Intel AMD double profit third quarter shipments were better than expected

According to the latest survey data show Mercury Research consulting company, Intel and AMD shipments in the third quarter better than previously expected, and the role of the market exchange.

For a long time, AMD has been a big step forward in the server market, while Intel dominates the notebook market. According to Mercury Research analyst Dean McCarron said that in the third quarter, Intel recovered some of the server processor market, while AMD notebook processor shipments grew.

Overall, Intel shipments in the third quarter accounted for all desktop computers, notebooks, and server processor market, AMD accounted for 23.3% of the market in the market. AMD overall growth momentum. A year ago, Intel had 80.7% of the market share, AMD accounted for about $17.7%.

McCarron said Intel and AMD in the second quarter after the terrible suffering, in the third quarter shipments better than expected, although the decline in the better than the second quarter, but still worth noting. But he declined to give specific figures. Intel with its June release of Xeon 5100 server processor, the company's server shipments in the third quarter exceeded AMD. AMD's server processor shipments also increased, but Intel's server products and challenging prices make Intel's shipments grew faster than AMD. This growth is mainly reflected in the dual core processor server market. But he declined to provide details of the company's market share in the server market.

This year, AMD notebook shipments rose 50% from the second quarter. This may be of interest to the relatively durable notebook manufacturing process. Assembling a laptop is longer than a desktop computer, which means that the laptop manufacturer must purchase the fourth quarter shipments in the third quarter. In addition, DELL plans to release a notebook based on AMD products in this holiday season.