Intel loses, AMD gains market share
The chipmaking giant's PC processor market share, including shipments of processors for Microsoft's Xbox game console, slid eight-tenths of a percentage point to 82.7 percent in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter, according to the latest figures from Mercury Research.
At the same time, Advanced Micro Devices picked up half a point of market share, rising to 15.5 percent in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter, according to Mercury Research. The remaining 1.8 percent of the second-quarter PC processor market was split between Via Technologies and Transmeta.
By Adul Tangtam, AnandTech
