The number of supplies of graphics chips for desktops and laptops in the last quarter of 2012 decreased sharply compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Also expanded Intel’s market share a little bit from at the expense of competitors AMD and Nvidia.
The findings come from market researcher Jon Peddie Research. AMD and Nvidia sold in the last quarter, 13.6 and 16.7 percent less graphics chips than in the previous quarter. The sales of Intel fell by only 2.9 percent, indicating that in proportion, more and more systems are sold with an integrated video card. Intel knew its market share to increase to 63,4 percent compared to 60 percent in the previous quarter. In the fourth quarter decreased the total sales of desktop and laptop gpus, up 8.2 percent compared to the previous quarter and by 11.5 percent compared to a year earlier.
Because in almost every pc with a separate or integrated graphics card is the leveringsaantallen of graphics chips is a good indicator for the pc market. The results fit in with a trend that has been going on and is caused by the ever-increasing popularity of tablets and other mobile devices. Different chip manufacturers gave previously, that consumers are becoming more and more such devices instead of a laptop or a desktop so the sales on the pc market have stagnated. Also the arrival of Windows 8 has no change.