Tiburon (CA) - According to a report released by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2005 gained ground on ATI in terms of overall market share and continued to pull away in the standalone graphics chip market. X1000 manufacturing hurt ATI especially in the retail market, but a large-scale chipset deal with Intel helped the company to keep its existing market share.
Nvidia's solid product line and availability of products enabled the company to achieve a clear market lead with about 52% of all standalone (discrete) graphics shipped during the quarter. Nearly half a year delay of ATI's X1000 series resulted mostly in a decrease in retail sales, said Jon Peddie, principal analyst of JPR in a conversation with TG Daily. Still, ATI apparently got away with less damage than some would have expected: "The proof of little damage is that their unit sales in the discrete segment didn't get that hurt and only high-end retail was impacted. However, that's the most profitable and most visible segment," Peddie said.
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Feb 4, 2006, 06:49 PM
