AMD's server share is no chimera
Claims one in four desktops, too
Posted in Servers, 26th January 2006 22:16 GMT
Free whitepaper – Cooling strategies for ultra-high density racks and blade servers
One in five PCs - and one in four desktops - now has AMD Inside, according to analysts at Mercury Research. The silicon contender saw the strongest growth in the server market, climbing from 12.7 per cent in Q3 2005 to 16.4 per cent in the final quarter of 2005.
Desktop share climbed from 20.4 per cent to 24.3 per cent, while AMD took 15.4 per cent of the mobile market, up from 12.2 per cent.
Overall, AMD's share grew from 17.7 per cent to 21.4 per cent in the final quarter, a 78 per cent year-on-year increase.
AMD pointed to design wins for its low-power Athlon 64 mobile chips, as well as continuing interest in its Opteron server processor.
Last week, Intel reported missing its sales target for Q4, blaming "lower than expected desktop processor unit shipments and prices".
AMD's numbers were depressed by its Flash memory division - now a spin-out as Spansion - but its chip business added 48 per cent more revenue in the year and trebled the company's net income. ®
Free whitepaper – Deploying high-density zones in a low-density data center

Analyst Keynote: The Register Agile Data Center Summit
Seven ways to lower storage costs
Dell PowerEdge M710 with Dell EqualLogic storage vs. HP ProLiant BL685c with HP StorageWorks EVA 4400
Analyst Keynote: The Register Agile Data Center Summit

Vint Cerf mods Android for interplanetary interwebs
Adaptec CEO on the ropes after dreadful results
Boffins working on biodegradable flexi LED implants
Nvidia taps Transmeta team for x86 chip, claims analyst