It’s also meant that Intel has managed to grow its lead – in January Intel’s market share was 66.51%, compared to AMD’s 33.49%.
So, is this news as bad as it seems for AMD? Quite possibly.
However, this large swing back to Intel threatens to derail those successes.
Still, AMD’s latest CPUs are some of the best processors ever made, and the more affordable products still seem to be generally more available.
If these are the reasons for AMD’s market share slip, then it at least gives Team Red a few options to fight back.
Having written for a number of magazines and websites, there’s no aspect of technology that Matt isn’t passionate about, especially computing and PC gaming.