Jon Peddie Research (JPR) released GPU shipment statistics for the third quarter of 2012, and while the numbers were all over the map, it was mostly good news for Nvidia (more on that in a moment). Discrete GPU shipments held steady at 34.3 million units, up 4.5 percent sequentially but down 5.2 percent compared to the same quarter one year ago. There was also a 4.5 percent dip in overall graphics shipments in Q3 compared to last year, JPR says.
"The news was terrific for Nvidia and disappointing for the other major players," JPR said. "From Q2 to Q3 Intel slipped in both desktop (7 percent) and notebook (8.6 percent). AMD dropped (2 percent) in the desktop, and (17 percent) in notebooks. Nvidia gained 28.3 percent in desktop from quarter to quarter and jumped almost 12 percent in the notebook segment."
