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IDC: Channel Cannot Handle EMEA Mobile PC Demand

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IDC: Channel Cannot Handle EMEA Mobile PC Demand

EMEA traditional PC (desktops, notebooks and workstations) shipments are down by -3.1% Y-o-Y to 16.4 million units in Q1 2020, IDC reports, as near-flat commercial growth (0.7% Y-o-Y) fails to offset heavy consumer decline (-8.5% Y-o-Y).

The W. European PC market is down by -1.2% Y-o-Y, with the commercial segment seeing "modest" 3% Y-o-Y while the consumer segment drops by -8.9% Y-o-Y. CEMA sees a "very challenging" Q1 2020 across all sectors, with consumers prioritising devices such as notebooks and tablets, while CEE records a "relatively small" -3.1% Y-o-Y decline as the commercial segment sees strong 4.2% Y-o-Y growth thanks to the fulfillment of some public and corporate tenders in the region.

On the other hand, MEA fails to sustain any growth in Q1 2020, leading to shipments falling by -10.8% Y-o-Y. Markets across the region have been badly affected by both supply chain constraints and prices. The commercial segment is worst hit as it contracts by -13.7% Y-o-Y, while the consumer segment sees a -7.9% Y-o-Y decline.

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A Light-Emitting Breakthrough in Photonics?

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A Light-Emitting Breakthrough in Photonics?

Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) claim to have developed the "Holy Grail" of the microelectronics industry-- light emissive silicon, key to creating the photonics-based computers of the future.

According to the researchers, current electronics are soon set to hit the ceiling. The limiting factor is heat, the result of the resistance electrons experience as they travel through the copper lines connecting the many transistors on a chip. Photons, the particles making light, can not only deliver more data, but can do so without producing heat.

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Gartner: Coronavirus Leads to PC Decline

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Gartner: Coronavirus Leads to PC Decline

According to Gartner, global PC shipments total 51.6 million units in Q1 2020-- a -12.3% Y-o-Y decline, the sharpest since 2013, and the direct result of the coronavirus pandemic after three consecutive quarters of growth.

The decline, of course, affect the EMEA market as shipments are down by -7% Y-o-Y to 16.8m units. Gartner says such decline is likely to continue throughout 2020, as the end of Q1 2020 saw a dramatic drop in both business and consumer PC purchases due to intense coronavirus lockdown measures across various countries in the region.

“The single most significant influencing factor for PC shipment decline was the coronavirus outbreak, which resulted in disruptions to both the supply and demand of PCs,” the analyst says. “Following the first lockdown in China in late January, there was lower PC production volume in February that turned into logistics challenges."

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Context: Enterprise Market Reacts to Coronavirus

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Context: Enterprise Market Reacts to Coronavirus

The enterprise slower has been slower to react to the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) crisis than the PC and AV systems market, Context reports, since resellers were stockpiling products in anticipation of supply disruption as early as February.

However it is possible to see the effects on the enterprise sector on the W. European channel, since the analyst has added the numbers for week 12 of the pandemic. As expected, the UC and collaboration segment (including business communication and collaboration products such as VoIP systems, headsets and cameras) is performing well, boosted by the growing numbers working from home. The gains of week 11 further accelerated in week 12, and the analyst expects the trend to continue into April.

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SK Hynix Details DDR5 Memory

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SK Hynix Details DDR5 Memory

SK Hynix publishes a technical blog about the features of DDR5, a memory standard the company says will be available "in the near future" as it plans to start mass-production sometime "this year."

The company first detailed its DDR5 plans back in February 2019 with the presentation of a DDR5-6400 memory chip at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. The technology offers two times the bandwidth compared to DDR4, with the aim of reaching over 4800Mbps, allowing it to handle the demands of massively multi-core CPUs.

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