Agency analysts Jon Peddie Research (JPR) conducted an analysis of mobile graphics market - rated the balance of power among developers SoC for smartphones, tablets and game consoles. From the first half of 2011 to the first half of 2012 the market increased by 91.3%.
Graphics processor for integration into SoC produce more than a dozen manufacturers, the most famous among them Broadcom, Apple, Intel, Marvell, MediaTek, NVIDIA, ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Qualcomm and Samsung company. All of them are divided into two categories: GPU alone on their own, only licensing instruction sets, while others use pre-compiled kernels that fit their needs.
Own graphics processors for handheld devices design, NVIDIA and Qualcomm, and the license GPU supplied by ARM, DMP (Digital Media Professionals), Imagination Technologies and Vivante. The exception to this are Samsung company , which buys the GPU from ARM and Imagination Technologies, and Broadcom company, receiving a video core ARM, and, at the same time, both of these developers are using self-developed graphics hardware engines.
As the table shows, the largest share of market is divided between the GPU company Imagination Technologies, Qualcomm and ARM. The main engine of GPU on ARM can be considered Samsung company, and advocates promoting Imagination Technologies - Apple and Texas Instruments .
As mentioned above, in the next 12 months the market of graphics expect change. For example, recently Google plans to present in December, the $ 100 tablet Wonder Media / VIA processor.
Separately, experts point to the influence of the Chinese market share ratio in graphics developer for SoC. With this increased market share GPU companies such as ARM and Vivante, and China will continue to have an impact on the balance of power in this niche. Related Products :
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