Revised Data Reveals PC GPU Market Increased 0.2% Quarter-to-Quarter
September 12, 2018 | Jon Peddie ResearchEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The latest report from Jon Peddie Research on the GPUs used in PCs. It is reporting on the results of Q2'18 GPU shipments worldwide.
Overall GPU shipments INCREASED 0.2% from last quarter, AMD's shipments decreased -1%, Nvidia -7.5% while Intel, increased 2.6%; this is an upwards revision from our 29 August news release.
Year-to-year total GPU shipments decreased -3.3%, desktop graphics decreased -2.8%, notebooks decreased -3.3%.
The PC market is definitely showing more stabilization after having shaken off the run up from crypto-mining, overall volume slipped year-to-year but with bright spots for the market from quarter-to-quarter.
Q1 2018 can be marked as the peak and end of the use of GPUs for crypto-mining. Desktop GPUs, which went into mining rigs, have dropped back to their normal volume.
The second quarter is typically down from the previous quarter in the seasonal cycles of the past. For Q2 2018 it increased 0.2% from last quarter and was below the ten-year average of 2.9%.
Quick highlights:
- AMD's overall market share decreased -0.2% quarter-to-quarter, Intel's total market share increased 1.6% from last quarter, and Nvidia's decreased -1.4%.
- The attach rate of GPUs (includes integrated and discrete GPUs) to PCs for the quarter was 138% which was down -1.6% from last quarter.
- Discrete GPUs were in 35% of PCs, down -4% from last quarter.
- The overall PC market increased 1.9% quarter-to-quarter and increased 2% year-to-year.
- Desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs) that use discrete GPUs decreased -22% from last quarter.
- Q2'18 saw a no change in tablet shipments from last quarter.
Our findings include discrete and integrated graphics (CPU and chipset) for Desktops, Notebooks (and Netbooks). It does not include iPad and Android-based tablets, or ARM-based servers, or x86-based servers. It does include x86-based tablets, Chromebooks, and embedded systems.
GPUs are traditionally a leading indicator of the market, since a GPU goes into every non-server system before it is shipped, and most of the PC vendors are guiding cautiously for Q2'18 The Gaming PC segment, where higher end GPUs are used, was a bright spot in the market in the quarter.
For those who wish to understand the PC market, an understanding of the highly complex technology and ecosystem that has been built around the GPU is essential to understanding the market's future directions.
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