Peddie Research seems to have evidence that the world of the GPU grew rather strongly in 2007, despite early months of lagging. 

Desktop AIB Market Value

Q2’06

Q3’06

Q4’06

Q1’07

Q2’07

Q3’07

Units

19.70

21.69

21.06

20.58

21.07

25.74

Growth – sequential

-11.3%

10.6%

-2.9%

-2.2%

2.3%

22.2%

Growth – year-to-year

7.4%

7.7%

-5.7%

-7.4%

6.9%

18.7%

Market value ($M)

$5,205.26

$4,975.92

$4,497.25

$3,543.75

$5,758.26

$6,617.23

Growth – sequential

-11.5%

-4.4%

-9.6%

-21.2%

62.5%

14.9%

Growth – year-to-year

 

-13.9%

-15.1%

-39.8%

10.6%

33.0%


Looking at the table provided to us in email, you can see a market value increase of 33% in Q3’07 over this time last year with over 25.74 million GPUs sold. 

TIBURON, CA – November 26, 2007— What a difference a couple of quarters can make in the dynamic market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs). Q1’07 was downright ugly, not so much with respect to units but very much so in the context of revenue and ASPs. Volume was down just modestly, but ASPs and revenue (street) were way down, off 21.2% sequentially and a huge 39.8% year-to-year. Q2’07 showed an expected bounce back to respectability, with a modest year-over-year (YoY) increase in both units and market value.

But in this dynamic market, there’s not much in the way of status quo. Q1 saw that big swing down, and then Q2’07 saw moderation. Now Jon Peddie Research’s (JPR) Q3 results are in, and the firm reports another big swing, but this time a strong – and most welcome – swing to the upside.

Capitalizing on the momentum that ramped in Q2, with both Nvidia and AMD in various stages of product transitions to new graphics technologies, Q3 saw units increase an impressive 18.7% (YoY). But revenue was the real bright spot, increasing 33.0%.