Until Microsoft introduces its 64-bit operating system-expected early next year-don't wait for any marketplace momentum for 64-bit microprocessors (MPUs).On the heels of a projected growth in 2004-to US33.8 billion in sales from US27 billion in sales in 2003-the market will decline slightly to US32.4 billion in 2005,says market researcher 1C Insights,Scottsdale,Ariz.The biggest market driver:mobile computers,as consumers and businesses increase their purchases of notebooks and laptops instead of desktops.
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