Samsung on track to achieve 10m PC sales

Samsung Electronics is on course to achieve its annual PC sales target of 10 million units this year, with its first-half shipments reaching more than 5 million units, industry officials said on Monday.

The Korean company sold more than 2.4 million units of PCs worldwide in the second quarter, compared with 2.7 million units the previous quarter, according to preliminary data from market research firm Gartner. 

Industry officials expect Samsung’s 2010 PC shipments to surpass 10 million units, up more than 50 percent from 6.6 million units in 2009.