Intel and AMD Market Share Barely Budged in Q3 2010
The world’s two largest microprocessor manufacturers – Intel and AMD – held their ground in the third quarter, with neither company able to wrest significant market share away from the other, according to market research firm iSuppli. Intel in the third quarter of 2010 accounted for 80.1% of global revenues for microprocessors. Intel’s standing during the quarter was up a slight 0.1 of a percentage point from the year-ago figure of 80.0% share, but was down 0.3 of a percentage point sequentially from 80.4% in the second quarter. AMD lost market share on both sequential and on-year comparisons, but the decrease amounted to less than one percentage point. The company accounted for 11.3% of worldwide microprocessor revenues during the period, down from 11.5% in the second quarter and down from 12.1% in the third quarter a year ago.
“In reality, the share changes in the third quarter from the two incumbents were extremely small and not at all significant,” said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms at iSuppli. “What is significant, however, is that neither company has been able to take any sizable share away from the other. One reason is that each company offers well-matched competitive product portfolios. Another reason is that end markets are not undergoing significant changes in market share of product lineup that would impact microprocessor market share.”digi
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