Graphic Processors are a type of microprocessors that include a specific electronic circuit called a graphics processing unit (GPU). A GPU is designed to execute quick mathematical calculations, particularly for animations, image rendering, and others. Graphics processing units (GPUs) are generally used in computer systems for tasks such as scientific simulations, video game rendering, and machine learning. The parallel processing capabilities of the GPU allow complex computations at a quick pace as compared to a conventional Central Processing Unit (CPU). Thus, the demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) is expected to amplify during the forecast period from numerous end user industries.
At the beginning of the Personal Computers (PCs) evolution, there was no concept of the graphics processing unit (GPU), and all graphics calculation was done by a central processing unit (CPU). However, the speed of using the CPU to do graphics calculation was slow, so a specific graphics accelerator card was designed to support graphics calculation. Later, NVIDIA Corporation proposed the concept of the graphics processing unit (GPU), which promoted the graphics processing unit (GPU) to the position of a separate computing unit. Compared with the CPU, the benefit of the graphics processing unit (GPU) lies in multi-core; the number of cores is more than that of the CPU, each core has a moderately small cache, and the digital logic operation unit is simple and small, which is commonly used to process calculation data with compound calculation amount. Therefore, a graphics processing unit (GPU) is more appropriate for data-parallel computing than a CPU. Thus, in the past few decades, the demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) has increased dramatically from numerous end user industries.
The expansion of the gaming market to innovative platforms and devices such as cloud and mobile cloud gaming aids the augmented demand for GPUs in terms of graphics rendering and high performance. Similarly, the increasing demand for cross-platform gaming results in the significant adoption of GPUs in terms of high performance and compatibility on numerous operating systems and devices. Furthermore, the development of novel business models, such as game streaming and cloud gaming, is projected to create new growth opportunities for GPU market companies and will help them expand their geographic reach.
Growing Technological Advancement to Provide Lucrative Opportunities for the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Market
The GPU market growth can be attributed to constant advancements, developments and new product launches by firms such as AMD, Nvidia and Intel. Market players are focusing on offering GPUs with improved energy efficiency, increased performance, and high support for novel technologies such as real-time ray tracing and AI-based rendering. The significant usage and demand in professional visualization, gaming, and machine learning applications are also expected to boost the GPU market growth during the forecast period. Key market participants are focusing on technological advancement to gain a competitive benefit in the GPU market. For instance, in March 2022, Imagination announced a partnership with King to enable developers in the mobile gaming industry to innovate through a combined research and development (R&D) program. Further, in January 2022, Samsung Electronics launched an advanced mobile processor called Exynos 2200. The product has an innovative design with a robust AMD RDNA 2 architecture and a Samsung Xclipse GPU.
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Market: Segmental Overview
Asia Pacific and North America are anticipated to aid the GPU market growth during the forecast period. As these regions have large presence of GPU manufacturing facilities, especially in China, India, and Japan, combined with increasing consumer demand in terms of gaming requirements. North America contributed to the significant GPU market share in 2022. The increasing expenditures on technological advancements are expected to support the GPU market growth in North America. Further, the increasing usage of the GPU, particularly for mining cryptocurrency, is also projected to support the GPU market growth due to such activities in this region.
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Market Analysis: Competitive Landscape and Key Developments
Intel Corporation, Nvidia Corporation, Imagination Technologies Group, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, EVGA Corporation, SAPPHIRE Technology Limited, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Asus, and AMD are a few of the key companies operating in the GPU market. The GPU market leaders focus on expansion and diversification, new product launches, and acquisition strategies, which allow them to access prevailing business opportunities in the GPU market.
- In April 2022, AMD and partners such as ASRock and Biostar introduced the latest Radeon RX 6400 GPU.
- In August 2022, Intel Introduced the Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series Arctic Sound-M for the Intelligent Visual Cloud. Delivering 5x media transcode throughput performance and up to 68 simultaneous cloud gaming streams, the Flex Series GPU is designed to meet the requirements for intelligent visual cloud workloads.