Intel's rival AMD seemed to have more optimistic expectations, and AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su commented at the 2021 Code Conference that while supply would be "probably tight" in the near future, "it'll get better in 2022" as production capacity continues to ramp. "It gets better next year, not immediately, but it'll gradually get better as more plants come up."Nvidia, on the other hand, shared a similar expectation of supply issues throughout 2022 for its GPUs. Intel's less than cheerful outlook comes as the company announced a 2 percent drop in revenue for the Customer Computing Group that produces its desktop and laptop chips, led by a 5 percent drop in laptop sales. which Intel attributed to the "limitations of the laptop ecosystem." "Which means that laptop companies just don't have enough parts to go around. It's a pattern we've seen in other reports, and analysts have already highlighted component shortages as a key factor in the recent slowdown in laptop sales.