TIBURON, CA—November 26, 2007 —What a difference a couple of quarters can make in the dynamic market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs). Q1’07 was downright ugly, not so much with respect to units but very much so in the context of revenue and ASPs. Volume was down just modestly, but ASPs and revenue (street) were way down, off 21.2% sequentially … Read more
TIBURON, CA—October 29, 2007—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the third calendar quarter of 2007. Traditionally, the third quarter has good growth for the computer industry as retailers and OEMs prepare for the holiday season; this year had the biggest jump … Read more
TIBURON, Calif—September 10, 2007—If you think the workstation is some last-century relic whose fortunes in the market have long since faded, think again. As Jon Peddie Research again finds with its Q2’07 tabulations, the workstation market is more than simply surviving, it’s prospering. Setting another high (by JPR records), Q2’07 saw a total of 718,000 branded workstations shipped, representing robust … Read more
Overall market was up 3%, bucking seasonal trend.
Units not so bad, but revenue took a big hit
TIBURON, Calif—June 13, 2007—Times change, and they can change fast. As 2006 began, Intel’s Xeon was in a tailspin, while AMD’s Opteron could do no wrong. In the robust market for workstations, the roles have since reversed, with first quarter results reported from Jon Peddie Research showing Xeon has grabbed back much of the share it had lost to Opteron. … Read more
Report identifies
sectors for growth, predicts consolidation, forecasts trends
TIBURON, CA—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2007. Detailed first-quarter results are available in the Q1 2007 edition of Jon Peddie’s First Look, the firm’s quarterly graphics survey. The companion report, Market Watch, provides an in-depth … Read more
Changing market dynamics on all fronts offer new opportunities and several pitfalls as well.
TIBURON, Calif—March 23, 2007—Who would have guessed the professional graphics market would be the growth story it is today? Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has completed market analyses of both the workstation and professional graphics markets for the fourth quarter and full year ’06 and finds that the professional graphics hardware market remains surprisingly strong. JPR reports that Q4’06 saw approximately … Read more
Results of the acquisition? Overall market up 5% quarter-to-quarter
TIBURON, Calif.—September 20, 2006—The string of good news continues for vendors serving the workstation markets, with the second quarter of 2006 yielding 22.9% growth in units and 15.9% for revenue. Jon Peddie Research has completed its quarterly market tabulations for both workstations and professional graphics as part of the latest installment of its Workstation Report series. Workstation vendors shipped roughly … Read more
