PC market will reach 357.4 million units this year, expected growth of over 18%

IDC launched the latest forecast analysis that the PC market will reach 357.4 million units this year, an increase of 18.2% that is much higher than the 12.9% market declared by the institute earlier in 2020. Increase.

IDC believes that the industry’s prospects are stronger than historical levels, and the compound annual growth rate for 2020-2025 is supposed to be 2.5%. IDC pointed out that global demand for personal computers has reached a record level since 2020.

Although many regions have reopened after the COVID-19 outbreak, market demand remains strong. The agency believes that the biggest driving factors are consumers and students and corporate upgrades, on the grounds that these users need reliable systems to maintain production and communicate with the outside world.

In addition, with the advent of the COVID-19 era, people’s demand for new PCs is also more urgent. ‘As consumers will continue to switch from other categories to PC consumer spending that will help promote market demand, personal computer shipments are expected to be much higher than the level before the pandemic. IDC-related researchers noticed out.

Regarding the shortage of parts and components in the industry, IDC believes that as the demand outlook continues to rise, the willingness of suppliers to increase production capacity will also increase, and it is supposed that the supply problem will begin to ease after the middle of the year.

The agency also predicts that assuming that the supply will no longer be interrupted, by the middle of 2021, PC supply and production capacity will reach a balance.

Consistent with IDC’s market analysis and forecast, Lenovo’s order volume in the world’s largest PC R&D and manufacturing base-Linkpro Technology is extremely strong, and it has been ‘queued’ to the third quarter. Lianbao Technology started the largest recruitment in its history after the Spring Festival this year, with about 10,000 newly recruited employees.

Along with this, the upstream and downstream suppliers around Lianbao also started construction earlier than in previous years to ensure that the industry chain is in step and the supply of parts and other materials is sufficient.

Earlier this year, IDC issued a forecast for the Chinese PC market, stating that the Chinese PC market will continue to maintain strong momentum in 2021, and K12, smart office, and government industries will become the main drivers of market growth. In terms of producers, traditional global PC manufacturers still have strong R&D, product, and scale advantages.

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