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AMD’s desktop CPU market share jumped nearly 10 percent in the last year, an analyst reported Thursday, on the heels of AMD’s strong rollout of its latest desktop gaming CPU. [...]

Byline: Joel Khalili New figures show AMD continues to go from strength to strength in a market typically dominated by Intel. The latest projections from Mercury Research show that AMD [...]

CIOs have the difficult task of selecting their firm's single PC microprocessor platform from among the different choices in the market today. Intel's Pentium microprocessor remains the safest choice due to its market leadership. However, smaller firms such as NexGen and Cyrix are slowly giving Intel competition. NexGen already has a Pentium-compatible microprocessor in the market while Cyrix has launched its M1 microprocessor said to be faster than the Pentium.

Microprocessor king Intel Corp. may face a tough battle ahead as the PowerPC chip and Windows NT operating system offset the dependence on the x86 platform Once neat and orderly, […]

After five tough years, during which Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) lost nearly $150 million and barely skirted financial ruin, AMD has now mounted a remarkable turnaround. Not only has […]

There's a computer inside your computer, a chip that hugely affects overall system performance. Most PC vendors buy it from one of two companies. You're thinking Intel and AMD, right? […]

Who's left to challenge Intel? One by one, its most formidable competitors slink away in the night like barroom tough-talkers who have finally sobered up. Cyrix Corp., the x86 clone […]

Intel, buoyed by solid PC demand among corporations and strong sales of chips based on its Sandy Bridge architecture, grew its already substantial lead in the global processor market to [...]

For all the attention surrounding the chipset design flaw soon after Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors were released earlier this year, the issue had little, if any, impact on the giant [...]

Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors may not be exciting the PC user base as much as the chip maker may have expected, according to one analyst. In a March 31 report, [...]

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices' rivalry in the processor business is at a standstill, at least for now, according to market research firm iSuppli. In a report released Dec. 15, [...]

China's love for netbooks powered by Intel's Atom processor was a key driver behind record shipments in the global PC chip market in the third quarter, a research firm said […]

Intel continues to dominate the market for x86 processors, with the chip giant controlling about 80 percent of this global market in the third quarter, according to a Nov. 3 […]

By James Carbone Intel has managed to expand its lead in the global microprocessor market over rival AMD, and now has its largest share of the global processor market since [...]

Samsung grew its share of the global market for stand-alone applications processor chips in the second quarter of 2009, for which it has the Apple iPhone to thank, according to […]

Intel's share of the global microprocessor market hit a four-year high in the second quarter, as the worldwide PC market took a small step toward recovery, a market research firm […]

Intel's share of the global microprocessor market increased every quarter of 2008, while rival Advanced Micro Devices saw its share fall, a market researcher said Wednesday. Intel's success was partly […]

Intel's Atom processor is starting to have a significant impact on the overall microprocessor market, as shipments of the chip for a series of low-cost notebooks and desktops helped the […]

Intel dominated the world's market for x86 microprocessors in the third quarter of 2008 thanks to increased shipments of notebook processors, according to an Oct. 23 report from Mercury Research. […]

AMD has stabilised its market share in the microprocessor market after a steady decline against larger rival Intel, said analyst iSuppli. After six months of microprocessor market-share losses to Intel, […]

Intel sees money in its high-end Itanium 2 microprocessor, and the numbers from at least one market research firm shows that the reason can be summed up in two words: […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--What a difference a year has made in the microprocessor industry. Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, had been losing market share to rival AMD, but is now […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--What a difference a year has made in the microprocessor industry. Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, had been losing market share to rival AMD, but is now […]

EDA software Engineering and the global demographic time bomb The economic challenges posed by a rapidly aging society may seem like an odd topic for a gathering of EDA users, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 microprocessor maker, warned on Monday that it will likely miss its quarterly revenue target as it loses market share among […]

Despite a recent financial setback, Advanced Micro Devices gained on Intel in the x86 space in the fourth quarter, according to a new analysis by Mercury Research released Jan 31. […]

AMD and its dual-core Opteron processor made huge strides on the Top500 Supercomputers list, jumping from just 55 entries a year ago to 113 today. The 28th version of the […]

Server makers are lining up a host of new and enhanced systems armed with Intel's new 'Woodcrest' Xeon processor, a chip built on a new architecture that promises better performance […]

Intel on Monday began shipping a new microprocessor for servers--its first featuring a redesigned chip architecture--that it says closes gaps in computing performance and power consumption with products from competitor […]

BOSTON (Reuters)--Intel Corp. shares fell on Friday, hitting a three-year low, after No. 1 personal computer maker Dell Inc. said it would begin using chips from smaller Intel rival Advanced […]

In an attempt to check a slide in its market share, Intel said Monday it would deliver a new package of chip technologies later this year to better differentiate its […]

Itanium has an image problem. I know it, you know it, and the Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) knows it. In fact, if customers were migrating to the Itanium platform even […]