AMD and Intel Gain GPU Market Share While NVIDIA Loses Ground

By Nathan Kirsch

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers market share for Q111. JPR found that shipments during the first quarter of 2011 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, and was nominal on a year-to-year comparison for the quarter. The situation changed over the course of the year and Q410 did not conform to the normal seasonal cycle, but was down a bit compared to previous years, so the growth in Q1 was a welcomed change.

Graphics Card Shipments in Q1 2011

JPR Report Highlights:

  • In Q111, Intel celebrated its fifth quarter of Embedded Processor Graphics CPU shipments, and enjoyed its second quarter of HPU (heterogeneous processor unit) shipments.
  • AMD and Intel gained in overall market share at the expense of Nvidia from the last quarter.
  • Year to year this quarter AMD had tremendous market share growth, Intel had above average growth, and Nvidia slipped significantly.
  • The Q111 change in total shipments from last quarter increased 10.3%, significantly above the ten-year average of -4% raising concerns about an inventory buildup that will have to run down in Q2.
  • Netbooks continued to contribute to notebook growth. However, the iPad has probably cannibalized some netbook sales.
  • Around 83 million PCs shipped worldwide in Q111, a drop of 5.4% compared to Q410

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