Analyst iSuppli upgrades computers shipment forecast for 2007

Wednesday 20th June 2007, 11:11:00 PM, written by Farid

Macworld published iSuppli revised forecast for PC sales in 2007. Going from 10.7 to 11.2 per cent, the forecast predicts shipments will attain 264 million units for the year. The main ignition factor for this rise would be due to a higher-than-expected demand in PC laptops. Laptops accounting for almost 40% of the total computer shipments of 2007, according to iSuppli.

This news should obviously please every IHVs and AIBs around the world, but iSuppli noted that solid state based 2’5 HDD solutions manufacturers should the ones to see large increase in market share this coming years. The analysis firm predicts Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and Hybrid Hard Drives (HHD) will found their way into, respectively, 12 and 35 per cent of the laptops sold by 2009. The report also sees the success of Intel’s Robson technology (Turbo Memory) in the same time frame, because of its flexible and easy to implement nature.

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