Archive for November, 2019

Is the Desktop PC on the Road to Oblivion?

November 5th, 2019

The PC’s past and Intel’s future

The leading purveyor of PC chips doesn’t really think a lot about the desktop anymore.

Is the desktop PC on the road to oblivion? Well, let’s put it this way: it’s hardly an Intel priority anymore.

Yeah, desktops will still be around in 2020, but it’s not something Intel — which makes most PC processors — thinks about a lot.

Shipment forecast of laptops, desktop PCs and tablets worldwide from 2010 to 2023 (in million units)

see:  https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-forecast-for-tablets-laptops-and-desktop-pcs/

Survival in the age of the big-screen smartphone and tablet is what Intel thinks about.

Read full Article by Brooke Crothers at CNET.com