AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales

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AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales

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[Dygital’s Blog] After facing what seemed an insurmountable decline in desktop PC sales during the first six months of 2005, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) captured a 52% share of the US retail desktop PC market in September, according to Current Analysis. AMD’s performance during the back-to-school shopping season topped chip giant Intel’s 46% share by six points, said the market research firm.

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[Infoworld.com] AMD tops Intel in September retail desktop PC share | InfoWorld ...: AMD benefitted from increased sales of Media Center PCs, Current Analysis said, which are meant to be used for home entertainment purposes. In September, Media Center PCs accounted for 46 percent of all U.S. retail desktop sales, the market researcher said, and 55 percent of those machines went out with AMD processors inside.

[News.com.com] VooDoo PC founder weighs in on AMD vs. Intel | CNET News.com: "There have been times when Intel has requested that we build our ratio between the number of our AMD computers and the number of our Intel computers higher in favor of Intel--many times, as a matter of fact," Sood wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "We've had allocation issues, where if we don't play ball, we don't get our allocation (of Intel chips).

[News.zdnet.com] VooDoo PC founder weighs in on AMD vs. Intel | Tech News on ZDNet: "There have been times when Intel has requested that we build our ratio between the number of our AMD computers and the number of our Intel computers higher in favor of Intel--many times, as a matter of fact," Sood wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "We've had allocation issues, where if we don't play ball, we don't get our allocation (of Intel chips).