CPU shipments fall as consumers pay the cost for price rises — but AMD grows its share
- Desktop CPU shipments dropped over 20% amid rising memory and GPU costs
- AMD now holds nearly 35% of the entire desktop processor market
- Mobile CPU shipments jumped as Intel finally closed its capacity gap
Global processor shipments fell in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, new figures have claimed.
Mercury Research found, the decline stemmed mainly from weaker system-on-chip and embedded volumes tied to AMD's shrinking games console business, along with a steep drop in desktop CPU volumes.
Even as the overall market contracted, AMD continued to take share away from Intel across nearly every product category tracked by the research firm.
Desktop demand buckles under higher prices
Desktop CPU shipments fell by more than 20% year on year, a decline Mercury links to weaker demand for high-end gaming PCs rather than typical seasonal softness.
Rising memory prices, driven by chipmakers prioritizing...
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