Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Server Unit Shipments, Market Share, and Growth, First Quarter of 2021 |
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Company |
1Q21 Unit Shipments |
1Q21 Market Share |
1Q20 Unit Shipments |
1Q20 Market Share |
1Q21/1Q20 Unit Growth |
1. Dell Technologies |
488,981 |
17.5% |
474,011 |
18.4% |
3.2% |
2. HPE/H3C(a) |
405,190 |
14.5% |
377,544 |
14.6% |
7.3% |
3. Inspur/Inspur Power Systems(b) |
222,596 |
8.0% |
216,896 |
8.4% |
2.6% |
4. Lenovo |
169,467 |
6.1% |
154,415 |
6.0% |
9.7% |
T5. Super Micro* |
128,558 |
4.6% |
131,989 |
5.1% |
-2.6% |
T5. Huawei* |
116,606 |
4.2% |
100,035 |
3.9% |
16.6% |
ODM Direct |
887,520 |
31.7% |
770,466 |
29.8% |
15.2% |
Rest of Market |
377,236 |
13.5% |
356,689 |
13.8% |
5.8% |
Total |
2,796,154 |
100.0% |
2,582,044 |
100.0% |
8.3% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, June 10, 2021 |
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Top Server Market Findings
On a geographic basis, server revenue in China was up 29.1% year over year while Asia/Pacific (excluding China and Japan) increased 16.6%. Latin America declined 9.1% and North America grew 10.6% year over year.
Revenue generated from x86 servers increased 10.9% in 1Q21 to $18.7 billion. Non-x86 server revenue grew 23.0% year over year to $2.2 billion.
Notes:
* IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide server market when there is a difference of one percent or less in the share of revenues or shipments among two or more vendors.
(a) Due to the existing joint venture between HPE and H3C, IDC is reporting external market share on a global level for HPE and H3C as "HPE/H3C" starting from 2Q 2016. Per the JV agreement, Tsinghua Holdings subsidiary, Unisplendour Corporation, through a wholly owned affiliate, purchased a 51% stake in H3C and HPE has a 49% ownership stake in the new company.
(b) Inspur revenues include revenues and server units for Inspur Power Systems. Inspur is reported as a separate company with revenues including Inspur OEM systems and Inspur Power Systems locally developed and branded systems revenue. Per the JV agreement, Inspur Power Commercial System Co., Ltd., has total registered capital of RMB 1 billion, with Inspur investing RMB 510 million for a 51% equity stake, and IBM investing RMB 490 million for the remaining 49% equity stake.
