TrendForce expects slide in global notebook shipmentsBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporterGlobal notebook computer shipments are expected to slide 9.4 percent annually this year, as PC vendors face price hikes for CPUs and memory chips, which elevate manufacturing costs, market researcher TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said in a report on Monday. As PC vendors make slim margins, rising costs of components are a substantial financial burden, TrendForce said. Photo: Reuters“Memorychip prices continue to be high, and unstable CPU supplies are adding uncertainty to the notebook computer market in the short term,” the report said. PC vendors would have to adjust their product lineups and reschedule shipments to cope with higher CPU costs, it added. PC vendors stepped up notebook computer shipments in the fourth quarter last year, as they have been grappling with memorychip price surges since the second half of last year, it said.
