Overall GPU shipments increased 7.2% from last quarter

AMD increased 8%; Nvidia increased 10%; and Intel increased 6% Up to now, the GPU and PC market had been showing a return to what has been normal seasonality. That pattern is typically flat to down in Q1, a significant drop in Q2 as OEMs and the channel deplete inventory before the summer months. A restocking with the latest products in Q3 in anticipation of the holiday season, and mild increase to flat change in Q4. All of that subject to an overall decline in the PC market since the great recession of ’07 and the influx of tablets and smartphones. However,