NVIDIA has already complained that the lack of hard disk drives in the last quarter resulted in discrete graphics cards. sales decrease .
According to the reports Jon Peddie Research, the last quarter of the year can not show growth in sales of graphic solutions.
Analysts attribute this not only to shortage of hard drives, but the general weakness of the global economy. In addition, full-size tablet computers and smart-phones are popular - in the sense that they force consumers to spend computer budget for other devices. In the fourth quarter 2011 were shipped 124 million graphics solutions - 10% less than the previous quarter.
The shipments of Intel processors with integrated graphics in the fourth quarter rose by double-digit values , but declined by the same order in the mobile segment. Intel shipped 12.3% fewer graphics. AMD in the desktop segment, shipments of hybrid processors increased by 45%, but overall for the quarter the company sold 3.4% fewer graphics - mostly due to weak demand for laptops.
Intel has reduced its share in the graphics market from 60.4% to 59.1%. AMD's market share increased from 23% to 24.8%. NVIDIA has also lost to competitors, reducing the market share from 16.1% to 15.7%. By the way, its volume of sales decreased by 13.2%. The share of Matrox in the last quarter accounted for 0.03% of the market, VIA/S3 hold 0.4%.