Shipments of PC graphics devices from the top eight suppliers dropped by 6.2 percent sequentially in Q1 to approximately 60.2 million, marking a 4.9 percent increase over Q1 2004, Jon Peddie Research reported this week.
The top eight ranked suppliers were Intel, ATI Technologies, Nvidia, VIA Technologies, Silicon Integrated Systems, Matrox Graphics, XGI and 3Dlabs (Creative Technology), according to the research firm.
Desktop graphics shipments declined 7.9 percent in Q1, with discrete desktop shipments falling 8.2 percent from Q4 2004. Integrated desktop shipments fell 7.8 percent from Q1 2004, the Tiburon, Calif.-based market research firm also said.
ATI maintained its lead in the discrete desktop segment during Q1, even though its shipments declined 9 sequentially and its share in the segment fell slightly from 51.9 percent in Q4 2004 to 51.4 percent in Q1.
Nvidia’s discrete desktop shipments declined 8 percent sequentially and its segment share was essentially flat, growing from 46.7 percent to 46.8 percent during the same period.
Jon Peddie Research estimates that 14.6 million mobile graphics processors shipped from six suppliers in Q1, down a mere 0.2 percent from Q4 2004 but up 40.8 percent from Q1 2004. Mobile graphics held a record 24.4 percent share of the total graphics market during Q1.
Shipments of integrated graphics chipsets for notebooks outpaced those of discrete standalone mobile graphics processors in Q1, with sequential growth of 12.6 percent and annual growth of 71.2 percent.
Discrete mobile controller shipments fell 15.8 percent from Q4 2004 but grew 9.1 percent from Q1 2004.
Intel Leads Market Share
From a market share perspective, Intel surpassed ATI as the largest PC graphics supplier to the mobile market in Q1, with its share growing from 39.5 percent to 50.8 percent sequentially.
ATI’s share fell from 42.9 percent in Q4 2004 to 35.5 percent in Q1, due to increased shipments from Intel of integrated chipsets for notebooks.
During Q1, Intel launched its mobile 915 PCI Express chipset (formerly called Alviso) with integrated graphics based on the GMA900 engine, which the research firm believes pushed Intel’s mobile chipset shipments up 28.4 percent sequentially and 148.3 percent from Q1 2004, the firm reported.
“Although an industry slowdown in the first quarter is typical and to be expected, the mobile segment and Intel in particular displayed strong performance,” said Lisa Epstein, senior analyst at Jon Peddie Research, in a statement. “The mobile segment did not slow during the period, with strong shipments that, relative to the desktop segment, led to record share of the total graphics market.
“This dynamic was driven exclusively by shipments from Intel of its new GMA900-based 915 IGC for mobile PCI Express platforms. Intel’s steep ramp of this new Pentium M chipset contributed to phenomenal growth in the mobile IGC segment during the quarter,” Epstein added.
In Q1, Intel saw a 0.6 percent increase in graphics shipments from Q4 2004, was the largest supplier of PC graphics devices worldwide, and claimed an increased share of the total graphics market.
ATI remained the second largest supplier in Q1 with an 11.3 percent sequential decline in shipments and reduced share of the total graphics market.
Nvidia was the third largest supplier in Q1 with a 9.7 percent sequential decline in shipments and reduced market share.
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