Hardware Industry Chromebooks set to take the biggest hit as global PC sales slow The days of renewed growth are over By Adrian Potoroaca, June 30, 2022, 4:46 PM
Hardware Industry Intel said to be cutting Alder Lake CPU prices for OEMs More good news for consumers during these tough economic times By Adrian Potoroaca, June 29, 2022, 6:15 AM
Hardware Industry AMD hits highest x86 market share ever amid desktop CPU decline The Lisa Su-powered AMD is making slow and steady gains By Adrian Potoroaca, May 12, 2022, 1:15 PM 19 comments
Industry Global PC shipments start to normalize as component shortages ease Leveling out after a chaotic couple of years By Shawn Knight, April 28, 2022, 11:27 AM 13 comments
Industry Electronics Integrated circuit shipments forecast to reach nearly 430 billion in 2022 Demand for ICs has never been higher By Shawn Knight, April 14, 2022, 1:42 PM
Industry Hardware Global PC market sees 15 percent revenue boost despite notebook shipment downturn Desktop shipments grew 12 percent By Cohen Coberly, April 14, 2022, 6:03 AM 10 comments
Hardware Industry PC shipments start to slow following double-digit growth the last two years Despite a dip, manufacturers still shipped over 80 million PCs By Joao Silva, April 11, 2022, 1:47 PM
Mobile Industry Global smartphone revenue hit a record high in 2021 despite supply chain challenges The average selling price of smartphones increased 12 percent last year By Shawn Knight, February 25, 2022, 4:22 PM
Industry Tablet and Chromebook shipments dipped in the fourth quarter, but annual growth persisted Component shortages impacted holiday shipments By Shawn Knight, February 1, 2022, 11:18 AM
Hardware Is the end in sight? Graphics card shipments predicted to increase 10% as mining demand lessens Some welcome positive signs By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2022, 7:37 AM 26 comments
Hardware Industry PC market to reach nearly 345 million units shipped in 2021, but growth to slow in subsequent years The PC market has pulled past peak pandemic demand By Shawn Knight, December 10, 2021, 11:44 AM
Hardware Industry Nvidia was the only major GPU maker to increase shipments in the third quarter AMD and Intel both struggled with GPU shipments in Q3 By Shawn Knight, November 24, 2021, 2:30 PM 12 comments
Industry Hardware Demand for low-end laptop CPUs plummets, and not because of the chip shortage Chromebooks and other low-end laptops are suffering By Shawn Knight, November 5, 2021, 12:56 PM 26 comments
Hardware Industry Global PC sales fall 2% year on year, Chromebook shipments down 37 percent A slowdown in education spending decreased demand for Google's device By Zak Islam, November 2, 2021, 12:36 PM
Mobile Industry Supply chain constraints finally catch up as global smartphone shipments dipped 6.7 percent in Q3 Supply-side issues aren't expected to ease until well into 2022 By Shawn Knight, October 29, 2021, 9:48 AM
Hardware Industry PC market growth affected by ongoing supply issues Q3 marked the first US shipment decline since the pandemic began By Zak Islam, October 11, 2021, 12:44 PM
Industry Hardware Gaming PCs to become more expensive while monitors drop in price as markets grow The markets' combined value is predicted to hit $60 billion by 2025 By Rob Thubron, October 1, 2021, 7:37 AM 12 comments
Industry Mobile Smartphone shipments keep growing thanks to emerging markets, 5G, and Apple More people are buying $1,000+ handsets By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2021, 7:18 AM 8 comments
Industry The PC market jumped 17% in Q2, but tablet shipments stalled The work-from-home effect continues to be felt By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2021, 7:42 AM
Wearable Tech Industry The smartwatch industry is now 27 percent bigger than it was a year ago There are now more than 100 million Apple Watch users By Adrian Potoroaca, August 26, 2021, 3:13 PM
Hardware Industry HDD makers shipped a record amount of storage in Q2 2021 Hard drives are still selling like hotcakes By Adrian Potoroaca, August 17, 2021, 8:16 AM
Industry Mobile Samsung loses top European phone vendor crown to Xiaomi Xiaomi knocked Apple off its number two spot in the global rankings last month By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2021, 8:48 AM 15 comments
Mobile Industry Samsung continues to lead global smartphone market despite quarterly decline The global smartphone market grew year over year but declined compared to last quarter By Shawn Knight, July 29, 2021, 11:56 AM 7 comments
Hardware Industry PC shipments continued to grow in Q2 2021, but signs suggest demand is dropping PC shipments grew 13 percent last quarter By Cohen Coberly, July 12, 2021, 6:06 PM 28 comments
Apple Wearable Tech The smartwatch market is growing, Apple Watch still dominates Apple remains the undisputed leader in the smartwatch space By Adrian Potoroaca, May 27, 2021, 3:13 PM 9 comments