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"Consistent execution by our sales teams and partners drove a strong start to the fiscal year with Microsoft Cloud revenue of $31.8 billion, up 24% (up 23% in constant currency) year-over-year," said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft.
Company release
Apple's regular series of record-setting Mac sales sprees seems to be taking a raincheck. As economic malaise ate a huge chunk of PC sales in the first quarter of 2023, the Mac maker was the worst affected of all, according to preliminary results from IDC.
Computerworld
HP maintained its annual guidance for cash flow even as it grapples with slumping PC demand, a sign it expects a rebound later in the year.
Bloomberg
Advanced Micro Devices has captured nearly a third of the market for central processor units while British chip technology firm Arm's rise in the PC market slowed in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to an analyst report.
Reuters
The job cuts are expected to affect about 5% of its global workforce.
BBC News
Intel reported a fourth-quarter loss, hurt by a souring market for its chips and growing competition from rivals, as it also issued a gloomy outlook for the current quarter.
Wall Street Journal
Nvidia reportedly refused to reveal basic pre-launch information about its PC graphics card to partners like EVGA, making it diffcult for them to prepare.
PC Magazine
HP reported quarterly sales that missed estimates and reduced its annual profit forecast on falling demand for personal computers and printers, especially among consumers. The shares fell in extended trading.
Bloomberg
Remember about two years ago, when absolutely everyone wanted to either upgrade their existing PC or buy a new one? Yeah, that doesn't appear to be the case anymore, according to the latest market report from Mercury Research. The report states that x86 chip shipments have dropped by the largest percentage year-over-year since the report began way back in 1994. Analyst Dean McCarron says it's probably the largest decline since the precipitous downturn of 1984.
PC World
Intel has frozen hiring in the division responsible for PC desktop and laptop chips, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters, as part of a series of cost-cutting measures.
Reuters
Micron Technology forecast current-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations and warned that shipments for its memory chips were set to dip in the near term as its customers making personal computers face shortages of other parts.
Reuters
Microsoft posted its most profitable quarter on Tuesday, beating Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings, as PC sales declines stemming from a global chip shortage were more than made up for by a boom in cloud services.
Reuters
Legend, the parent of the world's biggest PC maker Lenovo, said it purchased about 12.8 million shares of Chinese chipmaker Fullhan Microelectronics for CNY1.54 billion (US$236.9 million).
NASDAQ.com
It's a good time to crave a gaming handheld
The Verge
The UK-based chip designer, which dominates smartphones, now is trying to fix lackluster PC performance.
CNET
Shares of Hong Kong-listed Lenovo closed over 9% higher on Wednesday after the Chinese PC maker said it plans to list stocks in Shanghai.
CNBC
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is one of the most futuristic devices of the year - the world's first foldable PC. But like so many other first-generation products, it's not for everyone.
CNN
Google buys Neverware, a startup with Chrome OS variant that squeezes extra life out of old Windows PCs and Macs.
ZDNet
HP's PC notebook sales jumped in the quarter as the coronavirus pandemic kept people home and in need of devices for school and work.
CNBC
It even supports AirPlay 2 and Wireless DeX.
engadget
China's Lenovo Group, the world's biggest PC maker, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is continuing to benefit from "new normal" remote working after COVID-19.
Reuters
PC makers shipped 71.4 million PCs in the quarter ending in September, a 3.6% increase from the same period last year, according to an estimate from technology research company Gartner.
CNBC
Plus, a bunch of ThinkBooks
The Verge
It also provides big boosts over the 970 Pro with PCIe 3.0 motherboards
The Verge
The company sold its remaining shares of its PC business to Sharp
The Verge
Microsoft is building a new desktop-as-a-service offering built on top of Windows Virtual Desktop that could launch as soon as 2021.
ZDNet
The pandemic has created a demand for PCs and laptops
The Verge
Attackers with access can grab encrypted data even if you lock your PC.
engadget
Shift to working from home has helped boost PC sales
Bloomberg
U.S. printer maker Xerox walked away from its $35 billion hostile cash-and-stock bid for HP on Tuesday, after the coronavirus outbreak weighed on its campaign to take over the PC and printing equipment manufacturer.
Reuters
USB 4 will transfer data just as swiftly, but Intel promises other innovations for Thunderbolt.
CNET
Coming this spring
The Verge
Back on January 27, 2010, a very Big Thinker declared the PC dead. A decade later, the PC is very much alive, although a time traveler from 2010 might not recognize it. Here's how this endangered species evolved and survived.
ZDNet
Intel shares move lower after Dell and HP both cite Intel supply constraints on their earnings calls.
CNBC
PC shipments rise for second straight quarter, but second-half chip recovery looks elusive
MarketWatch
Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing 250-gigabyte (GB) SATA solid state drive (SSD) that integrates the company's sixth-generation (1xx-layer) 256-gigabit (Gb) three-bit V-NAND for global PC OEMs.
Company release
This might be the perfect pairing
CNET
Intel's exclusive deal to provide modem chips for new iPhones has strained its ability to supply such longtime personal computer partners as Taiwan's Acer and Asustek Computer, which face shortages of a key component heading into the year-end shopping season, industry sources said.
Nikkei Asian Review
Taiwanese PC giants, such as Acer, Asustek Computer, Compal Electronics and Quanta Computer might expect setbacks in production due to the CPU shortage.
Forbes
Preliminary results for the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18) show that shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled nearly 67.4 million units, marking a decline of 0.9% in year-on-year terms, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Unlike 2Q18, which grew, the 3Q18 results nonetheless outperformed the forecast which called for a decline of 3.0% due to several factors.
IDC
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