Analytical company Jon Peddie Research (JPR) released the results of a study on the market for graphics adapters of the add-in board (AIB) type, which are better known as discrete graphics cards. The report covered accelerators for personal computers, servers, workstations, and some other devices.
“The second quarter is normally down from the previous quarter. This quarter it was down -22.1% from the last quarter. That is below the ten-year average of -9.2% which is very low when compared to the desktop PC market, which decreased -3.4% from the last quarter”, the report says.
The main reason for the decrease in sales compared with 2017 is the decline in the cryptocurrency market that occurred this year. On the contrary, in the second quarter of the previous year, a significant increase in demand for video cards began due to the growing rate of cryptocurrencies mined with their help.
The study notes that the computer market is stabilizing, and the cryptocurrency boom has passed resulting in a drop to normal values in the delivery of graphics for desktop computers. Sales of discrete graphics cards for mining systems are getting smaller, so analysts decided not to mention this segment anymore in their reports. Experts believe that the market for discrete video cards for mining as such is no longer there.
Jon Peddie Research's data shows that AMD controlled 36.1% of this market at the end of the second quarter of 2018, with NVIDIA controlling the rest (63.9%). AMD"s share is up from 30.3% during the same period last year.
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