According to the Japanese media report, Japan might welcome a new PC giant. The PC company VAIO which is split off from Sony plans to integrate business with Toshiba and Fujitsu to rival NEC.

It is not clear the new company title and product details. “This merger agreement is supposed to release at the end of March,” said Hidemi Moue, CEO of Japan Industrial Partners.

In the meanwhile, Toshiba confirmed that it won’t quit PC computer industry. In last December, Toshiba suffered the accounting scandal and the difficulties in electronics department. Toshiba cut 7,800 jobs last year. Toshiba announced that it would consider the cooperation with third-party company then. It implied to team up with other PC computer manufacturers.

The merger agreement among VAIO, Toshiba and Fujitsu will drive more mergers in PC computer industry. The top three PC computer manufacturers HP, Dell and Lenovo are working hard to control their PC computer business in this industry. The mergers between small manufacturers will intensify the competition in the PC computer industry.

Microsoft offered $ 2 billion load to Dell in 2013 to help it realized the privatization. Microsoft also teamed up with Intel, HP, Dell and Lenovo to enhance the marketing promotion for PC computers. All the PC manufacturers worked hard to persuade consumers to purchase new PC when Microsoft offered free upgrade to Windows 10 from the existing system.