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Market Already Exceeded Last Year's Highs -- Happy Holidays Ahead for Graphics
Processor Sales
TIBURON, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Third quarter shipments of graphics processors jumped an amazing 21.2% over Q2,
which was already a great quarter clearly signaling the holidays will be robust
for PCs and the industry in general.
AMD showed the biggest jump in quarter-to-quarter growth at 30% followed by
Intel at 21%.
Intel shipped the most parts at 63 million, over twice as many as its nearest
competitor Nvidia.
"A total of 119.45 million units were shipped in the third quarter, exceeding
the record 111 million units that shipped in Q3, 2008," said Dr. Jon Peddie,
president of Jon Peddie Research in Tiburon CA. "So the market has caught up
with, and exceeded, last year`s highs. The crash of fall 2008 is now behind
us."
Vendor This Quarter Last Quarter Growth This quarter last year Growth
Market share Market share Qtr-Qtr Market share Yr-Yr
AMD 19.8% 18.4% 30.2% 20.6% 3.1%
Intel 52.7% 51.1% 25.2% 49.4% 14.6%
Nvidia 24.9% 29.2% 3.3% 27.8% -4.0%
Matrox 0.0% 0.1% -50.8% 0.1% -70.0%
SiS 1.1% 0.4% 209.3% 1.2% 80.0%
VIA/S3 1.5% 0.8% 116.2% 0.9% 465.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 21.2% 100.0% 11.9%
Once again a record was broken and the growth from Q2 to Q3 was the largest in
nine years.
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Change Q2 to Q3 -0.48% 18.62% 16.07% 16.20% 11.59% 12.52% 11.58% 17.84% 21.24%
Portables lead the way
Notebook shipments led the market again topping out at almost 56 million units
with discrete graphics processors jumping more than 36% over Q2 indicating what
the OEMs think will be the hot sellers in Q4.
Peddie notes that, "Integrated graphics in notebooks, which includes the popular
netbooks, increased 27% over Q2 - a great gain but less than discrete. Netbooks
will remain popular but they will not have the high market share they had during
the recession when they were just introduced. Rather, consumers are expected to
"buy up" in the next quarter.
"The channel is full and the products in it will have to be sold off before the
OEMs and their resellers take a chance of seeing the channel becoming
overstuffed. That suggests that while Q4 is typically a good quarter for PCs,
the quarter-to-quarter growth in Q4 may not be as robust as Q3. Graphics are a
great leading indicator," Peddie said, "The graphics go in before the PC is
built or shipped."
Pricing and Availability
The Q'08 edition of Jon Peddie Research's Market Watch is available now in both
electronic and hard copy editions, and can be purchased for $995. The annual
subscription price for JPR`s Market Watch is $3,500 and includes four quarterly
issues. Full subscribers to JPR services receive Tech Watch (the company's
bi-weekly report) and a copy of Market Watch as part of their subscription. For
information about purchasing Market Watch, please call 415/435-9368 or visit the
Jon Peddie Research website at www.jonpeddie.com.
About Jon Peddie Research
Dr. Jon Peddie has been active in the graphics and multimedia fields for more
than 30 years. Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented multimedia and
graphics research and consulting firm. Based in Tiburon, California, JPR
provides consulting, research, and other specialized services to technology
companies, including graphics development, multimedia for professional
applications and consumer electronics, high-end computing, and Internet-access
product development. Jon Peddie's Market Watch and First Look are quarterly
reports focused on the market activity of PC graphics controllers for notebook
and desktop computing.
View all JPR press releases http://www.jonpeddie.com/about/press/index.shtml.
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