Intel Grabs US Lead from AMD mostly on Laptops

zippyjuan · 07-12-2006, 03:14 PM

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/d...711235034.html
The release of Conroe could shake things up even more.

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Intel Corp. Grabs U.S. Retail Lead from AMD Ahead of Core 2 Launch.
Intel Again Dominates U.S. Retail – Report

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by Anton Shilov

[ 07/11/2006 | 11:50 PM ]

Intel Corp. has grabbed the leading position of supplier of microprocessors for computers sold in the
U.S. retail market, according to a report from Current Analysis. The reason behind the leader switch from Advanced Micro Devices to Intel is Toshiba’s aggressive penetration in the market of low-cost notebooks.

In June 51.2% of retail computers contained Intel processors, up from 42.2% in May, while AMD’s share declined to 48.5% from 57.4% in the previous month. Intel also continued to dominate the market of retail notebooks in June with 66.2%, up 8.9% compared to the previous month, while AMD’s share declined 8.9% to 33.4% in June.

“The shift came because of an emphasis on inexpensive notebooks containing Celeron M chips,” said Sam Bhavnani, director of research at Current Analysis. According to him, a lot of affordable notebooks were $599 models from Toshiba, which were based on the Intel Celeron M processor.

AMD still holds the lion’s share of the desktop market with 73% of all retail desktops in the U.S., while Intel accounted for only 26.8%, reports CNET News, citing the market research firm. However, the primary strength of AMD in the U.S. retail market of desktops are machines that cost up to $500 (84.5% market share in May) and personal computers which retail for $500 - $750 (88.9% market share in May). When it comes to more expensive solutions, such as desktops for $750 - $999, Intel managed to leave AMD a little bit behind with 52.1% of the market. When it comes to expensive machines, which cost from $1250, Intel is inside 91.7% of such systems.

According to Current Analysis, computers carrying Intel Viiv platform logotype accounted for about 10% of U.S. retail desktop market, which proves that such systems are pretty popular and the concept of media center PC is being adopted gladly by consumers.

U.S. retail market of PCs accounts for about 10% of the world’s total PC market.

Maarchk · 07-13-2006, 05:15 PM

Are these lead changes a big deal? I understand that its nice to be, I'm #1, but i would be more excited if people were willing to pay more for my chip than if i had more of them. I think people will pay more for Intel because they see it as more reliable. AMD is pretty cool and i know overclockers love it but i mean, why can't both companies succeed? It seems like the price wars and direct races for speed and other things just push each company to smaller profit margins and make it so that eventually make it so there will be one big loser, the company that goes bankrupt, and one medium loser, the company that has little to no profit margin and no longer cares to see a low price.

Jeffbx · 07-14-2006, 05:23 AM

I certainly don't think one will ever push the other out of business. Look at nVidia & ATI - they're on the same path. They've traded the top spot back & forth for about the past 10 years, and what has come out of it? Well, for one, far too many different versions of slightly different cards. But on a more positive note, we as consumers get very quick model refreshes, low cost and high quality - for one to offer anything less would give the other a leg up on the market.

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Maarchk Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where the east meets the west. Posts: 3,066	Are these lead changes a big deal? I understand that its nice to be, I'm #1, but i would be more excited if people were willing to pay more for my chip than if i had more of them. I think people will pay more for Intel because they see it as more reliable. AMD is pretty cool and i know overclockers love it but i mean, why can't both companies succeed? It seems like the price wars and direct races for speed and other things just push each company to smaller profit margins and make it so that eventually make it so there will be one big loser, the company that goes bankrupt, and one medium loser, the company that has little to no profit margin and no longer cares to see a low price. __________________ "The girl is crafty like ice is cold." "I left my heart in san francisco... And my liver at Moe's Tavern." A real friend is one who listens to you as much as they talk to you.

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07-14-2006, 05:23 AM	#3
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	I certainly don't think one will ever push the other out of business. Look at nVidia & ATI - they're on the same path. They've traded the top spot back & forth for about the past 10 years, and what has come out of it? Well, for one, far too many different versions of slightly different cards. But on a more positive note, we as consumers get very quick model refreshes, low cost and high quality - for one to offer anything less would give the other a leg up on the market.

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