Intel representatives on a quarterly reporting conference said they see tentative signs of stabilization in the PC market, and Skylake processors and Windows operating system 10 allows to hope for an increase in demand for the relevant components and finished computers.
CEO Lisa Su has admitted that the effect of Windows 10 was not as pronounced as expected in AMD. The market is still a decent amount of new computers with Windows 8, and will sell in the near future. For this reason, Windows 10 will encourage the purchase of new computers gradually. At AMD, the hopes associated with the systems based on hybrid processors Carrizo: Notebook, which are already starting to be equipped with Windows 10. For example, in late September, HP and AMD introduced a series of laptop EliteBook, which was the first bearer of the new professional hybrid generation processors Carrizo.
However, given the presence on the market of 110 million Systems running Windows 10, AMD expects to get some dividends from subsequent updating of computer park, mainly in the corporate sector and home operation models . According to AMD forecasts , in 2016 the PC market still shrinks relative to the current year, while demand in the regional market with a growing economy will be weak.