The global PC market has been tiggered by supply chain challenges during the third quarter of 2021, according to IDC.
IDC added up some numbers and divided by its shoe size to discover that shipments of PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, reached 86.7 million units, up 3.9 percent year on year.
It marks the sixth consecutive quarter of growth for the PC market, IDC claims, as the onset of the pandemic has led to a surge in demand while also contributing to component shortages and other supply challenges.
IDC’s Mobile and Consumer Device Trackers re, Jitesh Ubrani said that the PC industry continues to be hampered by supply and logistical challenges and unfortunately these issues have not seen much improvement in recent months.
“Given the current circumstances, we are seeing some vendors reprioritise shipments amongst various markets, allowing emerging markets to maintain growth momentum while some mature markets begin to slow.”
Lenovo retained its number one position after emerging as the top vendor for the third quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2021. The vendor saw year on year growth of 3.1 percent in the third quarter 2020, clocking in shipments of 19.7 million units.
HP followed in second, shipping 17.5 million units for the third quarter. However, this was a 5.8 percent year on year drop from its third-quarter 2020 figures.
Dell rounded up the top three with a 26.6 percent spike, shipping 15.1 million units globally.
