Fears are mounting that PC sales have dropped off significantly, with Intel and AMD shares both falling this week.
The PC market has been buoyant, but news from the Far East markets is apparently not good.
"Checks in Taiwan indicate PC orders falling off a cliff," JP Morgan analyst Christopher Danely stated.
"We believe a host of PC companies pushed out orders throughout the supply chain."
Sharp deceleration
Baird analyst Tristan Gerra added "Our checks point to a sharp deceleration in PC order trends continuing into August, after a below-expectation July month.
"Hopes of a meaningful recovery for the September month are less and less likely, in our view, leading to a likely below-expectation third quarter."
Despite the economic uncertainty of recent years, the PC market has been remarkably buoyant.
But even with a round of upgrades for Windows 7 and the explosive growth of the mobile computing market, some are now worried that the bubble has burst.
Via Marketwatch
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cowbell
August 11th 2010
4. @ caimbeul
Most websites publish forecasts and opinions from analysts, though I agree that the value of their opinions are questionable. If you don't want to read it then don't, but TR can't be blamed for reporting on it.
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gameshack
August 11th 2010
3. "Plenty of life in it and as previous aarticles have pointed out it is bigger than all the consoles put together!"
You mean this article ?
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/pc-gaming-is-double-the-size-of-consoles--708201
The one quoting analysis from the PC Gaming Alliance (not biased in the slightest!) who based on their own website are: "a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to drive the continued growth of gaming on Personal Computers" ?
Whose research figures were based on 2009 actuals, rather than a forecast for 2010 and beyond ?
I guess it depends whose analyst you choose to believe.
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caimbeul
August 11th 2010
2. "Is PC market 'falling off a cliff'?"
-In a word..."No"
Plenty of life in it and as previous aarticles have pointed out it is bigger than all the consoles put together!
-End of discussion. I wish TR would not keep posting drivel like this.
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lee636
August 11th 2010
1. Haha, analyst's, they create doom, gloom and a rosey future to boost their part of the economy. What a lot of ****! A clue is in their titles...Anal....
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