GPU market drops by 5.6% from Q4 2007
May 3rd, 2008 by Annkur
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced market share for the first calendar quarter of 2008 for graphics shipments. Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research said "The first quarter of 2008 was seasonally down, and showed potential softness in the market and for the coming quarters. No segment had any growth, even the gravity defying notebooks. This is the first time notebook shipments have slipped in several years."
According to the report, the total shipments was 95 million units for Q4 2007. But it went down 5.6% in for the last quarter. During the same quarter last year the shipments was at 20%. Notebook chips slipped 5% on-quarter to 32.6 million units, to claim 34% of the market. The desktop market had a decline of 6% this quarter which is 62.3 million units.
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