End of March, Sony no Longer Makes PC

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The news will sell the PC division of Sony has been confirmed by the Japanese manufacturer . This announcement comes in conjunction with the announcement of the third quarter financial report fiscal year Sony . At that time Sony will unveil sell PC business and trademark Vaio to Japan Industrial Partners ( JIP ) and will focus on a range of mobile devices and tablets . The latest statistics from the research institute IDC said Sony 's market share fell to 1.8 % in the third quarter . A year earlier , Sony controls 2.3 % share of the PC market .

Sony said , " After analyzing a variety of factors , including drastic changes in the global PC industry , strategy and overall business portfolio of Sony , the need for ongoing support customers who valued Sony Vaio , and future employment opportunities for the personnel involved in the Vaio business , the company decided that concentrating on the mobile product line of smartphones and tablets and transfer its PC business into a new company formed by the JIP is the optimal solution . "

Sony said the deal will take place in late March . Sony also says there will be designing or developing products PC again . In addition to the PC business , a business line of Sony TVs are also less competitive . Therefore Sony said it will separate its TV business as a separate unit in July 2014 . Another decision is the elimination of 5,000 workers in the PC and the TV unit until the end of 2014 . Some 1500 jobs that exist in Japan , the rest scattered around the world .

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