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Intel's Sandy Bridge Grabs Market Share from Nvidia, AMD
Intel's Sandy Bridge Grabs Market Share from Nvidia, AMD
With the launch of its Sandy Bridge processors this January at CES 2011, Intel has gone from strength to strength and continues to be the market leader of graphics shipment. This is despite the chipset design error which Intel announced at the end of the same month of Sandy Bridge's launch.
|
Vendor |
Q3 2011 Share |
Q2 2011 Share |
Unit Change (Qtr-Qtr) |
Share Change (Qtr-Qtr) |
Market Share 2010 |
|
AMD |
21.2% |
24.7% |
-7.3% |
-13.9% |
24.7% |
|
Intel |
60.7% |
54.7% |
19.6% |
11.0% |
52.9% |
|
Nvidia |
17.5% |
19.9% |
-5.3% |
-12.1% |
21.4% |
|
Matrox |
0.04% |
0.0% |
-8.3% |
-14.9% |
0.1% |
|
SiS |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
|
VIA/S3 |
0.5% |
0.7% |
-20.1% |
-25.8% |
0.8% |
|
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
7.7% |
N.A. |
100.0% |
Despite having a strong showing earlier this year courtesy of its Fusion chips, graphics shipments from AMD fell 7.3% sequentially as its share fell 13.9% in the 2nd Quarter with a slice of 21.2%. Nvidia's cut was even smaller at 17.5%, though its overall 2nd Quarter performance was slightly better with shipments dipping 5.3% on-quarter.
According to JPR, graphics chips (GPUs) and chips with graphics (IGPs, HPUs, and EPGs) are a leading indicator for the PC market. At least one and often two GPUs are present in every PC shipped. In a May report, it announced an unusual 10.3% increase in graphics shipments between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. That figure ran counter to the period's average change of -4%.
