JPR Reports AMD Jumps 11% in GPU Shipments in Q2, Intel up 4%, NVIDIA Slips

[btarunr]

Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for 2014 2Q.

Graphics chips are without doubt one of the most powerful, exciting, and essential components in tech today: not only does every computer require one (or more), but the technology is entering into major new markets like supercomputers, remote workstations, and simulators almost on a daily basis. New technologies and compute programs are taking advantage of the ability of GPU power to scale. On top of that, PC gaming momentum continues to build. It would be no exaggeration to say that GPUs are becoming the 800-pound gorilla in the room.



The big drop in graphics shipments in Q1 has been partially offset by a small rise this quarter. Shipments were up 3.2% quarter-to-quarter, and down 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Quick highlights:

• AMD's overall unit shipments increased 11% quarter-to-quarter, Intel's total shipments increased 4% from last quarter, and Nvidia's decreased 8.3%.
• The attach rate of GPUs (includes integrated and discrete GPUs) to PCs, for the quarter was 139% (up 3.2%) and 32% of PCs had discrete GPUs, (down 3.6%) which mean 68% of the PCs are using the embedded graphics in the CPU.
• The overall PC market increased 1.3% quarter-to-quarter, and decreased 1.7% year-to-year.
• Desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs) that use discrete GPUs declined 17.5%.

Q2 is, on average, usually mixed, up slightly some years, down others. There was an abnormal spike in 2009 after the massive market decline which warps the 10-year average to 7.1% and makes the 3.2% this year appear to be below average. If the anomalous 2009 spike is ignored, the 9 year average is just 0.5%, which would make the 3.2% increase for Q2 2014 a significant increase.

GPUs are traditionally a leading indicator of the market, since a GPU goes into every system before it is shipped, and most of the PC vendors are guiding cautiously up to flat for Q3'14.

The Gaming PC segment, where higher-end GPUs are used, was a bright spot in the market in Q1. Nvidia and AMD high-end GPUs sales were strong, lifting the ASPs for the discrete GPU market.

Q2 2014 saw the first decline in tablet sales, and one of the few increases in PC sales. The CAGR for total PC graphics from 2014 to 2017 is basically flat. We expect the total shipments of graphics chips in 2017 to be 418 million units. In 2013, 438.3 million GPUs were shipped and the forecast for 2014 is 414.2 million.

The quarter in general

• AMD's shipments of desktop heterogeneous GPU/CPUs, i.e., APUs increased 16.7% from the previous quarter, and increased 10.3% in notebooks. AMD's discrete desktop shipments decreased 10.7% and notebook discrete shipments increased 30.6%. The company's overall PC graphics shipments increased 11%.
• Intel's desktop processor embedded graphics (EPGs) shipments increased from last quarter by 7.2%, and notebooks increased by 1.9%. The company's overall PC graphics shipments increased 4.1%.
• Nvidia's desktop discrete shipments decreased 21% from last quarter; and the company's notebook discrete shipments increased 6.9%. The company's overall PC graphics shipments decreased 8.3%.
• Year-to-year this quarter AMD's overall PC shipments decreased 22%, Intel increased 4.2%, Nvidia decreased 12.7%, and others essentially went away.
• Total discrete GPU (desktop and notebook) shipments from the last quarter decreased 3.6%, and decreased 13.3% from last year. Sales of discrete GPUs fluctuate due to a variety of factors (timing, memory pricing, etc.) and the influence of integrated graphics. Overall, the trend for discrete GPUs has increased with a CAGR from 2014 to 2017 now of -5.6% (from -10%).
• Ninety nine percent of Intel's non-server processors have graphics, and over 65% of AMD's non-server processors contain integrated graphics; AMD still ships integrated graphics chipsets (IGPs).

Year-to-year for the quarter, the graphics market decreased. Shipments were down 3.2 million units from this quarter last year, which is a smaller decline than last quarter and suggests the big declines may be leveling off.

Graphics chips (GPUs) and chips with graphics (IGPs, APUs, and EPGs) are a leading indicator for the PC market. At least one and often two GPUs are present in every PC shipped. It can take the form of a discrete chip, a GPU integrated in the chipset or embedded in the CPU. The average has grown from 1.2 GPUs per PC in 2001 to almost 1.35 GPUs per PC.

It is critical to get a proper grip on this highly complex technology and understand its future direction.

This detailed 50-page report will provide you with all the data, analysis and insight you need to clearly understand where this technology is today and where it's headed.

This fact and data-based report does not pull any punches: frankly, you will be shocked by some of the analysis and insight.

Our findings include discrete and integrated graphics (CPU and chipset) for Desktops, Notebooks (and Netbooks), and PC-based commercial (i.e., POS) and industrial/scientific and embedded. This report does not include the x86 game consoles, handhelds (i.e., mobile phones), x86 Servers or ARM-based Tablets (i.e. iPad and Android-based Tablets),or ARM-based Servers. It does include x86-based tablets, Chromebooks, and embedded systems.

We have been providing quarterly reports on the PC graphics market shipments since 1988.

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[Steevo]

No X86 license is tough on Nvidia. I think they should be allowed to buy VIA.

 

[alwayssts]

Sounds about where it should be.

Until AMD has a competitive cpu in both desktop and mobile (2016?), Intel is probably going to carry about 2/3 of the integrated market. It makes sense AMD is gaining a little, as Kaveri raised the bar for AMD's value (especially for cheap, low-rez laptops) while prices remained low; Intel stayed more-or-less stagnant. At some point broadwell will show up though, and that will probably swing things back.

While I'm certainly not privy to asp on laptop gpus, desktop looks about right as well. As prices fell back to msrp post crytocraze, the two were about on even keel for price performance (not counting 780ti). Now, as prices have fallen further on AMD's side, to the point their stack is posititioned similar to a tier down from nvidia, they are usually a slightly (to largely) better value depending on segment. Factoring in nvidia's stronger brand name, it shows more or less where AMD has to be to compete. Perhaps not at prices this low, but slightly cheaper or better value comparably (not counting overclocking). IOW, essentially exactly the drum Roy Taylor has been pounding (but I think I phrased slightly more realistically).

 

[bogami]

Normal ! TITAN-Z is sach a such a great success $ 3,000 robbery, if you can buy it for $ 1,500 a stronger R-9 295X2. And R-9 290X is for 350€ on R-9 280X 200€. And any normal player Will love to get good game with GPU and not a bunch of crap for the console .

 

[HumanSmoke]

Normal ! TITAN-Z is sach a such a great success $ 3,000 robbery, if you can buy it for $ 1,500 a stronger R-9 295X2. And R-9 290X is for 350€ on R-9 280X 200€. And any normal player Will love to get good game with GPU and not a bunch of crap for the console .

Some people drink the Kool-Aid, others like to submerge themselves in it!

Market share is computed on units sold. You think that a handful of Titan-Z's and 295X's represent anything at all statistically in 100 million GPUs shipped ?

 

[john_]

32% of PCs had discrete GPUs, (down 3.6%)

Desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs) that use discrete GPUs declined 17.5%.

Nvidia? Can you spell C-R-E-A-T-I-V-E?
OK I am exaggerating here. They do have Tegra (seriously) and they will use it in tablets, laptops and latter even desktops to gain back market share. K1 is a strong indicator of this.

But the decline in x86 market, is the main reason discrete GPU's prices are going up the last years and Nvidia's CEO in an interview recently said that prices will climb more. 4K gaming will be a good excuse to see discrete GPUs prices going much higher than what they are today.

 

[BiggieShady]

I think they should be allowed to buy VIA.

You mean x86 licences should be transferable? VIA is still producing x86 cpus not because it bought Cyrix back in the days but because it got 10 year cross-license in a settlement with Intel in 2003, and got +5 years extension about a year ago.

 

[GhostRyder]

Its no surprise, APU's are gaining a bit more ground in the market and mixing that with the deals attributed to AMD GPU's you are getting more market share coming around town. Intel will be reigning champion for years to come because most of the market processors are Intel and have an Intel integrated solution. Now whether or not it is used is of course a different story but the fact remains its there in general...

 

[HumanSmoke]

You mean x86 licences should be transferable? VIA is still producing x86 cpus not because it bought Cyrix back in the days but because it got 10 year cross-license in a settlement with Intel in 2003, and got +5 years extension about a year ago.

Technically that particular x86 licence came about from a cross-license deal Intel had with National Semiconductor. National purchased Cyrix (whose x86 compatible 486, 5x86, 6x86 were in-house designs using a degree of reverse engineering so didn't require a license) in 1997, and transferred the x86 license when it sold Cyrix (minus the MediaGX line) to VIA in 1999.

As for VIA selling its license - it has no leverage. The only possible workable solution would be a merger between Nvidia and VIA. Oddly enough, an AMD+Nvidia merger or acquisition would have leverage since while the x86 license could be nullified by a change in company ownership, Intel itself is on the hook for use of AMD64 IP instructions - the only problems would be that AMD's debt burden makes an acquisition a non starter, and Nvidia would face the same problem that AMD presently faces - competition with Intel in the x86 market on one side, and pressure from big bankroll ARM licensees on the other.

 

[Steevo]

Technically that particular x86 licence came about from a cross-license deal Intel had with National Semiconductor. National purchased Cyrix (whose x86 compatible 486, 5x86, 6x86 were in-house designs using a degree of reverse engineering so didn't require a license) in 1997, and transferred the x86 license when it sold Cyrix (minus the MediaGX line) to VIA in 1999.

As for VIA selling its license - it has no leverage. The only possible workable solution would be a merger between Nvidia and VIA. Oddly enough, an AMD+Nvidia merger or acquisition would have leverage since while the x86 license could be nullified by a change in company ownership, Intel itself is on the hook for use of AMD64 IP instructions - the only problems would be that AMD's debt burden makes an acquisition a non starter, and Nvidia would face the same problem that AMD presently faces - competition with Intel in the x86 market on one side, and pressure from big bankroll ARM licensees on the other.

The debt burden is why I am for it, and something like a monopoly earnest account Nvidia would pay into, they engage in any monopolistic practices they are forced to pay that money to AMD/Intel.

 

[HumanSmoke]

VIA has nothing Nvidia wants.
AMD would be grossly overvalued for what Nvidia would get from the deal. Excepting increased R&D funding - which is a debatable point if Nvidia used its $3+bn cash reserves to secure the acquisition of AMD - buying or merging with AMD nets them what? An unequal fight with Intel in the x86 market that AMD with all its supposed in-place knowledge base can't turn around? Graphics IP which on the balance of things isn't markedly different from what the company already has? Assets? - not really since AMD has been divesting itself of those for some time. Software??? verrrrry unlikely. Tying up 99.99% of the discrete graphics market in a combined company might also bring some unwanted scrutiny from the FTO. Both companies are already steering a course with ARM, and both having in-place architectural licenses and roadmaps it would be pretty hard to see how a merger/buyout offers any value.

 

[john_]

As for VIA selling its license - it has no leverage. The only possible workable solution would be a merger between Nvidia and VIA

There where some rumors a few years ago about VIA and Nvidia merger or close collaboration. In the end it didn't happen. I guess Nvidia decided back then, to go ARM instead.

 

[HumanSmoke]

There where some rumors a few years ago about VIA and Nvidia merger or close collaboration. In the end it didn't happen. I guess Nvidia decided back then, to go ARM instead.

That was when some people construed that because Nvidia was designing a processor it had to be x86 based on basically non-existent information such as some very tenuous linkage to Nvidia's acquired IP ( from Acer Labs ULi spinoff) and the fact that of the two x86 license holders VIA looked more likely than AMD. Reading between the lines with the benefit of hindsight you can see where the SoC was heading. (FWIW Nvidia seemed even then to be talking about x64 with x86 emulation in software)

Nvidia? Can you spell C-R-E-A-T-I-V-E?
OK I am exaggerating here. They do have Tegra (seriously) and they will use it in tablets, laptops and latter even desktops to gain back market share. K1 is a strong indicator of this.

They don't really need to do anything. AMD increase market share yet their GPU revenues and average selling prices both fell? Unless you're selling commodity chips this isn't a strategy that demands following.

 

[remixedcat]

miners

 

[Steevo]

I'm old enough.

I would agree, except the growth is coming from APU sales, and I am not sure if they are counting the ones in the peasant boxes.

If Nvidia bought VIA, and were granted the X86 license, they could make some more competition for two companies who are seeming to stagnate, and also help push along better process nodes which is good for all of us. I don't think a Nvidia/AMD thing would ever happen, just like there is no way an Intel/AMD or Intel/Nvidia thing will ever happen, trust laws prevent it.