Graphics AIB Market Anything But Spared in Q4’08, Reports Jon Peddie Research

Posted by Webmaster on March 16th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, California March 16 2009 Jon Peddie Research--The market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs) proved anything but impervious to the downward pull of fourth quarter's economic collapse, according to a new report from market analysts at Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Markets in every corner of the economy - and every corner of the globe - contracted, and the AIB market was no exception. But that's really an understatement, as the AIB market took a substantially bigger beating than the closely related markets for PCs and workstations, as OEMs and the channel curtailed new orders and ran down inventories. If there were…

Integrated Graphics Chip Market to Disappear by 2012 According to Jon Peddie Research

Posted by Webmaster on March 5th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, CA - March 5, 2009 -Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced a new study that indicates the end of the market for the popular integrated graphics chipset, known as the IGP. After fifteen years of stellar growth the IGP will cease to exist, replaced by embedded graphics in the processor. Integrated graphics are used in desktop and net top PCs, notebooks, and netbooks, and various embedded systems such as point of sale, set-top boxes, and signage systems. In 2008 67% of the graphics chips shipped were IGPs. In 2011 it…