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Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the second calendar quarter of 2009. According to JPR, graphics chips (GPUs and IGPs) are the leading indicator of the PC market. The GPUs go into a system before it becomes a PC and gets into the hands of the customer.
After the channel stopped ordering GPUs and depleted inventory in anticipation of a long drawn out worldwide recession in Q3 and Q4 of 2008, expectations were hopeful, if not high that Q1 2009 would change for the better. In fact, Q1 showed improvement but it was less than hoped. Instead, Q2 was a very good quarter for vendors — counter to normal seasonality.
Traditionally, Q1 to Q2 sales decline due to summer vacations and preparation for the fall. This year preparation seems to have gotten off to an early start, according to the research firm.
8 yr avg | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
ChangeQ1 to Q2 | 0.83% | -5.42% | -5.18% | 1.63% | -4.22% | 3.13% | -0.49% | 31.29% |
Table 1: Growth rates from Q1 to Q2 from 2003 to 2009
Year to year, shipments jumped up to 98.3 million units, up 31.3% from last quarter.
Vendor | This quarter | Market share | Last quarter | Market share | Growth Qtr-Qtr | A year ago |
AMD | 18.13 | 18.4% | 12.81 | 17.1% | 41.5% | 17.11 |
Intel | 50.30 | 51.2% | 37.20 | 49.7% | 35.2% | 44.67 |
Nvidia | 28.74 | 29.2% | 23.26 | 31.1% | 23.6% | 29.63 |
Matrox | 0.06 | 0.1% | 0.07 | 0.1% | -6.2% | 0.10 |
SiS | 0.40 | 0.4% | 0.70 | 0.9% | -42.9% | 1.90 |
VIA/S3 | 0.67 | 0.7% | 0.84 | 1.1% | -19.5% | 1.00 |
Total | 98.30 | 100.0% | 74.87 | 100.0% | 31.3% | 94.42 |
Table 2: Total Graphics Chip Market for Q2'09
According to JPR, the industry won't hit the levels of 2008 until 2010. However, the firm is still predicting an upturn in the PC market in Q3 and Q4 and in particular for the graphics market (which serves not just PCs but aerospace and automotive, industrial systems, medical systems, kiosks and POS).
For more information, visit Jon Peddie Research.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.
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