AMD Dominates 25% of the Server Market

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) became the worldwide leader on the segment dedicated to processors made for servers, according to the latest studies made by Mercury Research. The results show that AMD's Opteron processors took over 25.9% of server market, up 22.1% from the previous quarter, and the shipments of the Opteron processors for 2-way servers increased 45% quarter-over-quarter, while AMD's revenues for the server microprocessor market grew to 33%.

Nevertheless, AMD was surpassed by its challenger - Intel on the notebook specialized market, the latter's shares increasing from 86.3% in Q1 to 86.7% in Q2, as AMD's share decreased to 13.3% from 13.6%.

"Earlier it was reported that in the second quarter of 2006 Advanced Micro Devices shipped 22% of microprocessors for desktops, notebooks and servers, while Intel Corp. commanded 73% of CPU shipments", according to data by Mercury Research published by International Business Times. 22% is the highest market share AMD has ever achieved, previous all-time-high stood at 21.8% in Q2 2001. If the published figures are correct, then companies like Via Technologies and Transmeta Corp. supplied no less than 6% of the world's x86 microprocessors during the Q2 2006, a significant number for both reported X-bit Labs.

Earlier this month, AMD said that the sales for the second quarter ended July 2, 2006 are expected to be approximately $1.215 billion - a 52 % increase compared to the second quarter of 2005 and a nine percent decline compared to the first quarter of 2006.

AMD representatives said that the manufacturer's well-known Opteron processor sales were driven by a sustained strong demand for single-, dual- and multi-socket configurations for servers and workstations, but, in the same period of time, sales of entry-level and mainstream mobile and desktop processors were down. The statement has been confirmed by Mercury's study results.