14 DAY TRIAL // Thanks to the recovery of the PC market and to the strong shipments of Sandy Bridge processors, Intel managed to expand its CPU revenue in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest data provided IHS iSuppli Computer Systems research.
Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, Intel accounted for 81.8 percent of global microprocessor revenue, up 1.1 percentage points from Q2 2010.
According to iSuppli, Intel's revenue gain comes from AMD which suffered a corresponding 1.1 percentage point decrease in share during the same period.
These figures include revenue for the entire global microprocessor market, including X86, RISC, and other types of general-purpose microprocessors.
“Intel in the second quarter benefited from the combination of a recovery in PC demand and strong shipment growth for its new Sandy Bridge line of microprocessors,” said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms research at IHS.
“Strong corporate PC sales were particularly beneficial to Intel, as the enterprise computing segment has been outperforming the consumer market,” concluded Wilkins.
While Intel was the star of the microprocessor market on a year-over-year basis, AMD’s performance can also be considered positive when compared to the figures achieved in Q1 of 2011.
Judging by the numbers provided by iSuppli, AMD’s share of CPU revenue in the second quarter rose to 10.4 percent, up 0.3 percent from 10.1 percent in the first quarter.
“AMDs results were powered up by Fusion microprocessors, which delivers improved computational performance. It also provides PCs with DirectX 11 graphics capability without the need for a discrete graphics card,” Wilkins said.
The first such chips were unveiled by AMD at the beginning of the year, but the second quarter of 2011 marked the introduction of the A-Series APUs, which are designed to be used in higher performing notebooks.