WiFi Finder
Locate wireless services by a specific address, city, state, country, airport, or zip code.
Business is Brisk for Both AMD and Intel
Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. both gained momentum in the first quarter of this year as the longtime price war between rival chipmakers slowed.
Research firm iSuppli last week reported that average selling prices for both AMD and Intel wares held steady between the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008. "This price stability is another indication that price pressure has decreased and the pricing war between the two microprocessor suppliers has abated," reported iSuppli.
The research firm also noted that both companies showed some slips in Q1 but registered enough gains to put them on the plus side of growth charts.
"Intel was the short-term winner in the first quarter microprocessor market," said Matthew Wilkins, a principal analyst with iSuppli, in a statement. "AMD's PC microprocessor product portfolio has become much stronger during the last year, particularly on the desktop side. Customers clearly are responding to AMD's moves. At the beginning of the year we saw AMD add the quad-core Phenom microprocessors to its desktop portfolio, which it has since built on with tri-core and dual-core flavors, for the prosumer and business markets."
Wilkins also noted that about half of AMD's long-term growth came at Intel's expense. The remainder came out of smaller suppliers' market-share.
According to iSuppli, Intel accounted for 79.7% of global microprocessor revenue in the first quarter of this year. That's up 1.2% from the fourth quarter of last year. However, compared to the first quarter of last year, Intel's revenue market share actually is down by 0.7%.
On the other side of the rivalry, AMD's first-quarter global revenue market share of 13% was down from the fourth quarter in 2007 when it came in at 14.1%, iSuppli reported. But AMD did increase its year-over-year revenue market share in the first quarter by 2.2%.
With HP wireless printers, you could have printed this from any room in the house. Live wirelessly. Print wirelessly.
8 Useful Mobile Tools
HP Ink Center
Related Processors Articles
- AMD Break-up: Two Voices From Europe AMD representatives said the plan to divide the company into two separate businesses is being warmly received in Europe.
- AMD to Spin off Chip Fabs to Raise Funds UPDATE: Advanced Micro Devices plans to split into two companies, one to design chips and one to make them.
- AMD Says Shanghai Won't Be Another Barcelona AMD said servers based on its Shanghai processor will ship on time in the fourth quarter.
- Intel Makes the Dual-core Atom 330 Official Intel started selling its dual-core Atom 330 processor on Monday.
- Ex-Intel Engineer Charged in Trade Secrets Theft A former Intel design engineer has been charged stealing trade secrets while secretly working for rival AMD.
Best Prices on Graphics Cards
Radeon HD 4850 Video CardPrice: $186.99
Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video CardPrice: $492.99
GeForce 9800 GX2 Video CardPrice: $338.99
GeForce 9600GT Video CardPrice: $110.49
GeForce 9600 GSO Video CardPrice: $96.99
Radeon HD 4850 Video CardPrice: $172.90
- Web Demo: Discover the Benefits of VoIP Is your company looking for a world class VoIP communications solution that will meet all of your business requirements? If so, join us for our Live Online Demo where you will receive a "guided tour" to the AltiGen Solution.
- PC World Webcast: Going Green Wondering how to make your business greener? These tips will help your business save money, and save the environment.
- A Windows Vista FAQ Corporate customers are deploying Windows Vista now, and Dell Services wants to help you understand the features of the new OS and how to plan your Windows Vista deployment.
PC World's Marketplace
PC World's Free Whitepapers
"Business is Brisk for Both AMD and Intel" Comments