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where do these CPU go? PC segment still decline in Q3.
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I think this news was expected since Intel had earlier reported good set of ...
IDC: PC processor sales rose 12% in Q3
Dylan McGrath
11/3/2011 2:33 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO—PC microprocessor revenues rose to $10.7 billion in the third quarter, up 12 percent from the second quarter and up 16 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010, according to a report by International Data Corp. (IDC).
PC microprocessor unit shipments rose 7 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter and 5 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010, according to IDC (San Mateo, Calif.).
But IDC cut its client PC processor unit growth forecast for 2011 to 7.3 percent from 9.3 percent, citing slowing growth amid a weak macroeconomic outlook. Since June, client PC processor demand growth has slowed down modestly, IDC said.
Shane Rau, director of semiconductors and personal computing research at IDC, said the average selling price (ASP) of PC microprocessors increased by more than 5 percent in the third quarter. According to Rau, it was the eighth consecutive quarter in which PC microprocessor ASPs improved.
"Clearly, Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Fusion microprocessors with integrated graphic processors are rising in each company's product stack and driving the price increase," Rau said. "At the same time, low-end processors, notably Intel's Atom processors, are declining as a percentage of the unit mix."
Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Fusion microprocessors, both launched early this year, contain integrated graphics processors. According to IDC, processors with integrated graphics rose to 73 percent of total PC processor unit volume in the third quarter.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) held 80.2 percent of worldwide market share for PC processors in the third quarter, up nearly 1 percent from the second quarter. AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) claimed 19.7 percent of the market in the third quarter, down nearly 1 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
Taiwan's VIA Technologies held only 0.1 percent share in PC processors in the third quarter, down 0.2 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
Intel held 82.3 percent third quarter share in the mobile PC processor segment, a loss of 2.1 percent, IDC said. AMD held 17.6 percent share in mobile PC processors in the quarter, up 2.4 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
In the PC server/workstation processor segment, Intel finished with 95.1 percent market share, a gain of 0.6 percent from the second quarter, while AMD held 4.9 percent, down 0.6 percent, IDC said.
Intel held 75.8 percent of the desktop PC processor segment in the third quarter, up 4.8 percent from the second quarter, IDC said. AMD held 24.1 percent of the desktop PC processor market in the third quarter, down 4.8 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
PC microprocessor unit shipments rose 7 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter and 5 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010, according to IDC (San Mateo, Calif.).
But IDC cut its client PC processor unit growth forecast for 2011 to 7.3 percent from 9.3 percent, citing slowing growth amid a weak macroeconomic outlook. Since June, client PC processor demand growth has slowed down modestly, IDC said.
Shane Rau, director of semiconductors and personal computing research at IDC, said the average selling price (ASP) of PC microprocessors increased by more than 5 percent in the third quarter. According to Rau, it was the eighth consecutive quarter in which PC microprocessor ASPs improved.
"Clearly, Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Fusion microprocessors with integrated graphic processors are rising in each company's product stack and driving the price increase," Rau said. "At the same time, low-end processors, notably Intel's Atom processors, are declining as a percentage of the unit mix."
Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Fusion microprocessors, both launched early this year, contain integrated graphics processors. According to IDC, processors with integrated graphics rose to 73 percent of total PC processor unit volume in the third quarter.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) held 80.2 percent of worldwide market share for PC processors in the third quarter, up nearly 1 percent from the second quarter. AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) claimed 19.7 percent of the market in the third quarter, down nearly 1 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
Taiwan's VIA Technologies held only 0.1 percent share in PC processors in the third quarter, down 0.2 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
Intel held 82.3 percent third quarter share in the mobile PC processor segment, a loss of 2.1 percent, IDC said. AMD held 17.6 percent share in mobile PC processors in the quarter, up 2.4 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
In the PC server/workstation processor segment, Intel finished with 95.1 percent market share, a gain of 0.6 percent from the second quarter, while AMD held 4.9 percent, down 0.6 percent, IDC said.
Intel held 75.8 percent of the desktop PC processor segment in the third quarter, up 4.8 percent from the second quarter, IDC said. AMD held 24.1 percent of the desktop PC processor market in the third quarter, down 4.8 percent from the second quarter, IDC said.
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yalanand
11/4/2011 2:05 AM EDT
I think this news was expected since Intel had earlier reported good set of Quarterly numbers which had surprised many analysts because it profit in growth in PC business.
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linkuoge
11/4/2011 3:25 AM EDT
where do these CPU go? PC segment still decline in Q3.
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