According to Taiwanese quango the MIC (Market Intelligence Center) Taiwanese desktop PC industry's shipment volume will reach 12.38 million units in the third quarter (3Q) of 2008, and is expected to reach shipment value worth US$3.60 billion.

The growth in shipment will be fueled by the back-to-school effect, increasing demand in China and improvements in supply-and-demand issues related to crude oil and staple foods.

Taiwan’s desktop PC shipment volume fell 9.3% year-on-year to approximately 10.55 million units in the second quarter (Q2) of 2008 and the shipment value fell 9.7% year-on-year, reaching approximately US$3.06 billion.
In  Q2 ‘08 its desktop PC industry was affected by worldwide inflation, narrowing gap between notebook PC and desktop PC prices and lower-than-expected demand in emerging markets, revealed the report by MIC. X