Graphics processors jumped to +21.2% from Q2 to Q3 this year.
Over the last 8 years, this overall change from Q2 to Q3 was the highest recorded result, says Jon Peddie, head of Research Market Watch.
The big winner is AMD up 30.2% with 19.8% market share. Second is Intel with 25.2%, market leader with more than 50% in Q3. Q-to-Q market share shows other companies like Nvidia (3.3%), Matrox (-50.8%), newcomer SiS (209.3%) and VIA/S3 with 116.2%.
Intel shipped the most graphic processors (63m), 2X more than Nvidia. In total, 119.3m were shipped in this Q3, "exceeding the record 111 million units shipped in Q3 2008," notes Jon Peddie. "The crash of fall 2008 is now behind us."