Global PC shipments fell 5.2% in the first quarter from a year earlier

Market research firm Gartner last week reported a 5.2% per cent decline in global PC shipments in the first quarter of this year, with declining corporate spending.
In the first quarter, the volume of this wafer increased by 3%, but the average sales price of the wafer dropped by 3%, and the volume of Taiwanese chips dropped 16% from a year earlier, but the average sales price grew by 2%.
For the first time in the first quarter of the financial report, the move chip business that plunged into thanks was merged into the main PC processor department. A drag on the mobile wafer business, the business of the PC Wafer department was less than the server wafer business, and the post-harvest increased to $36.8, increasing the profit to $17.
In the first quarter, the volume of tablet processors was 700, an increase of 45% yoy.
The central server wafer is growing strongly unmotivated
While the PC chip sales are declining, the demand from the center has pushed up the orders of high-end processors in strengthening, which has fixed the profit rate. The information about the mobile equipment needs to be handled by the center. With corn, Facebook and other companies building their server business, the number of English-central group sales grew by 19% in the first quarter.
The unmotivated of the Digital center group has offset the decline in PC business. "Becker Capital Management Fund, the United States of America, the state of Oregon Asset Management, and Pat Becker Jr. This scene has been staged before. ”
The strong unmotivated of the server department allowed the British to maintain a stable profit rate. In English, the gross margin in the quarter was 62%, and the June analyst's forecast was 61%.

Global PC shipments fell 5.2% in the first quarter from a year earlier