AMD Surpasses 20% Desktop Market Share

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According to Mercury Research, a company specializing in PC component market research, Advanced Micro Devices has surpassed 20 percent of the desktop PC market share for the first time since 2001. AMD came in with 20.4 percent of the worldwide desktop PC market share in the third quarter report for this year. Intel still holds a commanding lead at 77.5 percent.

In related news, after introducing its Turion 64 notebook platform this August, shipments of AMD notebook processors are up 55% for this quarter.

Intel holds 80.8 percent of the global CPU market, which includes both desktops and notebooks, followed by AMD with 17.8 percent. Intel's share slid 1.4 percentage points while AMD enjoyed an increase of 1.6 percent overall.

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(2 replies) #1 dL on 25 Oct 2005 - 17:16

Go AMD!

First.

dL

#1.1 Caleb on 26 Oct 2005 - 05:51

Go idiot!

#1.2 shafi on 26 Oct 2005 - 19:06

why the name calling ??

#2 mohan_168 on 25 Oct 2005 - 17:20

Yay !!! I guess with Socket940 it will be able to reach greater heights

#3 Dark Scizor on 25 Oct 2005 - 17:24

Ywah! Slow and steady.

#4 groingo2 on 25 Oct 2005 - 19:50

Can you imagine where we'd be if AMD wasn't always resetting the standard for Intel to meet.
GO AMD!

#5 SoLiD_MasteR on 25 Oct 2005 - 20:03

Cant't wait to get my M2 Socket CPU

(1 reply) #6 mr_da3m0n on 25 Oct 2005 - 20:22

Go AMD Go. Your processors are cheaper, faster and better, and they can make a 64 bits platforms that stands up and works.

Even though some could argue that Intel CPUs are easier to use.

#6.1 Smigit on 26 Oct 2005 - 05:58

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Even though some could argue that Intel CPUs are easier to use

LMAO!

yeah its good news. Competition is great and I love my AMD cpu

#7 Elite_graphix on 25 Oct 2005 - 20:46

i thought amd would have a larger share in the market place- but when you count in business' i.e. dell / xeon servers etc intel have the upper hand.

there are more and more AMD based retail systems out there now for the standard home comsumer than there ever was- so this percentage is most likely to grow with the introduction of the 1206/7 socket next year

#8 LTD on 25 Oct 2005 - 20:48

AMD is still the best 64-bit consumer solution out there.

All brought to you by the mighty Athlon.

*bows* All hail the Athlon!

(2 replies) #9 sphbecker on 25 Oct 2005 - 21:07

Wow, never seen so many unchallenged fan boys on one post!

#9.1 [NFC]Wave on 25 Oct 2005 - 21:34

I know... makes me worry

There must be a disturbance in the force.

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#9.2 Caleb on 26 Oct 2005 - 05:52

Yeah, sorry, that was me.

Will never, EVER, eat peas again.

#10 tiwaris on 25 Oct 2005 - 21:08

Way to go.

#11 Jugalator on 25 Oct 2005 - 21:23

Hats off for them, well deserved.

#12 IGx89 on 25 Oct 2005 - 22:22

Interesting that this news came out around the same time that Intel announced a bunch of delays; definitely a good week so far for AMD

(1 reply) #13 imtoomuch on 25 Oct 2005 - 22:46

They still have a LONG way to go...

#13.1 PharosBR on 26 Oct 2005 - 01:49

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#14 ShellShock on 26 Oct 2005 - 04:29

I don't know how awesome a point this is... I heard laptop sales are now surpassing desktop sales... and doesn't intel reign supreme in the laptop market? (pentium m/centrino)

#15 cylonite on 26 Oct 2005 - 05:23

more competiton, better for consumers

survival of the fittest and all that

#16 DrIndianaJones on 26 Oct 2005 - 05:46

AMD I once hated and despised you, but now that you beat Intel at their own game...ALL HAIL! ALL HAIL!

#17 dhitb on 26 Oct 2005 - 06:38

This is excellent news, AMD finally benefitting from Intel's hanging onto the P4 architecture. Things will get interesting once Intel's Dothan successor(s) hit the desktop and AMD responds with M2

#18 mr_demilord on 26 Oct 2005 - 07:29

I doubt it, shouldn't this be RETAIL market?

#19 insanekiwi on 26 Oct 2005 - 07:38

excellent news. i'm about to build a new pc, amd of course.

#20 TRC on 26 Oct 2005 - 12:01

I swear allegiance to no piece of silicon. When I need to upgrade I'll buy from whichever company offers me the best deal at that time, and I don't care which company it is. Arguing over stuff like this is like arguing over who makes the best toaster. I can just see the fanboys now, fighting over Hamilton Beach and Toastmaster. It's just a microprocessor people, sheesh.

#21 coolvi on 26 Oct 2005 - 17:04

Good for AMD. I've never used a Pentium-based desktop in my life, and by the way this is going, chances are that won't change for a while.

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