Personal Computers Industry Overview

Companies that design and manufacture desktop and portable PCs, Internet access appliances, and other personal computing devices.

Summary

Consolidation has altered the landscape of the PC market and the computer hardware industry as a whole in recent years. At the top rule an elite group of multinationals that maintain double-digit worldwide market share. In the personal computing segment specifically, two companies -- Dell and Hewlett-Packard -- dominate.

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Continuing Productivity Gains

Automation and redesign of manufacturing operations have increased industry productivity by more than 100 percent in the last five years. Industry employment fell 30 percent, while output rose 50 percent. Productivity gains have been a major factor in the steady fall of computer prices.

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• Hewlett-Packard Company
• Acer Inc.
• Acer India (Pvt) Ltd.

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Personal Computers maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

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• American Electronics Association
  
• Association for Computing Machinery
  
• Association of Service and Computer Dealers International
  

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