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The computer industry is experiencing its largest growth wave in 10 years

Computer sales reached 458 million units during 2020. From the source

In what applies to the saying: “A people’s misfortunes have benefits for a people”, the emerging corona virus “Covid-19” pandemic has given the personal computer industry (portable, desktop and tablet) an unprecedented strong resuscitation injection that was not in anyone's mind, as sales of computers increased Of all kinds during the year 2020, at a rate of 17% as a general average since the beginning of the year, and it peaked during the last quarter of the year, when it recorded 35.5%.

The number of sold units of laptop, desktop and tablet computers reached 458 million units around the world, which is a record in terms of size and annual growth rate, which the computer industry has not achieved for more than a decade, and reflects its conditions of weakness, decline and decay, to strength, activity and vitality, In front of other devices, especially smartphones.

Coronavirus

These results came out in the context of a report prepared by the Canalys Foundation, which specializes in research in the IT market and the personal computer market in particular, and was published on its website canalys.com this week under the title: «Now and later in the personal computer industry», which was initiated by analysts The company affirms that the Corona pandemic has led the PC market (desktop, laptop, and tablet) to the strongest growth period ever, as people all over the world are forced to learn, work, create and consume content from home, which generated an unprecedented demand. The main driver behind the growth of the PC market in the world in 2020. The report identified four factors behind the current sudden wave of growth in sales of personal computers, which are work and education from home, the provision of devices as a service, in addition to new emerging applications.

Although production disruptions due to the lockdown in China were a cause for concern in the first quarter of 2020 and caused a shortage of CPUs for a while, the market quickly rebalanced, with the firm and rapid return of production bases in China to operate at full capacity.

The expectations for growth in various world markets came as follows:

China

Swift and resolute measures by the Chinese government have ensured that day-to-day operations across the country almost quickly return to normal, with speeding up plans for digital education and computer dependence for distance learning.

The report predicts that the sales of desktop computers in China next year will reach 16.1 million, the sales of mobile devices will reach 36.1 million, and the tablet devices will reach 26.3 million.

Japan

Long-term remote work is not expected to gain as much momentum in Japan as it is in other major computer markets, given the well-established office culture and less favorable living arrangements in terms of adequate work space inside homes, but analysts expect, in the short term, That sales of desktop computers in Japan reach 3.2 million devices in 2021, "laptops" are 14.5 million, and "tablets" are 8.7 million.

Asia and the Pacific

The closures due to Corona played a different role in most of the Asia-Pacific markets in 2020, as sales decreased slightly, then there was a great demand for practical devices and business services, which is expected to continue during the next year 2021, bringing the sales of desktop computers to 7.6 Millions of devices, and "laptops" 31.3 million devices, and "tablets" 22.1 million devices.

Latin America

PC sales are expected to grow within the stronger economies, while shrinking in others due to the prolonged shutdowns that have affected the overall economies in these markets, and the low priority given by original equipment manufacturers. Analysts expect desktop computer sales to reach in 2021 by 2021. 4.4 million devices in this region, 16.7 million devices, and “tablets” 6.2 million devices.

Middle East and Africa

Demand was relatively weak, compared to other regions, although it exceeded what it was in 2019, after consumers switched to tablets, especially for remote learning, and some business digitization activities that did not require heavy computing power, which made tablets the engine President for growth in this region.

Analysts expect that during the year 2021, sales of desktop computers in this region will reach 5.5 million devices, "laptops" 22.6 million, and tablet computers 15.5 million devices.

United State

Strong short-term demand for computers is expected to continue through 2021, as mobile devices sales will reach 73.4 million units, desktop computers 11.3 million units, and tablets 44.6 million units.

Western Europe

The market will be a strong contributor to the tremendous growth of the personal computer market during the first half of 2021, as it is expected that sales of desktop computers will reach 9.4 million units, "laptops" are 45.6 million units, and "tablets" are 28 million units.