Add-in Board

If you thought five was good, wait till you see six

Samsung is the first to announce the availability of JEDEC GDDR6 CMOS 8 Gb through 16 Gb x16 dual channel SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory) memory devices for use in advanced graphics processing for gaming devices and graphics cards as well as automotive, network and artificial intelligence systems. “Beginning with this early production of the industry’s first 16Gb GDDR6,” … Read more

Nvidia Slows the Pace, while AMD Promises More

AMD and Nvidia, despite how they poster and position themselves, have limited resources; and since there are only 25 hours in a day, they have to pick their priorities carefully. And even though there was a lot of fanfare when Koduri rejoined AMD in 2013, the Vega product line was less than stellar, although it did have a surprising advantage … Read more

What goes up when all else goes down?

Q1’18 GPU and PC shipments broke a lot of records. Q1 is traditionally a down quarter for PCs (see Figure 1). Q1’18 was down 14.1%, not a record, it went down 16.2% in Q1’16, but a big drop nonetheless. Figure 1: PC shipments and quarter-to-quarter change   As the chart indicates, the PC market has been exhibiting a steady seasonal … Read more

The add-in board market decreased in Q4’17 from last quarter; AMD gained market share.

Over $4.4 billion dollars of AIBs shipped in the quarter.  “The add-in graphics board market behaved seasonally in Q4'17, decreasing 4.6% sequentially, explained Jon Peddie, president of the industry’s research consulting firm Jon Peddie Research. The seasonal ten-year average for Q4 is -4.4%%, and this year it was just below that, which we think is due to the sharp rise … Read more