AMD share rose to 21%

In the falling CPU market, a sharp increase in the share of AMD processors looks quite unexpected, although, of course, it was possible to assume that in times of crisis, people will begin to buy cheaper processors. A couple of years ago, AMD’s share of the market reached its bottom at the level of 8–9%, in December last year it rose to 17%, and already in I quarter. 2009 jumped to 20.9%, according to preliminary statistics from Mercury Research .

Moreover, insiders from the market of motherboards provide information that in the coming months, the share of AMD may increase up to 30%, and even up to 40%! This is based on what the three largest motherboard manufacturers in the world are currently doing.

Such a jump in the I quarter. 2009 analysts associated with the release of a successful line of processors Phenom II, made by 45-nm process technology. Even without their overclocking potential, they currently have the best price / performance ratio on the market.