Intel still top dog in graphics business

RESEARCH FIRM Jon Peddie Research released data for the second quarter which showed notebook graphics rose by around 32%.

But at the same time PC graphics shipments were down 4.6 per cent sequentially, according to data in the John Peddie Market Watch.

In hard terms, 71.4 million PC graphics devices shuttled out of vendors' factories in Q2, with shipments of desktop units dropping by seven per cent between the first quarter and second quarter of this year. Nevertheless, such shipments grew 11.6 per cent year on year.<> Integrated graphics rose by 14.7 per cent year on year, while discrete desktop systems grew seven per cent year on year.

Rank	Vendor	Q1 06 share	Q2 06 share
1	Intel	39.1%	40.3%
2	ATI	28.7%	27.6%
3	Nvidia	19%	20.3%
4	Via	9%	8.2%
5	SIS	3.7%	3.5%
6	Matrox	0.1%	0.1%

Integrated notebook chips was the only graphics segement to show growth sequentialy, up by 4.2 per cent 47.1 per cent year on year. Discrete graphic sales fell 3.5 per cent during the quarter.

Intel is the cock of the holl for integrated notebook graphis with 54.9 per cent share, followed by ATI with 31 per cent share, and Nvidia trails at 10.9 per cent.

Nevertheless, ATI shipments declined sequentially while Nvidia shipments grew.

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