The AMD server chip market capitalization rate to two digits for the first time

AMD days before claiming it on the x86 server chip market share reached 11.2% in the second quarter. This is an important milestone for the company.

AMD released data show that in the second quarter, its market share in the market increased from the first quarter of 7.4% to a total of up to $11.2%, an increase of up to $51%. According to AMD, the second quarter revenue from Opteron compared with the first quarter grew by 89%.

The figures released by the AMD may cause controversy in Intel, and may be far from the data obtained by other market watchers. If the number is credible, it will mark the first time in the AMD server chip market share of 2 digits. Two and a half years ago, AMD was still a nominal presence in the market.

The reason why this is an important milestone, because the server chip market opportunities more. At the same time, a substantial increase in sales of Opteron servers will also give AMD an opportunity to sell chips to manufacturers of desktops and servers. Prior to this, most of the AMD desktop and laptop chips are flowing into the field of consumer computers. Although the sale to two on the market price of the chip market is still somewhat on a par with, but the consumer market is bigger. Williams, vice president of AMD business unit sales will be attributed to the surge in the following factors. First, Sun, HP and IBM launched a new Opteron server in the second quarter, the market has expanded the types of products; followed by AMD has deepened the understanding of large enterprises. Now 75% of the world's top 100 companies have been configured Opteron system - the ratio of the 2004 quarter of third increased by.

AMD's second quarter revenue from all processor products grew by $767 million to $38%. The company attributed its success to record sales of servers and mobile chips, as well as record sales to key customers such as HP and Sun.