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The PC market in India grew at 45% year-on-year in 2021, its fastest rate in a decade, with 18.6 million desktops, notebooks and tablets shipped.

Shipments of personal computers in China grew by 9% or by 16.5 million units in the final quarter of 2021, making the figure for the whole year a record 57 million units, an increase of 10% year-on-year, figures from the technology analyst firm Canalys show. Tablets were not included in the count.

Global shipments of PCs reached 341 million units in 2021, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding that the final quarter recorded shipments of 92 million units, a million more than the corresponding quarter in 2020.

Tech analyst firm Canalys has issued what on the surface appears to be a contradictory report about the global PC market on Monday, claiming that it fell by 2% year-on-year for the third quarter of 2021, after it released a report in October claiming a 5% rise.

The 12th Gen ('Alder Lake') Intel Core processor family includes 60 variants, starting with six unlocked desktop processors.

Supply chain issues have affected global shipments of traditional PCs — desktops, notebooks and workstations — in the third quarter, but despite this there was 3.9% year-on-year growth to mark a sixth consecutive quarter of growth, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

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Shipments of PCs to the US in the second quarter of the year grew by 17% year-on-year, with 36.8 million units being shipped, according to the technology analyst firm Canalys.

The number of devices in use globally will total 6.2 billion in 2021, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that this includes PCs (laptops and desk-based), tablets and mobile phones.

New Zealand has experienced its strongest year of PC shipments in 2020, with the technology analyst firm IDC putting it down to demand for devices to be used in education and switching from desktops to notebooks. But the company predicted that 2021 shipments would drop by 5.5%.

The Australian PC market — desktops, notebooks and workstations — grew by 11.8% year-on-year in 2020 to reach a total of 4.87 million units, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that this trend will reverse in 2021 with a fall of 4.4%.

New analysis suggests "remote working and distance learning amid an ongoing pandemic" is seeing continued increasing global demand for PCs. After a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2020, global PC shipments have grown by the end of the last year, however, not all market segments have performed the same amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Shipments of traditional PCs — notebooks, desktops and workstations — in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will come to 82.7 million units this year, a 12.7% increase year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that with the effect of the pandemic not expected to lessen in any way, the demand for devices that could be used for working from home would be strong through 2020 and into the first half of 2021.

The Australian PC market — desktops, notebooks and workstations — grew by 35.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 with a total of 1.422 million units shipped, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Corporate buyers are increasingly taking AMD-powered systems into consideration, the company's regional managing director has told iTWire.

The global PC market, inclusive of desktops, notebooks and workstations, grew 4.7% in the third quarter of this year to 79.9 million units, recording the best growth performance since the first quarter, according to a new analyst report.

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Global shipments of gaming desktops and notebooks fell by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2019, with 7.5 million units shipped, the analyst firm IDC says, putting this drop down to inventory issues.

Australian and New Zealand consumers still prefer making purchases via desktop despite browser traffic continuing to move towards smartphones, according to a new report.