Intel scores in graphics

GEMING: Intel remains the leader in the overall graphics market.

While Intel held onto a 39.1 per cent market share in the overall graphics market, ATI's market share during the first quarter was 28.7 per cent, up from 26.5 per cent during the fourth quarter, while Nvidia also slightly increased its share from 18.7 per cent to 19 per cent, according to a recent research released by analyst firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR).

Overall, the total graphics market slighty declined in the first quarter, indicative of a decline in PCs sold. About 74.9 million PC graphics devices shipped from major suppliers during the first quarter, JPR said "� a 5.7 drop decline from the prior quarter and a 24.5 per cent increase over the same period the previous year.

ATI dominated the total mobile market against Nvidia; Intel recorded a 53.3 percent share, ATI recorded a 36.4 per cent share, while Nvidia's share totaled just 6.6 per cent.

Overall, Via Technologies was the fourth-place supplier, with a market share that slipped from 12 per cent to 9.0 percent sequentially.

Silico Systems recorded a 3.7 per cent share, down one percent from the fourth quarter. Matrox, once a dominant graphics supplier, slipped a tenth of a percentage point to 0.1 percent of the total graphics market.