Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) surpassed a 20% share of the desktop PC-use CPU market worldwide in the third quarter of 2005, its first time since 2001, according to Mercury Research. The vendor grabbed a 20.4% share, following Intel with 77.5%.
After the introduction of the Turion 64 mobile technology CPUs in August of this year, AMD’s notebook CPU shipments jumped by 55% sequentially in the third quarter.
Intel, however, continues to dominate the global CPU market with an 80.8% share in the third quarter, followed by AMD with 17.8%, the research firm stated. Intel’s share slid 1.4-percentage points sequentially, whereas AMD enjoyed a 1.6-percentage point growth.
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Global x86 CPU market: Top four vendors’ market share | ||||
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Company |
4Q04 |
1Q05 |
2Q05 |
3Q05 |
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Intel |
82.2% |
81.6% |
82.2% |
80.8% |
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AMD |
16.6% |
16.9% |
16.2% |
17.8% |
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VIA |
1.1% |
1.3% |
1.4% |
1.4% |
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Transmeta |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Source: Mercury Research, compiled by DigiTimes, October 2005
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AMD, Intel: On-quarter shipment growth by segment, 3Q05 | ||
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Company |
AMD |
Intel |
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Notebook |
55% |
22.7% |
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Desktop PC |
20.5% |
10.5% |
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Server |
16.5% |
5.2% |
Source: Mercury Research, compiled by DigiTimes, October 2005
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Global desktop PC-use x86 CPU market: Top-3 vendors’ market share | ||||
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Company |
4Q04 |
1Q05 |
2Q05 |
3Q05 |
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Intel |
79.3% |
78.3% |
78.4% |
77.5% |
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AMD |
19.2% |
19.8% |
19.6% |
20.4% |
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VIA |
1.5% |
1.9% |
2.0% |
2.1% |
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Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Source: Mercury Research, compiled by DigiTimes, October 2005
Article translated by Jessie Shen and edited by Jessie Shen
