RSSAMD Bests Intel in October Retail Sales
By Ed Oswald | Published November 8, 2005, 3:59 PM
AMD appears to be making serious progress at chipping away Intel's dominance of the PC industry, as the company was able to narrowly beat out its larger rival in terms of systems sold at retail during the month of October, according to data from research firm Current Analysis.
The chipmaker had a slight lead in the desktop space in September, but was able to increase its strength this past month and overtake Intel overall. In total, 49.8 percent of retail systems included an AMD processor versus 48.5 percent running an Intel chip.
The news comes as a dramatic reversal of the company's fortunes from this spring. From October 2004 to April 2005 AMD saw its market share fall from a little over 35 percent to less than 20 percent, while Intel's share climbed from around 60 percent to near 80 percent during the same period.
One possible reason for the uptick in sales could be higher brand recognition following AMD's much-publicized suit against Intel for anti-competitive business practices. The suit was filed in late June; since that time AMD's share has increased every month except for one, in August.
If AMD is able to maintain this momentum through the all-important fourth quarter retail season, it would be quite significant, analysts say.
"AMD did the unthinkable by surpassing Intel in October. Continuing to hold this lead in the holiday season would be a colossal win for the company," Current Analysis Research Director Matt Sargent said.
Wal-Mart is widely rumored to soon offer a $398 PC and notebook system with AMD processors, which the firm says is indicative of the company's newfound retail strength.
By system type, AMD's desktop share shot up to 67.7 percent in October from 52 percent the month before. On the laptop side, AMD had 31.5 percent of the market, versus 26.2 percent in September.
AMD still trails Intel in terms of PC revenue share, 57.6 to 40.1 percent, however this is due to the average selling price of an AMD PC being significantly lower than that of Intel machines.
It should be noted that retail sales figures do not include companies such as Dell, which is the top PC manufacturer in the world and primarily ships Intel-based computers. Hewlett-Packard also sells its systems through non-retail channels.
Yeah! AMD will beat Intel in the near future it is sure >>
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|DELL IS SELLING AMD CHIPS!! LOOK!!!
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/...9020351,39236234,00.htm
http://accessories.us.de...p;fe=&mnf=116&k=
Maybe not in their systems yet, but its a start!
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|Wow...having worked for them for 2 years I never expected this from them...that's great.
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|Thank god....I hope Intel gets knocked off the face of the planet! GO AMD WooT!
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|Not that big a deal. The retail market isn't nearly the size of the direct sales market now. Dell is about 17% of the entire PC market, and they aren't even included in the above retail figures. Intel is still holding a commanding overall lead in the PC market despite these incremental gains by AMD.
It's not like AMD is really developing any brand loyalty with retail sales either. If you have ever strolled though a CompUSA or BestBuy and watched the people who buy computers, they usually have no idea what an "AMD" is or even care, they are simply looking for the cheapest computer they can find. 99% of the time, that means picking an AMD machine. This is further demonstrated by the fact that Intel is still kicking AMD's a** in the revenue share part of retail sales which is all that really matters from a business standpoint.
Selling loads of computers while barely (if at all) making a profit on them just to increase market share is an awful way to try and grow a business and increase revenue. AMD commanded 2/3's of the sales volume, yet collected only 40% of the revenue. That's not very good. So long as Intel continues to win the making money part of the equation, I doubt they much care how many computers AMD CPU's are in.
I'm no Intel appologist either, all my computers except my laptops have been AMD for years, but the facts are the facts. This isn't nearly as a big as the AMD fanboys would like you to believe. A healthy/successful company generates large sums of money, not just large sales volumes.
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|Also this is STRICTLY US SALES, not worldwide market share. It is also only for processors, but intel chipsets outnumber AMD chipsets roughly 3 to 1. Remember, ATI is not the biggest graphics chipset seller, nor is NVIDIA--Intel by far overwhelms them both. This is why AMD has a very long way to go if they expect to be anywhere near Intel as far as market share.
Now, if Dell were to sell (and push) AMD systems, Intel would be in trouble. However, as Dell has never sold an AMD processor based system (besides the rumored "underground" Opteron Poweredge servers), they likely never will. Intel gives Dell the best prices for Intel processors because they will not use AMD. However, now that the XPS 600 uses an NVIDIA chipset (though still a P4 processor) and not Intel, we'll see how Intel responds...
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|I know and have worked on many AMD based Dell systems.
Edit: They were built in 2001.
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|Send me a picture of this system, I would love to see it, I have never seen an AMD Based Dell computer, even dated back to the OLD desktop style Dimensions....
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|he is right though...the Intel Boards, The Intel extreme Graphics controllers, Intel Pro 100 NIC's, Intel Chipsets, Intel Processors....god I hate intel! Finally ATI has release their eXpress Chipsets, AMD needs to get crackin..maybe Buy ATI and start making boards, NIC's, Modems, Video cards etc like intel..only way they can compete.
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|I will do, Let me get a hold of one of my clients. It may take a few hours.
EDIT: I called one client that still has his (in his basement, and her will get the screenshot and photo in a few hours. It's a Dimensions 4300.
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|I wanna see a boot screen too! Just because it has an AMD Processor and Mobo, doesn't mean it came from the factory that way...
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|I told him to bring it by when he gets time. I am the only person to ever work on this, and the only thing that I have replaced is the video card.
EDIT: Hmmmm. I was doing some search on the Dell site, they have removed all things related to the Dimensions 4300 AMD based systems. They were they a few months ago when I downloaded the drivers. I wonder why that is.
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|Now I did read that in 2001 Dell considered offering AMD products in Their systems, but none were manufacturerd, why? Micheal Dell hates AMD :(
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|He still hasn't gotten back with me. If you want to email me at this plus yahoo.com I will be sure to get you those pictures.
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|heh though so no one commenting except AMD fanboy's :)
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|They beat Intel in US market share in September as well...way to go AMD! Hopefully both Intel and AMD will be neck-'n-neck so we can have cheaper processors. Of course as stated before, AMD is still nowhere near Intel as far as market share, but the closer they get, the more competitive Intel and AMD will be, and that's good for everybody.
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|Excellent. Hopefully this will make processor pricing much more competitive on both sides. Then consumer wins!
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|One can only hope...
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|GoodThings2Life opens his case, sticks his head in and kisses his AMD saying, "Oh AMD, how I love thee... OUCH! THAT BURNS!"
On second thought, perhaps I'll just show my support to AMD by continuing to purchase their processors rather than enjoying their "company".
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|lol
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|roflmao.
That has got to be the funniest post I've read here...ever.
You deserve a toast.
With peanut-butter.
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|Excellent! :o)
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|...and cupcakes! With raisons!
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|Oh thank god! Too bad retail probably accounts for less than 50% of PC's sold. Still, it's promising that now average consumers are thinking "AMD Good" instead of(or aswell as) "Intel blue man good".
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|Great conclusion KRAMY. You must be from Canada! Figures
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|To me AMD is a better value, i guess a lot of others are waking up to that.
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|Maybe with all of AMD's newfound success, Apple will rethink it's processor change and go with AMD instead of Intel? Now that would be awesome.
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|Not bloody likely.
It'll never happen.
Not in a million years.
And so on....
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|The same was said of Apple going to Intel for many years.
Quite simply: If AMD can ramp up supplies (their biggest weakness,) and save distributors money, win their case with Intel, it would be silly of Apple not to consider AMD.
Anyone buying a server and not considering opteron's with Xeon's is foolish.
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|I think that was a joke. Say it'll never happen, like with Apple and Intel, and the very next day... *poof*
Well...maybe not *poof*.
And maybe not the very next day...
But you get the point.
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|intel (small "i" intentional) outside since 1998. Never looked back.
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|I havent used "idiot inside" my box for the past few years, posts about amd being better....wake up ppl, its old news......common knowlage....like macdonalds.
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|I personally found this funny...
"AMD Bests Intel in October Retail Sales"
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Shouldnt it be beats?
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|best
Function: transitive verb
to get the better of, to out-do
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|LMAO. I love AMD.
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|I agree completely! I've had wonderful success using AMD processors...not a single complaint and I've built many systems using them.
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|It's good to know that Intel isn't going anywhere and this competition should only improve the product from both corporations. It's no longer who can just get it out first, but who can really win overall with performance.
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|Dito!
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