PC graphics add-in board shipments decline 0.6% in Q1'26; data center GPUs surge 18.6%
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Jon Peddie
27d ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
Jon Peddie Research's Q1'26 report shows PC graphics add-in board (AIB) shipments declined 0.6% quarter-over-quarter to 12 million units. Desktop PC CPU shipments fell to 15.7 million units. The AIB market is projected to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -3.3% from 2024 to 2029, reaching an installed base of 183 million units. In contrast, data center GPU boards grew 18.6% quarter-over-quarter, highlighting divergent trends between consumer PC and data center markets.
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AIBs will have a compound annual growth rate of -3.3% from 2024 to 2029 and reach an installed base of 183 million units at the end of the forecast period.
Data center GPU boards were up an average of 18.6% from last quarter.
Data center GPU boards were up an average of 18.6% from last quarter.
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