AMD Gains Ground on Intel in Chip Wars

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) gained some ground on rival Intel in the lucrative microprocessor market during the first quarter, market research iSuppli said late Tuesday.

AMD's share of global microprocessor market revenue in the first quarter rose by 2.2 percentage points compared to the same time last year to 13 percent, iSuppli said. Meanwhile, Intel's microprocessor sales dropped by 0.7 percentage points to a 79.7 percent share of the market.

The figures show that AMD is growing its market share at the expense of Intel, iSuppli said.........


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