Amd tops Intel in retail sales

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited November 2005 in Science & Tech
Wall Street Journal reports that Advanced Micro Devices Inc. surpassed Intel Corp. in supplying CPUs for computers sold in retail stores for the month of October.
The company, Current Analysis, says it expects Intel may take back the lead in November. Retail stores, moreover, represent a narrow slice of the PC market, excluding major manufacturers such as Dell Inc., which use only Intel chips.

Nevertheless, the results are a sign that the underdog chip maker has become a fixture in the consumer PC market. Matt Sargent, Current Analysis's research director, said AMD's success could cause some suppliers to corporations, which almost exclusively use Intel-based PCs, to consider buying from AMD. "AMD is marginalized in the corporate arena," Mr. Sargent said. "If you look at spaces where AMD is allowed to compete with Intel, they can compete and surpass them."
Submitted by: edcentric

Source: Wall Street Journal

Comments

  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    !!! WAY TO GO AMD !!! Now lets see them break into more manufacturers like Dell and IBM...
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited November 2005
    QCH2002 wrote:
    !!! WAY TO GO AMD !!! Now lets see them break into more manufacturers like Dell and IBM...

    Yeah. Now if they can only get more laptops out there :D
  • Jolyon33Jolyon33 Kalamazoo, MI
    edited November 2005
    Ahhh! I must savor the moment.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    ha YEAHH!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!...PARTY AT MY HOUSE!!!!

    i know amd can break into the market further, the pentium 4 and most of intels chips are mainly driven by hype and all the propoganda.
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited November 2005
    :leet: :Pwned:
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2005
    I read an article on this very subject which speculated that the big jump in October was based somewhat on all the back-to-school sales. Many first-time AMD buyers returned to school and found that their old machine wasn't going to cut it, leaving them in the position of looking for bargains since they'd already spent the money they had budgeted for the new school year.
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