Mercury numbers show AMD's silicon chewing through the market
Mercury Research's latest bean-counting for the first quarter of 2025 shows AMD pulling off another blinder, clocking a record 39.4 per cent server revenue share. That figure is up a chunky 6.5 points compared to the same time last year and 3.1 points better than the previous quarter.
HP fined $4 million for fake discounts
Maker of expensive printer ink admits nothing
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP Inc. is forking out $4 million after getting caught using bogus discounts and phoney scarcity tactics on its website to flog PCs and accessories.
AMD torches Chipzilla in CPU sales again
Ryzen 9800X3D flies off shelves as Core Ultra 200S faceplants
AMD’s Ryzen army continues to stomp on Troubled Chipzilla’s silicon dreams, with March 2025 sales figures showing Ryzen chips practically owning Amazon’s CPU charts in the US.
Apple’s shares slide as cash cow dies in China
You can’t really depend on a single product
The fruity cargo cult Apple is starting to see its single-product cash cow business model begin to fall apart.
PC sales fall
Canalys analysts say notebooks hardest hit
PC shipments in the United States fell by 12.1 per cent in the third quarter year-over-year. As usual, Dell, HP, Apple, Lenovo, and Acer are the biggest manufacturers.
Blames Russia-Ukraine war and COVID response
Top Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. says demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances has dropped "like a rock" and shows no signs of recovering.
PC sales slide
But the PC is not dying this time
Beancounters at analysts IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that shipments of PCs have finally slowed down after two years of double-digit growth.
Coronavirus keeps people gaming
The coronavirus outbreak hit the entertainment industry hard, causing enormous losses for the companies operating in this branch. However, as millions of people started spending more time indoors and online, the last few months have witnessed a surge in video gaming.
Smartphone sales drop down the loo
Bad for the big names
Global smartphone production is expected to slump a record 16.5 percent to 287 million phones in the June quarter from a year earlier as the coronavirus pandemic kills demand, according to beancounters at Trendforce.
PC sales back in misery
Kung flued
Just as it was making a comeback, the coronavirus crisis is cutting PC sales short.