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PC industry to revive in 2003
News Such trends could mean a healthy 10 percent growth for the semiconductor industry, as well as 10 to 15 percent growth in wireless and 5 to 6 percent for the PC business -- all three of which have been floundering for several years.
[January 6, 2003, 15:30]
PC industry faces worst year since dot-com bust
News Another factor in the sagging PC industry is the severe dropoff in IT spending by large corporate customers. PC makers have been able to ship more units each year for the past eight straight years. Even in weak years, PC unit shipments typically...
[July 15, 2009, 16:01]
PC industry ridiculed by academics and researchers
News Buxton and several other speakers said the fundamental design of the PC hasn't changed since the early 1980s, when the devices first became widely available to consumers. The PC in many respects has too many functions, and it does them too poorly.
[March 14, 2001, 12:27]
Netbook sales help buoy PC industry
News Despite the volatile economy, the PC industry overall appears on the surface to be doing fine thanks to the influx of cheap, under-powered notebooks. Overall, worldwide PC shipments rose to 80.6 million units during the third quarter this year, a...
[October 15, 2008, 9:00]
Analyst calls for major surgery to save PC industry
News After watching profit warning after profit warning from major PC makers in recent weeks, Neff said the industry is at a "critical stage". From an investor standpoint, the PC industry will be an unattractive segment until we see concrete steps...
[January 17, 2001, 7:52]
Low-cost laptop vs. Microsoft and Intel PC industry
Talkback Thanks to Linux OS becomming available to the mass market thanks to the OLPC, and thanks to fanless low power hardware, low cost computers will now revolutionnize the PC industry. More expensive hardware provides more margins to all the...
[June 19, 2007, 3:25]
Efficeon nets PC industry backing
News Chipmaker Transmeta said on Wednesday that a wide range of PC infrastructure companies -- involved in technologies such as firmware, chipsets, and graphics technology needed for basic PC operations -- have agreed to support its upcoming Efficeon...
[October 1, 2003, 15:20]
Intel alone in seeing glass half full
News The PC industry has bottomed out and is poised for a rebound, says Intel 's chief executive Craig Barrett, who expressed his optimism during a business tour through Asia this week. One factor that's expected to undermine PC sales in the coming...
[August 3, 2001, 9:15]
Worldwide PC revenue remains flat
News The PC industry is running hard, but staying in the same spot. For the year, revenue generated from worldwide PC sales across the industry, however, remained flat at $201.1bn, according to the firm's early estimate.
[January 18, 2007, 8:58]
PC makers well-prepared for Vista push
News Microsoft may be glad to finally get Windows Vista out the door, but consider the PC industry the second happiest bunch. AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz told financial analysts last week that Vista's short-term effect probably wouldn't provide a...
[January 30, 2007, 8:26]
Intel's new boss predicts strong second-half sales
News Intel has been playing catch up with a PC industry spoilt for choice of processor: less expensive components, such as AMD's K6, a cheaper clone of Intel's Pentium chip and Cyrix' Media GX range, have taken their toll.
[April 6, 1998, 10:10]
Fujitsu Siemens: PC boom days are over
News The glory days of growth in the PC industry are gone, according to Fujitsu Siemens Computers chief executive Adrian von Hammerstein, who said his company is managing to beat the market only through steep cost-cutting and a tightly focused product...
[June 12, 2003, 15:15]
PC makers seek safety in services
News The beleaguered PC industry is taking a cue from McDonalds, bundling hardware and services into computing "value meals" that offer better deals for customers and steadier revenue for PC makers. With PC manufacturers facing one of the worst years...
[October 9, 2001, 9:08]
HP-Compaq merger may complicate Microsoft relations
News Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq is a historical moment for the PC industry, and one that could cause Microsoft some short-term headaches. In some ways, iPaq has come to be identified with Microsoft's Pocket PC software, while sales of HP's...
[September 5, 2001, 12:41]
Wireless to spark handheld boom
News They're part of the electronics fashion industry more than the PC industry. PC makers may be lining up to offer bad news, but PDA manufacturers like Palm and Handpsring, can't seem to ramp up production fast enough.
[January 19, 2001, 6:18]
Gartner: HP and IBM could abandon PC market
News IBM and HP are in danger of being forced out of the PC manufacturing industry by 2007, according to analyst firm Gartner. Gartner predicted that PC vendors are facing a gloomy future, and that three of the top ten companies in the computer...
[November 29, 2004, 12:05]
Studies paint dismal picture of PC sales
News For a PC industry battered by sagging sales and poor profits--this week from Apple Computer, Gateway and Intel--the reports only add to the woes. The market researchers on Friday released preliminary PC shipment data for the fourth quarter of 2000...
[January 22, 2001, 9:31]
Microsoft to mobile phone group: You need us
News Software giant Microsoft has insisted that any attempt to standardise future mobile phones will need to involve the whole PC industry, including itself. But where are the Internet players, not to mention the PC industry?
[November 14, 2001, 17:22]
Waitt to step down as CEO of Gateway
News The PC industry just lost one of its most creative lights, at a time when his vision might have helped drive it forward. After all, Gateway marketed the Destination, a PC entertainment system for the living room, years before anyone in the industry...
[December 9, 1999, 9:40]
PC shipment growth grinds to a halt in Q4
News After several years of seemingly tireless 15 percent quarterly growth, the PC industry hit a wall at the end of 2008. Overall PC shipments worldwide dropped 0.4 percent to 77.3 million units during the fourth quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide...
[January 15, 2009, 9:08]
