A robust gaming market helped boost add-in board sales in seasonally down quarter.
Computer graphics hardware vendor AMD continues to gain market share in the lucrative graphics add-in board (AIBs) market, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR) in its AIB market update for the second quarter of 2016.
The market for graphics add-in boards was down as usual in the second quarter of 2016, reports JPR, but strong sales for gaming moderated the overall trend.
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JPR calls second quarter results “encouraging and seasonally understandable.” Sequentially, the AIB market decreased 20.8% (compared to the desktop PC market, which increased 2.5%).
![Add-in board market share changes quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. (Source: Jon Peddie Research)](https://gfxspeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/market-share-changes-Add-in-boards-2Q16-e1472100187966.png)
However, in spite of the overall PC churn, somewhat due to tablets and embedded graphics, the PC gaming momentum continues to build and is the bright spot in the AIB market.
![Shipments of graphics add-in boards (AIBs) compared to desktop computers over time. (Source: JPR)](https://gfxspeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Comparing-AIBs-and-Desktop-sales-JPR-for-2Q16-AIB-report-e1472100240362.png)
![Shipments of AIBs over time, by market segment. (Source: JPR)](https://gfxspeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AIB-shipments-over-time-2Q16-JPR-e1472100293775.png)
The market data presented here comes from the quarterly AIB report from Jon Peddie Research. For more information visit the Jon Peddie Research website at www.jonpeddie.com.