Friday, October 31st 2008
Intel Gains CPU Market-Share as AMD Loses Ground
Whichever way the global economy is headed, 3Q, 2008 hasn't been a bad period for computer hardware industry. The GPU market saw its bumper sale in six years, with both NVIDIA and AMD reaping inflows. Similar trends were also reported with other sections of the industry. The CPU for one, is commodity closely linked to the growth of the industry. 3Q 2008 saw record earnings for Intel as well, as the silicon giant continued its market-share gains into rival AMD, as recorded by market observer iSuppli.
According to iSuppli figures held by Information Week, Intel now holds a massive 80.4% of the CPU market share, which is up 1.7% from Q3 2007. AMD's share on the other hand fell 1.8 percentage points to 12.1% from 13.9% a year ago. Compared to Q2 2008, AMD's market share grew by 0.1%, and Intel's grew by 0.3%. There is a clear influence of smaller CPU vendors that has affected AMD's share. These smaller vendors are finding it increasingly difficult to compete on a global scale amidst the economic crisis.
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Information Week
According to iSuppli figures held by Information Week, Intel now holds a massive 80.4% of the CPU market share, which is up 1.7% from Q3 2007. AMD's share on the other hand fell 1.8 percentage points to 12.1% from 13.9% a year ago. Compared to Q2 2008, AMD's market share grew by 0.1%, and Intel's grew by 0.3%. There is a clear influence of smaller CPU vendors that has affected AMD's share. These smaller vendors are finding it increasingly difficult to compete on a global scale amidst the economic crisis.
8 Comments on Intel Gains CPU Market-Share as AMD Loses Ground
AMD isn't doing horribly, but it should really focus on bringing in it's 45nm architecture soon (From what I've seen, this brings massive clockspeed gains) in order to refresh interest in the market. If AMD can keep its prices low while bringing in this new die shrink, I can see a lot of new sales in the near future. Nehalem and high-end Penryn just dont appeal to those who want a CPU for $250 or less, no matter how great performance is.
Spore + Expansions coming
Far Cry 2
Fallout 3
Dead Space
GTA IV
Saints Row 2
Fable II
Crysis Warhead
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
The Sims 3
The list goes on and on. Most of 2006, 2007, and 2008 were pretty slow--now we have an onslaught of A-list titles and with A-list titles comes hardware updates.