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some of those components could be used in other
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Instead, he blamed the downturn on evaporating
demand for entry-level laptops such as Google
Chromebooks, which are particularly popular in the
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home caused sales for Chromebooks and other
notebooks to soar last year, which catapulted PC
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CPUs “averaged more than 180% on-year growth each
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shipments for processors geared for desktops, servers,
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“Some pullback was expected, but the return to pre-
COVID volumes was instantaneous rather than
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Canalys also report demand for Chromebooks has taken
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level shipments, the market average CPU selling price
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selling price is now at $168, up from $151, according to
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PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I DECEMBER 2021
The PC
industry
experienced its
biggest
quarter-over-
quarter decline
in shipment for
laptop CPUs.