HEXUS.beans :: ATI and NVIDIA graphics market share - how it's seen by those claiming to be in the know
HEXUS has learnt that at least one other major research and analysis company is currently advising on some interesting (though some obvious) points and some of these are: -The future is notebooks, and the suggestion is that 2009 could finally see more notebooks sold than desktops.
There are indications that in the high-end notebook market (graphics processor without integrated graphics memory) ATi Technologies’ market share has risen from a little over 75% at the end of 2004, to approaching 90% at the end of 2005.
ATi also seems to have gained further ground in the low-to-mid-range market sector (graphics processor with integrated video memory) - seeing its share of the market moving from under 64% at the end of 2004 to almost 75% at close of play 2005.
These gains have apparently been achieved via a sales focus on some of the faster-growing notebook manufacturers such as Toshiba.
The fierce battle between ATi and NVIDIA continues to rage in the mainstream desktop arena - the market share of graphics integrated into a mainboards core-logic where both combatants seem much focussed on the ‘win’. ATi's RADEON Xpress 200 - for both AMD and Intel platforms - has apparently helped it achieve a growth in 2005 of more than 1,200% from its position in 2004. A significant contributing factor is probably the deal that saw Intel’s own mainboards shipping with ATi core logic featuring integrated RADEON graphics.
In terms of total stand-alone graphics processors sold, it seems claimed that ATi now has the lion's share with 52% of the market compared to NVIDIA’s 45%.
Though in absolute terms ATi’s share of the whole graphics market is now indicated to be vertical of 26% compared to 18% for NVIDIA, Intel is claimed to still retain the largest share at 37%.
As sales of XBOX 360 consoles continue to grow and shipments of Nintendo Revolution boxes and Sony HD TV sets continue (all of which feature ATi graphics products), it’s reasonably suggested that ATI will experience a further overall surge through 2006.
Despite what’s reported, when we spoke to NVIDIA yesterday, it remained bullish and asserted that it's “making loads of money” and essentially that its profitability is strong.
At the time of writing, ATi and NVIDIA’s own websites report the following financial information: ATi’s stock price on the NASDAQ closed 2.93% down at $17.23 and NVIDIA’s is down 3.56% at $43.65.
