The PC industry is bound to experience a new brand and will be served by the merger of three giant manufacturers: Fujitsu, Toshiba and Vaio.

According to Nikkei, the three companies are considering merging their resources in order to get a hold of 30 percent of Japan's market. If the merger pushes through, it will surpass the current stake Lenovo is holding, which amounts to 26.3 percent market share in Japan. Operations and technical entities will be contributed mostly by Toshiba and Fujitsu, with Vaio surviving its name after the merger.

 

To cap off what the three companies have been working on in the past years, Toshiba is one of the first brands to introduce the notebook computer, mainly its Dynabook line. Toshiba currently maintains a stronghold in North America while Fujitsu maintains their stand in Europe. The FMV lines of PC from Fujitsu as well as their various tablets have been one of their strongest assets. Fujitsu currently produces their devices in Germany with the rest of its production in Japan's Shimane Prefecture. Vaio, on the other hand, has maintained its strong brand name having Sony as its former label.

U.S. research firm IDC confirmed that there was an estimated 308 million PCs shipped in 2014 with Lenovo, HP and Dell racking up at least half of the number. Six percent of the amount was shared by Toshiba, Vaio and Fujitsu.

TechRadar notes that the declining shipment on PCs may have also caused the merger, with the demand for convertible laptops increasing. The three companies, despite their individual strengths, may have to see in the future how their designs will fare in the market. Toshiba has made a name for its Dynabook as well as Fujitsu with its tablet series, but how they will come up with a single flagship design may have to be revealed soon.

Recently, TechRadar also reported about Toshiba's accounting anomalies that caused its CEO and other members to step down from their positions.

Toshiba has since hired third-party auditors to review the company's accounting system and practices in hopes of getting to the root of the issue. The third-party auditors will also investigate the role of its board members on the unraveled anomalies.

What do you think about the three companies' merger? Do you think they will make a big impact in the PC world? Leave your comments below.