Nvidia narrows ATI?s lead in desktop GPU market share
Jon Peddie Research (JPR), a research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, reports that ATI?s lead over Nvidia in the desktop segment narrowed as compared to the prior quarter. In Q305, ATI?s desktop graphics shipments grew 7.6% sequentially while Nvidia?s desktop shipments grew 28.3%.
JPR estimates that approximately 50.9 million desktop graphics devices shipped in Q305, 30.7 million or 60.3% of which were integrated parts. Overall, Intel claimed 36.9% of the desktop graphics market, ATI held 23.6%, and Nvidia held a 22.0% market share. Nvidia?s gains on the desktop side came from its standalone GPU products, shipments of which increased 20.0% during the quarter, as well as from its line of integrated graphics devices, shipments of which increased more than three-fold during the period, according to JPR. On the discrete side, Nvidia grew its segment share from 46.3% in Q205 to 50.4% in Q305, reports the research firm, adding that ATI?s discrete desktop share fell from 51.8% in Q205 to 47.9% in Q305.
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