GPU vendors expect impressive Q4 2020 sales

While the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt sales of a lot of products, a lot of computer parts fared well due to a spike in demand. DigiTimes reports sales of video cards in the first three quarters of this year have been pretty high so far. NVIDIA's add-in board partners reportedly expect the upcoming launch of Ampere will further boost sales. The GeForce RTX 3080 is the first model that will ship, it should be available a week from now or $699.

Graphics cards vendors have seen impressive shipments in the first three quarters of 2020, thanks to demand generated by the stay-at-home economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. They now expect the new Nvidia GPUs to further boost their graphics cards sales in the fourth quarter. Remote learning has also been shoring up demand for notebooks, paticularly Chromebook devices. Acer, as the top Chromebook vendor, has seen component shortages delaying its shipments. The pandemic may have hit hard the handset market, but later this year Apple is set to launch 5G iPhones. The new Apple iPhone devices' camera setups are expected to feature 7P lens modules.