AMD, Transmeta Edge Up In Market Share

prostoalex writes "The new Mercury Research report on the microprocessor market is out, and it looks like the little guys are gaining ground. AMD now owns 15.7% of the market, instead of 15.6% a year ago, while Transmeta and other manufacturers went from 1.7% to 1.8% in a single year. Intel owns 82.5% of the market instead of 82.8% a year ago. News.com.com also notices: 'The competition between the two companies will shift into high gear over the remainder of the year. On Sept. 23, AMD will release the Athlon64, a new desktop chip that can run 32-bit and 64-bit software.'"

Comments

Ouch

[Stanley Feinbaum]

I think the real loser here is IBM/Apple... are they part of the 1.8% minority that includes transmeta also ?

I mean the numbers speak for themselves anyway.. Intel obviously has the best technology going for them right now.. You can buy a p4 that is way above 3ghz while apple only recently started selling 1ghz+ (g4,g5 based) systems. Athlon seems to not be able to clock above 2.2ghz (although their formulated and faulty pr rating attempts to inflate this). The opteron doesn't look too good either, clocking in at only 1.6ghz and losing out on most tests against the p4, xeon, and even athlon! Although amd has come a long way in recent years my money is on intel!