IDC Predicts Increase in Personal Computers Worldwide

The International Data Corporation's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker provided a newly formulated forecast showing that shipments of personal computers worldwide are considered likely to increment 14.2%, or upward to 347 million units, this year. The number of units shipped is down from their May 2021 forecast of 18% of units shipped. This is due to "continued supply concatenation and logistical challenges," reports IDC.

The tablet market place, however, is forecasted to increase slowly to 3.4% in 2021.

We continue to believe the PC and tablet markets are supply constrained and that need is nonetheless there. The lengthening of the supply shortages combined with on-going logistical issues are presenting the industry with some big challenges. However, nosotros believe the vast majority of PC need is non-perishable, especially from the business organization and education sectors.

—Ryan Reith , Program VP with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers

Personal computers, such as traditional notebooks, desktops, and workstations, are forecasted to have a CAGR, or compound annual growth rate, of three.ii% while tablets are forecasted to slow down 1.5% in shipping. It is speculated with this information that notebook computers will exist the driving strength of growth for the future of personal computers. This information is afterward studying trends over a forecasted period between 2021 to 2025 past the IDC.

With the increasing demand for diverse personal computing devices due to the final few years of remote workforces and personal need, the IDC anticipates those devices to maintain the driving force of increased aircraft of personal computers

How much is this newfound PC centricity worth? In November of 2019, we published our last pre-pandemic forecast, which stretched out to 2023. At that juncture, we projected a total market of 367 million units in 2023. Today, we are expecting over half-a-billion units of personal computing devices to be shipped that year. Then how much is that compute centricity worth? A simplified view would propose almost 135 1000000 units or 37% more than the original marketplace forecast.

—Linn Huang , Enquiry VP of Devices & Displays at IDC

As the IDC looks towards the future in the forecast, it is anticipated that spending on a consumer level will "rebalance" to more than normal behavior, such as travel and leisurely spending. This is in turn due to many families and individuals unable to travel to any location because of the prevalent lockdown mandates put in place past worldwide governing bodies.

In curt, when the market shows stagnation, there will all the same be the market for personal computers and other computing devices due to newer and evolving remote workplaces, increasing demand for learning opportunities with schools and hobbies such every bit gaming.

Source: IDC