Bottlenecks for PC components until 2022
The Corona crisis also means that some hardware manufacturers can no longer keep up with production. Current demand has already reached a peak not seen since 2008.
It's true that hardware manufacturers are already promising numerous improved IT components such as cameras, speakers and microphones for next year. However, the whole world has upgraded its need for laptops and desktop PCs since Corona, according to Reuters to a level not seen since the iPhone launch in 2007. Acer America CEO Gregg Prendergast is quoted as saying this. According to him, the entire supply chain was very tense during the year. According to the report, some manufacturers are no longer able to keep up with production. At Acer, some corporate customers are already waiting several months for ordered hardware.
According to IDC, a global peak of around 300 million devices was reached around 2008, after which demand fell continuously to around 250 million devices per year until 2019. In the meantime, the analysts expect an increase of a good 15 percent since 2020 compared to the previous year, which should bring demand back to around 300 million. The very high buying interest for PC components is due to the Corona crisis, as more and more private users are upgrading to home offices. The tablet segment is also recording surprising growth.
According to IDC, the bottlenecks could continue until 2022.
Source: Reuters
