According to Gartner, global PC shipments total 51.6 million units in Q1 2020-- a -12.3% Y-o-Y decline, the sharpest since 2013, and the direct result of the coronavirus pandemic after three consecutive quarters of growth.
The decline, of course, affect the EMEA market as shipments are down by -7% Y-o-Y to 16.8m units. Gartner says such decline is likely to continue throughout 2020, as the end of Q1 2020 saw a dramatic drop in both business and consumer PC purchases due to intense coronavirus lockdown measures across various countries in the region.
“The single most significant influencing factor for PC shipment decline was the coronavirus outbreak, which resulted in disruptions to both the supply and demand of PCs,” the analyst says. “Following the first lockdown in China in late January, there was lower PC production volume in February that turned into logistics challenges."
The two Super KO models include a dual-slot, dual-fan cooler within a black-themed design lacking in any RGB LED lighting. Also lacking is the backplate, while I/O comes through triple DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0 outputs. The RTX 2080 models has the same specifications as the Super Founders edition, with base clock speed reaching 1650MHz, boost clock of 1815MHz and 8GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 15.5Gbps over 256-bit memory bus.
According to the researchers, current electronics are soon set to hit the ceiling. The limiting factor is heat, the result of the resistance electrons experience as they travel through the copper lines connecting the many transistors on a chip. Photons, the particles making light, can not only deliver more data, but can do so without producing heat.
