Market Trends of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Industry
Mobile Devices to Witness Major Growth
- The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a vital component of smartphones, accountable for rendering graphics and managing complex visual tasks, including rendering animations, playing video games, and displaying high-resolution images. The CPU can remain idle and conserve battery power using the GPU to handle intensive graphical tasks. This is especially important for demanding applications like video games, which can consume a lot of battery life if not optimized.
- The mobile devices industry evolved rapidly in the past decade, and the integration of 3D graphics on mobile phones accelerated with the technological evolution. The GPU plays a key role in mobile devices and PCs, providing better graphics performance, enhanced battery life, and offloading CPU tasks. Mobile devices can render high-quality animations, graphics, and special effects with more ease and faster speed with a dedicated GPU, resulting in a better user experience, specifically for consumers who regularly use demanding apps and play video games.
- The recent advancement in smartphone technologies and rising demand for 5G smartphones drive the segment’s growth. Efforts by smartphone makers such as Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo to innovate their products are also driving up demand for Mobile GPUs.
- As per Ericsson, 5G subscriptions are forecast to increase drastically worldwide from 2019 to 2028, from over 12 million to over 4.5 billion subscriptions respectively. India, Nepal, and Bhutan are expected to have the most subscriptions by region. Smartphone OEMs are ramping up Artificial intelligence-enabled smartphones in 2024, with an additional storage capacity, boosting the demand for smartphones in coming years.
- Furthermore, continuous development in camera and picture quality attracts new consumers. Rapid AI and machine learning technology integration in mobile phones and laptops drives demand for faster GPUs.
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Asia-Pacific to Witness Significant Growth
- The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to remain among the prominent contributors to the growth of the market studied, considering the changing dynamics of various industries in the region. Over the years, the adoption of digital technologies has grown significantly outside significant countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, creating opportunities in the market studied. For instance, the “Digital India” mission is one such initiative that had a notable impact on the uptake of digital technologies in India, driving the demand for GPUs across various end-user verticals in the country.
- In the last few decades, China has become the primary producer and consumer of semiconductors and related products. The demand for semiconductor chips in China is driven primarily by the expanding digital ecosystem.
- Government initiatives also support the growth in the uptake of digital technologies in China. For example, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative by the Chinese government to promote the adoption of advanced technologies, such as robotics, IoT, automation, and advanced ICT solutions, such as AI, AR/VR, ML, etc., in the industrial sector.
- Furthermore, China has also emerged among the leaders in the Asia-Pacific region in adopting digital technologies in the public sector to improve the efficiency of public services. As a result, the adoption of cloud and related services has been increasing in the country, creating a favorable ecosystem for demand and becoming a vital component of data center infrastructure.
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