AMD’s Processor Share Climbs (ExtremeTech)
Advanced Micro Devices climbed to its best quarter in the past two years in terms of processor sales, an analyst said Monday.
Analyst firm Mercury Research found that AMD’s unit share of the microprocessor market reached 16.6 percent, its highest in eight quarters. Intel, meanwhile, saw its share drop from 83.7 percent a year ago to 82.2 percent in the most recent quarter.
Intel fared well in laptops, McCarron said, while AMD’s strength lay in value desktops, where its Sempron processor began taking hold. Both AMD and Intel had strong server activity, McCarron said.