personal computers

Global PC shipments fall for first time since 2025 amid memory chip shortage

The global PC market posted its first year-over-year decline since early 2025 in the second quarter of 2026, as surging memory chip prices — a phenomenon increasingly called "chipflation" — squeezed manufacturers and dampened consumer demand. According to Counterpoint Research,…

Global PC shipments fall for first time in two years amid memory crunch

The global PC market posted its first year-over-year decline in more than two years during the second quarter of 2026, with shipments falling 4.9% to 68.2 million units, according to preliminary data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker…