Shipments of x86 servers in the China market during the first quarter of 2014 totaled 350,000 units, up 22.9% on year. Meanwhile, factory revenues of x86 servers during the quarter reached US$1.07 billion, growing 24.5% on year.

"China's x86 server market has seen steady growth, driven by the continuous investment of Internet companies in infrastructure as well as the emerging demands of the traditional IT enterprises for local products. The gap between domestic vendors and leading MNC vendors is narrowing down," said Eric Peng, research manager with IDC China.

Peng added the x86 server market in China has even more opportunities to tap. The 3rd Platform technologies have accelerated the market growth. Server vendors should pay special attention in the period of change to keeping the balance of market share and profit margin with specific strategies for 2nd platform and 3rd platform, to ensure the sound growth on each niche market, added Peng.