The thaw is coming. Graphics cards are selling better and better
The latest data on the supply of graphics cards and computer processors indicate a clear improvement in the situation compared to the previous year.
In times economic crisis and global inflation many companies and consumers significantly reduces expenses for the purchase of new equipment. This affects both the computer and smartphone markets. However, it seems that we are slowly getting back to normalalthough it is still far from record profits for producers.
The CPU market situation is also 33.3% better
According to the latest report from the research group Jon Peddie Reserach, global the graphics chip market in the first quarter of 2024 reached 70 million units. Thus, deliveries increased by 28% year-on-year, but decreased by 10% quarter-on-quarter. The latter, however, is standard this season.
JPR estimates that Desktop graphics card shipments reached 8.1 million units, which is higher than in the first quarter of 2023, but significantly lower than in previous years. However, it must be taken into account that at that time we were still talking about the ongoing cryptocurrency craze.
In terms of market share, the situation is quite stable. AMD (-0.6%) and Intel (-0.3%) recorded slight declines, while NVIDIA recorded equally anemic growth (+0.4%).
The agitation is attributed to the artificial intelligence craze and assistants and technologies available to ordinary mortals. Such solutions are promoted by Microsoft, AMD and Intel – just mention them Copilot+. Lenovo confirms that this had a significant impact on the sales of new laptops.
Additionally, according to Jon Peddie Reserach, computer processor market showed a quarterly decline of 9.4% but an increase of 33.3% year-over-year. These data are also confirmed by the Mercury Research group.
