Mobile PC Supply Strained Due to Chip Shortages: Futuresource
COVID-19 drove “unprecedented” government investment in education technology last year, reported Futuresource Wednesday. Demand, component shortages and supply chain issues stretched delivery times into 2021, straining the mobile PC supply chain "like never before," said analyst Michael Boreham. Global PC…
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demand in the K-12 market swelled 69% vs. 2019 to reach 51 million units, while overall mobile PC demand in Q4 soared 209% to 16.5 million units, it said. Google’s Chrome operating system led the global mobile segment with 44% share, vs. 32% for Windows, said the researcher. Some schools are keeping older devices in use longer to ensure students have access to a device.