[IDC: replacement trend and AI are expected to lead to double-digit growth of 2024 global notebook shipments] Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily reported on the 16th that due to the severe global economic challenges faced by the global laptop assembly industry in the first quarter of 2023, the market demand was sluggish, with shipments of only 34 million units, down 14.6% from the previous month and 36.4% synchronously. From the second quarter of 2023, shipments of the global notebook contract manufacturing industry will gradually increase from the trough of the first quarter due to the decline in the inventory level of brand manufacturers. Looking forward to 2024, the wave of replacement of laptops with a sharp increase in sales during the epidemic is expected to begin after the second quarter of 2024, coupled with the upsurge of AI laptops, IDC expects shipments of the global notebook manufacturing industry to show double-digit annual growth rates again.