Market Statistics
In 2003, about $44 billion (USD) worth of microprocessors were manufactured and sold. Although about half of that money was spent on CPUs used in desktop or laptop personal computers, those count for only about 2% of all CPUs sold.
About 55% of all CPUs sold in the world are 8-bit microcontrollers, over two billion of which were sold in 1997.
As of 2002, less than 10% of all the CPUs sold in the world are 32-bit or more. Of all the 32-bit CPUs sold, about 2% are used in desktop or laptop personal computers. Most microprocessors are used in embedded control applications such as household appliances, automobiles, and computer peripherals. Taken as a whole, the average price for a microprocessor, microcontroller, or DSP is just over $6.
About ten billion CPUs were manufactured in 2008. About 98% of new CPUs produced each year are embedded.
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