Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it

Comment Add-in board (AIB) market share figures for Q2 2024 are out and despite an uptick in overall sector shipments, relatively recent entrant Intel registered at zero percent.

The data compiled by Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reveals a significant surge in global AIB volumes, up 47.9 percent year-on-year to 9.5 million units and up 9.4 percent quarter-over-quarter from 8.7 million.

Yet since Intel introduced its first dedicated AIB – or graphics card – via the Arc Alchemist microarchitecture in March 2022, the company has seemingly failed to capture meaningful market share from either Nvidia or AMD, at least according to JPR.

Despite the surge in shipments driven by demand for datacenter, AI, and gaming workloads, Intel remains the odd one out. Nvidia dominates the AIB market with share at 88 percent, while AMD holds around 12 percent. the analyst placed Intel at 0 percent.

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