PC shipments anticipated to grow by 18.1% in 2022, tech market thriving

Though there's ever a new story regarding the great semiconductor shortage of 2022, there's not always a story that cites the opposite side of the money: The shortages are due, in role, to tape levels of demand. In other words, PCs aren't selling less than usual due to supply pitfalls; rather, they're selling more than ever before, which is only compounding supply chain failings further.

For example: The International Data Corporation (IDC) is expecting PC shipments to skyrocket throughout the rest of 2022. Specifically, it estimates that "shipments of PCs are expected to grow 18.1% in 2022 with shipments of just over 357 million units." The IDC anticipates a growth dropoff of -2.9% in 2022 but an overall positive 3% compound almanac growth rate over 5 years.

Fifty-fifty with worldwide component shortages all over the world, major manufacturers and suppliers are withal moving mountains to ensure that unprecedented demand is met as efficiently equally possible. In a world that's gone remote, information technology's a natural conclusion that sales of PC technology are through the roof.

IDC PC Stats Source: IDC

The IDC'due south research manager for Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, Jitesh Ubrani, said, "as the component shortages proceed into next year, nosotros conceptualize at least some of the buyers will settle for desktops in place of notebooks equally the urgency of demand for any kind of PC remains quite high." The idea here is that even if notebooks are in high demand and consumer desire does beat out supply, desktop sales will make full the void.

Ubrani's forecast is a reasonable one, given that notebook PC shipments are upwardly 81% over last year. It stands to reason that that sort of intense consumer appetite, compounded by component shortages, will somewhen strength those urgently in need of tech to hop over to the desktop side of the fence only for the sake of having a functional machine to deport out work on.

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