on questions of 69 small and medium company CFOs and CIOs across 13 industries in North America.
The authors of the survey conclude that the results are “overall positive for the IT hardware sector,” with most respondents expecting to increase their IT spending in 2012.
The 4-5% increase in spending is in line with Gartner’s 4.6% IT spending growth forecast. It is also just slightly above the forecast for 4% global GDP growth.
For 2010 IT spending ended up increasing 5.9% while GDP rose 5.1%, better than a forecast at the start of that year for just 1.3% IT spending growth.
According to the authors at Piper, “As 2012 begins and the global economy stands at a crossroads of going from bad to worse." "The results of the survey show that even in a low growth environment, a technology driven world will continue to spend to support the rapid proliferation of both data and mobile devices.”
New Intel Chips are coming.
Among the qualitative points the authors note is that Intel’s “Romley” server chip should see strong demand as 39% of respondents reported their server computers are the area most in need of a“refresh”.
Romley is one of the most anticipated server platforms from Intel in many years.
In all, Intel is set to launch 40 new processors including those for its upcoming Romley platform, in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter.
In the first quarter, Intel will release two six-core processors Xeon E5-1660 and 1650 and a quad-core processor.
Intel will then launch seven eight-core processors including Xeon E5-2690, four six-core processors including E5-2640, three quad-core processors including E5-2609 and dual-core processor E5-2637.
As for its low-power consumption platform, Intel will release eight-core Xeon E5-2650L, six-core E5-2630L.
On a down note only 15% of respondents said their personal computers need a refresh. The corporate PC refresh business is slowing and the analysts believe the boost from Romley will be offset by a sluggish PC market.
The PC slowdown is expected to continue as a result of the increasing Tablet and Smartphone sales across the enterprise and on the consumer front. This trend lead to the Intel decision to announce the discontinuation of 25 PC chipsets.
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