Intel Processor Market Share Balloons to 80 Percent
Intel Processor Market Share Balloons to 80 Percent
Posted 08/10/2009 at 7:00am
| by Paul Lilly
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The rich get richer, so the saying goes, and it applies to Intel's x86 CPU business. Already the No.1 CPU maker in the world, Intel's x86 processor market share rose to 80.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, up from 78.2 percent in the first quarter.
According to market research firm Mercury Research, Intel's recent market share growth is attributable to the chip maker's aggressive desktop CPU price cuts, as well as increased inventory alleviating continued shortages in certain segments.
Meanwhile, competitor AMD saw its shares drop from 20.9 percent in the first quarter to 18.7 percent in the second, a trend the No. 2 chip maker can't be happy about. It was almost a year ago that AMD announced a split into separate design and manufacturing firms.
VIA's market share remained relatively unchanged, claiming just under 1 percent for the second consecutive quarter.
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emepror
August 10, 2009 at 12:34pm
dont get me wrong, i really like intel but they need a little less market share :)
i wonder when soeone will make an 86 bit processor, 64 bit proc's have been around for what 30 years? time for new innovation
comptech08
August 10, 2009 at 9:15pm
The next higher "bit" processors will not be 86. It will be 128. In the computer world it goes by binary. 0 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256, and so on. It doubles each time. Oh and 64-bit has no way been around for 30 years. Its just catching on outside the server world. Its going to be a while till anything better comes out.
Caboose
August 10, 2009 at 12:13pm
Anyone think that Intel will try and buy AMD at some point?
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Trooper_One
August 10, 2009 at 11:03am
If Intel gets to over 95% market share, they'll just be pumping out Atoms for the next 3 decades.
Another reason why AMD must not fail.
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