The number of GPUs shipped just increased according to the latest report from an analyst firm detailing Q2021 37 shipments. This comes from Jon Peddie Research, who constantly monitors the graphics field, and found that in Q2020 This year, GPU shipments (including integrated graphics and discrete cards) increased no less than 2021% compared to the same quarter. in 3,4. The number of shipments has also increased slightly since the first quarter of 123, with an increase of 42% quarter over quarter. In total, 2.9 million GPUs have been shipped, and Jon Peddie further notes that there has also been significant growth in PC processor shipments, which are up 83% year-on-year. However, what Jon Peddie calls desktop graphics expansion cards—in other words, the traditional graphics cards you put in your PC—actually fell 17% in the second quarter. With that being said, a decline is generally expected as we move into QXNUMX through QXNUMX. The current balance sheet of discrete GPUs, both desktop and laptop models, has seen Nvidia increase its grip on the market, expanding its share to XNUMX% this quarter, with AMD of course holding the remaining XNUMX%.
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Coming back to the final breakdown of all discrete graphics cards, Nvidia is really making some serious strides against its rival according to Jon Peddie's stats. It now represents 83% of the market share, compared to 81% in the first quarter. And if we go back further to the first quarter of 2020, Team Green had a 75% stake, so the company is up quite a bit with a total profit of 8% over the last year and a half. Territory that, let's face it, AMD can't afford to give up... Despite strong growth in GPU shipments compared to 2020, the analyst firm is cautious about the current quarter (Q3 2021), noting that: “ In a year unlike any other, vendors have reported shortages of components, capacitors, substrates, and other items. … No one was happy about that, and unfortunately the upcoming preparation for the holiday season, which usually takes place in the third quarter, will be limited until the supply chain catches up with demand. However, what we have heard elsewhere recently has been more positive. Namely, the crackdown on cryptocurrency in China is helping curb demand from miners and prices for Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics cards are finally falling. Not that this marks the end of the GPU stock shortage, and unfortunately the most recent rumor in the vineyard, just yesterday, is that the prices of some GPUs could increase in the future. The waters are rough for both graphics card stock and price forecasts, let's face it. The best graphics card deals right now
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