到了1985年,电子设备的消耗额将达2048亿美元,而二年前(1970年)还只有568亿美元。这个设备数字中包括元件的估计价值457亿美元在内,而在1970年元件价值只有149亿美元。这些数字包括在最近由电子工业协会(EIA)第一次完成的对全世界1985年消耗各类电子设备与元件的预测数字之内。最高的平均年增长率是在工业方面,其次是在消费者方面,最末是在政府方面(参见图1)。 By 1985, consumption of electronic equipment will reach 204.8 billion U.S. dollars, up from 56.8 billion U.S. dollars two years ago (1970). This device figure includes the estimated value of components of 45.7 billion US dollars, including, while the component value in 1970 was only 14.9 billion US dollars. These numbers include the first figures recently completed by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) for the world’s 1985 forecast of consumption of various types of electronic equipment and components. The highest average annual growth rates are in the industrial sector, followed by the consumer, and lastly in the government (see Figure 1).