The Middle East conflict is not yet taken into account in the forecasts.

Analyst firm IDC has lowered its PC forecast for 2026, declaring the age of PC bargains over thanks to rising RAM prices. And ...

IDC on Thursday sharply slashed its expectations for the PC and tablet markets, citing memory shortages, rising prices for 3D NAND, DRAM, and other components, and intensifying supply chain ...

Global shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations are expected to decline significantly in 2026 as rising component costs and supply pressures weigh on the personal computer market, according ...

A new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) says the current memory crisis is a lot worse than originally expected.

We've been seeing all sorts of warnings about how RAMaggedon is nigh. The latest horseman signalling a disaster is the International Data Corporation, which had already cautioned that things were ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The worldwide traditional PC market is expected to remain flat in 2024, with shipments reaching 260.2 million units, despite economic improvements and a new category ...

Worldwide shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations in 2026 are expected to decline by 12% to 245 million units, according to the latest outlook from Omdia. This forecast is grounded in sharp ...

As higher tariffs imposed by the Trump administration loom, the analysts at IDC have adjusted their outlook on PC shipments for 2025 and beyond, reducing the expected shipment figure to 273 million ...

IDC has predicted that global PC shipments are now expected to decline 11.3 percent in 2026, with the research firm cited continued RAM scarcity.