Why it matters: It'southward not just consoles, graphics cards, and processors that are struggling to go along up with demand—PC manufacturers are feeling the effects, besides. Lenovo, the largest PC vendor globally, has warned that its stock has reached ane-third of normal levels due to the pandemic and more people working from home.

According to a recent report from market inquiry group Canalys, 2022 saw global PC shipments reach their highest levels in five years. 458.2 million units were shipped, a xvi percent increase compared to the previous yr.

Lenovo took the largest piece of the PC pie in 2022, shipping 87 million devices (nineteen percent), but that demand has impacted stock levels. Gianfranco Lanci, COO at Lenovo, said (via The Resister) that its shipments during the final quarter of the year would have been even higher were it not for the "limitations on supply."

The Reg notes that most tech distributors proceed around six weeks of stock to avoid running curt, but Lanci says, "in some cases during last quarter we were downwardly to two or three weeks, and then we were down to very, very depression levels."

It appears the state of affairs isn't going to change any fourth dimension before long; Lanci says that there have been no signs of demand slowing down since the winter quarter. Lenovo's CEO, Yang Yuanqing, believes that the extra fourth dimension people now spend on PCs and tablets will result in faster replacement cycles, calculation further pressure, and the company expects PC shipments will go along to grow over the next few years.