PC market surges as coronavirus forces working from home
As consumers sheltered in place during the second quarter, they bought PCs by the ton. Both Gartner and IDC research firms reported big positive swings in PC and Chromebook sales for the […]
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Transcript: Intel’s Swan explains how Intel can win the PC market
Editor’s note: Intel chief executive Bob Swan sat down briefly via Zoom with reporters and analysts in advance of CES 2021 to summarize where the company stands in 2021 and what the […]
PC market soars, driving Intel’s revenue and profits unexpectedly higher
Outgoing Intel chief executive Bob Swan previously told PCWorld that he was worried that, when the pandemic hit, PC sales would drop off a cliff. As Intel’s fourth-quarter earnings revealed, the exact opposite […]
Intel regains market share from AMD in notebook, desktop PCs
Although AMD executives have touted their market-share gains in the PC processor market during 2020 as a whole, Intel actually clawed back a bit of share during the fourth quarter, an independent […]
Why a console APU equivalent will never exist for the DIY market
Q: Why can’t we have an APU for DIY PCs that rival those in the Xbox Series X and the PS5? If bandwidth is the problem, AMD can just put more memory […]
Microsoft says PC market ‘deteriorated’ in June
Microsoft reported lower earnings than analysts expected during a PC market that the company said “deteriorated” in June. Microsoft reported that OEM revenue of Windows dropped by 2 percent year-over-year during the […]
Intel’s $289 Arc A750 GPU aims to ‘reset the market’ on Oct. 12
After an eternity of delays and teases, Intel’s debut Arc desktop graphics cards are finally launching, with the flagship Arc A770 GPU releasing on October 12 for $329 (or $349 for a […]
MediaTek still plans to enter the Windows on Arm PC market
MediaTek executives reiterated their plans to eventually enter the PC market with an Arm processor, challenging Qualcomm’s Snapdragon in the Windows on Arm market. Unfortunately, the details of its plans are still […]
Ice-cold PC market sees worst sales ever in fourth quarter
The PC market collapsed during the fourth quarter of 2022, analysts said, with an unprecedented drop in sales due to inflation and other factors. IDC reported that PC unit sales fell by […]
Amazon Basics brand enters the PC parts market
Great Value, Kirkland, Signature Select, Husky — house brands, copied or repackaged products sold under a store’s own label as cheap alternatives to name brands, have a long and storied history at […]
