Intel Gains 10% Graphics Market Share While AMD and Nvidia Falter
Posted 08/01/08 at 10:34:26 AM | by Paul Lilly
3D graphics technology has grown by leaps and bounds since 3DFX first laid its Voodoo on the computing world, and today's videocards boast everything from multiple GPUs in a single package to the promise of physics processing. And not just for gaming, fanatical Folders can crunch through more proteins by utilizing their GPU, or decode a high definition movie on their new big screen TV.
Leading the charge into this new era of 3D computing are Nvidia and ATI, two companies who have recently started going at each others' throats with aggressive price cuts and a deluge of new videocards while simultaneously chasing the performance crown. But for all their battles, both old and new, it's Intel, CPU maker extraordinaire, who continues to lead the market.
Not only is Intel out in front of the competition, but the chip maker has managed to widen the gap over one year ago. According to graphics and multimedia consulting firm Jon Peddie Research, Intel has increased its market share by 10 percent since 2007 and now accounts for 47.3 percent of all desktop and notebook graphics. In second place is Nvidia, who in 2007 trailed Intel by just 5 percent, a gap which has increased threefold by dropping from 32.5 percent last year to 31.4 percent in Q2'08. AMD sits at a distant third, who went from 19.5 percent to 18.1 percent in that same time period.
Much of the discrepancy can be attributed to the notebook market, an area where Intel continues to not only lead but dominate. Intel graphics chips account for a whopping 57.1 percent of all notebooks, with Nvidia and AMD remain barely visible in the rearview mirror at 23.6 and 17.9 percent respectively.
Looking over the numbers, it would appear that Nvidia and AMD need to put a greater focus on the mobile market if either one has any hopes of catching up to Intel. But in order to do that, they can ill-afford to make mistakes, such as the $150 to $200 million one Nvidia recently made when it was discovered a batch of noteboooks using the company's GPUs were suffering an "abnormal failure rate." Nor can AMD afford to keep hemorrhaging cash into its ATI acquisition, a reality that has caused new CEO Dirk Meyer to pull in the reigns and refocus the company's business strategy.
Will either company step up to challenge Intel's market dominance in 2009?
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Submitted by vodomustng2000 on Mon, 2008-08-04 06:36
I still have my Voodoo 5500 AGP card stored away for memory sake. It was my first video card that I ever bought then the company went belly up after that.
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Who does all this number
Submitted by gatorXXX on Sat, 2008-08-02 07:37
Who does all this number crunching? Winnie the poo?? I am an amd/ati fanoi and proudley admit it but intel sticks in everyones heads cause they advertise. AMD/ATI, come on step up, be a chip, and advertise so the disdained retired walmart door greeter will know who you are!!
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Submitted by zioburosky13 on Fri, 2008-08-01 17:26
Few reasons I suspect:
1) Economy is slowing down, people don't have the money for another GPU. So they choose 'all-in-one' solution.
2) Intel's Marketing has done a hell of a job bombarding general mass with their ad.
Let's not forget that many
Submitted by natehamill on Fri, 2008-08-01 13:11
Let's not forget that many notebooks out there today use Intel's Centrino platform, and a lot of NVidia's and AMD's video chipsets consume more battery power than Intel's admittedly weak (by comparison, anyway) video chipsets.
Many businesses don't care about graphics processing abilities for their mobile travellars. They care about lower cost and longer battery life.
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Submitted by MarioJP on Fri, 2008-08-01 12:43
That is bs. What 10% of the average consumer pc's that probably dont have a PCI-E slot and for budgeted laptops too LOL. I still can't forget when intel was saying that Larabee will replace your dedicated graphics cards LOL!. Face it intel when it comes to graphics you have lost!. Just stick to what you do best. I can't stand the integrated intel crappy graphics chips. They Plain SUCK
Competition isn't working?
Submitted by StormEffect on Fri, 2008-08-01 10:37
This is DISGUSTING. Why the HELL does Intel keep gaining share when their GPU products (GMA 950, X3100, X4500) are so pathetically underpowered they should only be offered on mobile phones? Because people don't want to pay for a dedicated GPU! And they buy Intel processors in Intel chipsets with Intel Integrated Shit.
Nvidia integrated graphics work pretty decently above anything from Intel, and the not-even-that-recent HD3200 integrated graphics in the AMD 780G chipset DESTROYS EVERYTHING INTEL HAS. It performs TWICE as fast as the X4500. Intel won't be able to catch up for AT LEAST a full year. Kinda backwards considering the CPU situation, eh?
TWICE. AS. FAST. 200% Faster. Why don't OEMs give a shit? Because they want to sell Intel processors. You can't sell your Intel processors in an AMD motherboard and IGP. That would be the ideal situation, though.
Actually, AMD has done some good in the mobile market (and in the desktop IGP market, frankly). PUMA was recently released, offering the HD3200 to mobile users, along with decent WIFI capabilities, and a competitive CPU (if not as fast as an Intel Penryn). You know what? I have only seen ONE major consumer OEM offer a PUMA laptop. HP. DV5z. That's it.
I don't know who needs to get their ass in gear, but PUMA laptops and 780G chipsets need to be pushed so hard it isn't even funny. WHERE IS THE MARKETING? Oh right...AMD has virtually no cash right now. So can you blame them? I don't know, it just seems that when the best integrated graphics ever released have been sitting and constantly substituted for year-old, digustingly inferior IGPs, you sort of lose your faith in the intelligence of the average consumer. AMD needs to throw some marketing muscle into BestBuy and Walmart. Every one of the laptops in those stores could be taken from decent CPU, Shit-filled GPU to a decent CPU, decent GPU (gaming capable) with just a little bit of advertising.
*sigh*
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