AMD Grabs Market Share from Intel, Still a Distant Second
AMD Grabs Market Share from Intel, Still a Distant Second
Posted 04/01/2010 at 6:01am
| by Paul Lilly
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Intel's empire wasn't built in a day, nor does it look like it's in any danger of falling. AMD does continue to chip away, however, and managed to gain some ground in the market share disparity between the two chip makers.
According to iSuppli, AMD in the fourth quarter of 2009 grabbed a 12.1 percent chunk of worldwide microprocessor revenues , picking up 1.6 percentage points from its position in the same quarter in 2008, and 0.28 percent over its position in Q3 of 2009.
Intel, meanwhile, dropped a percentage point from 2008, but still holds a dominating 80.6 share of the market. The No. 1 chip maker did gain slightly over the previous quarter, rising 0.1 of a point from 80.5 percent.
"For the full year of 2009, the market share situation was somewhat more balanced with AMD and Intel picking up two-tenths and three-tenths of a percent of share, respectively, in 2009 compared to 2008," said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for computer platforms at iSuppli. "This is an interesting development because PC average selling prices (ASPs) dropped significantly during the course of 2009 - especially for notebooks. So, the fact that AMD and Intel virtually maintained their market share at the annual level shows that neither supplier was overly punished by the dropping ASPs. It also indicates that neither was able to capitalize on the situation very effectively."
All other chip makers accounted for 7.3 percent of combined shipments.
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Cruzg10
April 01, 2010 at 3:46pm
its step in the right direction. cant wait for it to be like in the old athlon vs p4 days again
lien_meat
April 01, 2010 at 1:17pm
I'm surprized actually. I would have suspected that amd would have lost share due to the apparent popularity of the i7 and i5 chips. I am an amd fan traditionally, but I really wish to see days again like Athelon xp vs p4. The xp was a great chip (even if it did run hot) and I loved it. I have owned a p4 as well, and it didn't cut the mustard for the price compared to the xp(I didn't buy it, old computer I fixed up). I hope the bulldozer architecture can turn the tide a bit.
I Jedi
April 01, 2010 at 11:01am
I look forward to the day that AMD recovers from its past mistakes. I look forward to the day when I can finally jump onboard the AMD platform knowing that I'm going to get the best possible performance out there today.
bpstone
April 01, 2010 at 10:24am
I'll be glad when AMD releases general consumer enthusiast/gamingchips
that finally rival Intel. Their price point already does. We need
morechip manufactures to increase the competition since Intel has stood
as a monopoly in the market long enough. Microsoft is another example,
but I don’t it’ll last forever.
Havok
April 01, 2010 at 9:53am
It's obvious now that AMD is inching up in marketshare... After all, Intel isn't playing 'spoiled brat that gets everything their way' and are no longer locking out AMD from the market.
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Sebie Kay
April 01, 2010 at 9:16am
Always glad to see AMD moving up the ranks. Thought I doubt they will topple Intel single-handedly, they are making progress! Personally, I run an ancient AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (yeah, like I said... ancient!), and love it for what it is! Too bad I just ordered new parts for a complete rebuild of my desktop.
Who is the successor? AMD Phenom II x4 955! I couldn't stomach the high price of an Intel based system. Nearly $300 more for an i5, and $400 more for an i7 system! I don't need THAT much muscle! And I will rebuild my system in another 2 years anyway, so why pay for something more than what I need?
Last time I checked, we were in a recession, and every penny counts!
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