A previous report issued by Mercury Research showed that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) became the worldwide leader on the segment dedicated to processors made for servers, as 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%.

Therefore, Tyan Computer's announcement regarding the adoption of the next-generation AMD Opteron processors, namely Opteron 8000, 2000, and 1000 Series, for its servers didn't come as a surprise.

"The Next-Generation AMD Opteron processor heralds additional power cost-savings features and outstanding performance for all applications," stated Danny Hsu, vice-president of sales and marketing at TYAN Computer Corporation. "TYAN's upcoming product line, based on this exciting new technology, enables TYAN system and platform products to deliver performance-per-watt efficiency, dual-core power, AMD Virtualization, and seamless quad-core upgradeability."

TYAN motherboard products featuring support for Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors can be found at http://tyan.com/products/html/opteron.html.

However, according to the same report, 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%.

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.