Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s market research firm for the graphics industry, has released an update to its quarterly Market Watch report.
This is 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.
Q1’18 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 Q2'18 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 -2.3% 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.
The report contains the following content:
- Worldwide GPU and PC Shipment Volume, 1994 to 2023.
- Detailed worldwide GPU Shipment Volume, 1Q 2001 to date, and forecast to 2023.
- Major suppliers: Detailed market share data on the shipments of AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and others.
- Financial results for the leading suppliers: Analysis of the quarterly results of the leading GPU suppliers.
- Market forecasts: You will also be able to download a detailed spreadsheet and supporting charts that project the supplier’s shipments over the period 2001 to 2023. Projections are split into platforms and GPU type.
- GPUs: History, status, and analysis.
- Financial history for the last nine quarters: Based on historic SEC filings, you can see current and historical sales and profit results of the leading suppliers.
- A vision of the future: Built upon a solid foundation of facts, data, and sober analysis, this section pulls together all of the report's findings and paints a vivid picture of where the PC graphics market is headed.
- Charts, graphics, tables, and more: Included with this report is an Excel workbook. It contains the data we used to create the charts in this report. The workbook has the charts and supplemental information.
JPR also publishes a series of reports on the PC Gaming Hardware Market, which covers the total market including system and accessories, and looks at 31 countries. More information can be found here: https://www.jonpeddie.com/store/worldwide-pc-gaming-hardware-market-report-series-total
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About Jon Peddie Research
Dr. Jon Peddie has been active in the graphics and multimedia fields for more than 30 years. Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented multimedia and graphics research and consulting firm. Based in Tiburon, California, JPR provides consulting, research, and other specialized services to technology companies in a variety of fields including graphics development, multimedia for professional applications and consumer electronics, high-end computing, and Internet-access product development. JPR’s Market Watch is a quarterly report focused on the market activity of PC graphics controllers for notebook and desktop computing.
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