Intel increases its market dominance over AMD

by Stevie Smith - Sep 15 2009, 16:00

Evidently, continuing efforts by chipmaker AMD to reduce the market gap between itself and Intel Corp. are not exactly going to plan. Specifically, a new report from the number crunchers at iSuppli suggests the gap is actually getting bigger, not smaller.

According to iSuppli, a combination of cheaper average chip prices and growing consumer demand for PC hardware has resulted in leading CPU supplier Intel’s market dominance increasing from 79.1 percent to 80.6 percent across the year’s second quarter.

“Intel benefited as the global PC market took a first small step toward recovery in the second quarter, with global shipments rising by 1 percent from the first quarter,” commented iSuppli analyst Matthew Wilkins in a statement.

While Intel’s boosted Q2 performance leaves the Santa Clara-based chip giant enjoying its largest market share lead since 2005, core rival AMD has unfortunately not registered the same forward momentum.

Moreover, iSuppli’s figures reveal that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has lost ground in terms of market share, with its placement falling to 11.5 percent – a drop of 0.4 percent when gauged against the same period in 2008.

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