A snippet about tablets as posted by CNET,
The cannibalization of PCs by tablets is not just a figment of your
imagination, and can be substantiated by hard figures. Well, at least
according to the numbers made public by Nvidia at a conference call with
analysts. Nvidia is a chip maker that churns out GPUs, Graphics
Processing Units, as well as mobile processors used in tablets and
smartphones.
Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang pointed to how 30 percent of
Nvidia's revenues now come from non-PC chips, which is a huge increase
from 3 percent just three years ago. Seen in that context, it would
appear that the popularity of tablets is increasing at the expense of
the PC.
Huang believes that consumers who have previously opted for cheap PCs
will instead buy a tablet. "A great tablet is better than a cheap PC,"
says Huang. Of course, an alternative reason could be users are
increasing adoption of tablets to complement their PCs.
Huang considers the release of Windows RT to be a monumental event
for the PC industry. The company is making a renewed push into PCs with
the release of Windows RT. As noted by CNET, Microsoft's Surface tablet uses its Tegra chip, as do Windows RT devices from Lenovo and Asus.
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