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AMD, Transmeta Edge Up In Market Share

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the marge-innovera dept.

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.'"

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  1. Transistor stats by danormsby · · Score: 4, Funny
    Are these numbers in dollars or processors?

    I guess Intel would increase market share if we get stats on number of transistors sold.

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  2. Spooky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you rearrange the letters in "amd transmeta athlon", you get "a short talent madman"... And here I though Bill Gates had nothing to do with this.

    1. Re:Spooky by CausticWindow · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, if you rearrange it further you get:

      "Amd not thermal satan"

      How does that fit into your theory?

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  3. In Other News by TrancePhreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Floating Point Error found in method to calculate market share." It could happen!

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  4. Wow Transmeta's popularity is through the roof!! by Stubtify · · Score: 4, Funny

    Going from 1.7% to 1.8% is a 6% increase!

  5. Re:x86-64 - horror strikes again by turgid · · Score: 3, Funny
    When will this end?

    As soon as there is no longer any money to be made.

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