Ongoing chip shortage to hit PC brands in 2nd half of 2021

NEW DELHI: While the global PC shipments grew 45 per cent (on-year) to 75.6 million in Q1 2021 owing to robust demand, an ongoing chip shortage will continue to affect the shipment schedules of PC brands and ODMs (original design manufacturers) in the second half this year, according to a new report.

With a 24 per cent market share, Lenovo took the first place again in Q1 2021, followed by HP at 23 per cent and Dell at 17 per cent.

The overall momentum of the PC market was mainly driven by the growth in gaming notebooks and surging demand from the work-from-home and study-from-home segments, which stimulated Chromebook sales, according to Counterpoint Research.