The CG Market will have a CAGR of 8% to 2013 Says Jon Peddie Research

Posted by Webmaster on July 29th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, CA—July 29, 2009--The computer graphics industry has enjoyed almost non-stop growth since it was established in the late 1970s. Today, computer graphics hardware and software (not counting services, maintenance and other aspects) are worth $68 billion – that’s a mind boggling average growth rate of 16.5% for 28 years! Despite the recession, or maybe because of it, the market for all types of applications and hardware used in the computer graphics industry is growing at a prodigious rate and offers opportunities in many segments as companies invest today for the consumers of tomorrow. Hardware will continue to get better, and…

SIGGRAPH Graphics Pioneers Encourage the Graphics Community to Help Make it Right

Posted by Webmaster on July 28th 2009 | Permalink
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 28, 2009 – As the graphics community prepares for the annual SIGGRAPH conference and exhibition in New Orleans August 3-6, the SIGGRAPH Graphics Pioneers are asking the creative community to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina with monetary donations to the Make it Right Foundation. The SIGGRAPH Graphics Pioneers, an organization formed by scientists, engineers, artists, and industry professionals active in computer graphics since the inception of SIGGRAPH, have adopted a house being built by the Make It Right Foundation. There is no minimum amount required, donors are asked to give what they can afford. Together, let’s…

AMD soars in Q2’09, Intel and Nvidia also show great gains

Posted by Webmaster on July 27th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, CA- Monday, July 27, 2009-Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the second calendar quarter of 2009. 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 Q1’09 would change…

Jon Peddie Research announces the release of the 2009 Digital Video Software Market Study

Posted by Webmaster on July 27th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, CA- Monday, July 27, 2009-Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced the release of the Digital Video Software Market Study. This new, stand alone Market Study is part of the Digital Content Creation series, which includes the 3D Modeling and Animation Market Studio for 2009. This study looks at the market for digital video software and includes software used for video editing, special effects, and compositing. It covers the software used by professionals and consumers. The digital video software market reached $1.5 billion in 2008. The market will remain flat in 2009…

Graphics Take a Hit in ‘09 - Come Blazing Back in 2010 According to Jon Peddie Research

Posted by Webmaster on July 16th 2009 | Permalink
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TIBURON, CA-July 16, 2009-Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated global graphics chip shipments for 2009 will see the worst ever year-over-year drop in shipments. The decrease in shipments for 2009 will be even worse than the 2000-20001 recession. However, 2010 promises an amazing comeback.   2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total Graphics Chips: 180.6 217.1 239.0 269.4 316.5 351.7 373.0 328.4 398.9 446.8 Annual percentage growth 20.6% 20.2% 10.1% 12.7% 17.5% 11.1% 6.1% -12.0% 21.5% 12.0% Table 1: Growth rates from 2002 to 2011 Graphics…