AMD Desktop CPU Share Growth Challenges Intel's Dominance

Intel remains the dominant player in the x86 space when it comes to market share, both overall and in individual segments such as desktop, server, and mobile. However, AMD continues to chip away at its rival's big lead, as we had been seeing. According to the latest data by Mercury Research, AMD now accounts for almost a third of all x86 CPUs, with its share increasing 5.9% year-over-year and 1.5% sequentially to 30.9%.

That still positions Intel way out in front at a 69.1% share of the overall x86 CPU market, but that's down from 75% in the same quarter a year ago. Clearly, AMD has been able to capitalize on Intel's struggles in recent years, which has seen the ousting of a prominent CEO (Pat Gelsinger) and significant layoffs amid ongoing restructuring efforts.

The good news for Intel is that it's ...