Industry Overview
The computer hardware industry include establishments engaged in manufacturing, trade, distribution and retailing of computers (ranging from supercomputers to portable hand held devices), peripheral equipment (monitors, storage devices, terminals, printers, scanners, etc.), and local area network (LAN) switches, routers and modems. This industry segment has a high concentration of small- and medium-sized enterprises, however, large manufacturers account for employment and market share.

According to a 2005 market study, the world computer hardware market has rendered total revenues of around $366.9 billion that represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8% for the five-year period from 2001-2005. A major reason for this overall lucrative growth is the sales of computer hardware apart from the PCs that have yielded total revenues of $208.2 billion, which is equivalent to 56.7% of the overall market value.

The growing market, with an expected CAGR of 5.9% for the five-year period 2005-2010 is anticipated to drive the market to a value of $489.1 billion by the end of 2010.

The United States is the world's largest market for computer hardware. In 2006, U.S. spending on computer hardware reached $136 billion, which was about one-third of the world trade, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates. Of this total spending on computer hardware, computer systems accounted for 56 %, followed by networking equipment at 19 %, peripheral equipment at 16 %, and storage hardware products at 9 %.

The main segments of computer hardware market include -

Networking Hardware	Storage Hardware	Memory Selectors
Input Devices	Output Devices	System Hardware