AMD Hits Record X86 CPU Market Share as Intel Supply Stalls in Q1
AMD gained more ground on rival Intel in x86 market share, with fresh figures from Mercury Research's latest report showing AMD hitting an all-time high at 32.6%. The good news for Intel is that it is still dominating, though it's 67.4% share of the overall x86 CPU market is down sequentially from 68.6% and down from 72.9% in the same quarter a year ago.
In the course of a year, AMD went from owning a little better than a quarter of the overall x86 CPU market to a sliver below a third. Note that this includes every type of CPU, including client chips, server processors, and both embedded IoT and semi-custom SoCs. This is an important distinction, as AMD has a stranglehold on the console market.
Source: Mercury Research
According to the report, AMD "surprisingly" did not experience a very strong drop in its console SoC business, while Intel's IoT...
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