IDC's Worldwide Workstation Tracker Taxonomy, 1Q25

This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of and definitions for workstations. The definitions provided in this document represent the scope of IDC's workstation hardware research. This taxonomy outlines market segmentations and measurement methodologies for the workstation industry, including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics."The term workstation is meant to communicate reliability and performance," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays at IDC. "This taxonomy document is meant to serve as a framework to capture performance of the mission-critical, highly technical computing market."