‘Urgency’ of PC Demand to Stay ‘Quite High,’ Says IDC
PCs will remain one of the many thriving categories in the consumer tech space this year, reported IDC Tuesday. It’s forecasting 18.1% growth in shipments this year to 357 million units. Though IDC expects shipments to decline by about 3%…
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in 2022, the overall five-year compound annual growth rate outlook “remains positive at 3%,” it said. “We continue to get an abundance of questions about the growing semiconductor shortage and its impact on PCs,” said IDC analyst Ryan Reith. “We don't debate that the overall semiconductor market is constrained right now, but for the overall PC market it is a very different narrative than the years leading up to the pandemic.” As the chip shortages continue into 2022, IDC anticipates at least some buyers “will settle for desktops in place of notebooks as the urgency of demand for any kind of PC remains quite high,” said analyst Jitesh Ubrani. “Longer term, the consumer refresh cycle is also expected to be pulled in slightly as the pandemic has raised the profile of PCs and consumers continue to spend more time and dollars on PC gaming and content consumption.”