28.01.2010 06:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Intel Maintains Its Leadership as the Largest Graphical Chipset Manufacturer

While we keep talking about the battle between ATI/AMD and NVIDIA for the graphic card market, we tend to forget that Intel is leading the market with entry-level graphical chipset, a cheap solution with limited 3D performance, but high appreciated by OEM. Jon Peddie Research group analyzed the sales of graphical processor unit for 2009. In total, 425 millions graphical chips have been sold worldwide. NVIDIA own 24% of the market, ATI/AMD almost 20% and Intel 55%. The remaining % is shared by Pro-oriented GPU manufacturer Matrox and SiS for its chipsets. In summary, almost all hardware models dedicated to corporate feature a graphical chipset with poor 3D rendering capabilities (based on Intel GMA), helping OEM to keep price per hardware unit low. This is also true for ultra-portable notebooks and netbooks. So, in such conditions, we better understand why Intel does not put so much efforts (financial and engineer resources) to strongly improve performance levels of its graphical chipsets and

Weiterlesen bei Hardmac.com