Computer & Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 33411 directly.
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Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and/or assembling electronic computers, such as mainframes, personal computers, workstations, laptops, and computer servers; and computer peripheral equipment, such as storage devices, printers, monitors, and input/output devices and terminals. Computers can be analog, digital, or hybrid. Digital computers, the most common type, are devices that do all of the following: (1) store the processing program or programs and the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; (2) can be freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; (3) perform arithmetical computations specified by the user; and (4) execute, without human intervention, a processing program that requires the computer to modify its execution by logical decision during the processing run. Analog computers are capable of simulating mathematical models and comprise at least analog, control, and programming elements.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing covers establishments that make computers and their peripheral devices, including mainframes, personal computers, workstations, and peripherals like storage devices, printers, and monitors. The key boundary is that these establishments manufacture the computers and peripherals themselves, whereas Communications Equipment Manufacturing covers the production of wire telephone, data communications, and wireless communications equipment used to transmit data between computers rather than process it within them.