Intel captures 80.6 percent of x86 market

Posted on Wednesday, November 02 2011 @ 21:56 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Tech Report delivers the latest x86 marketshare data from research firm Mercury Research. The data shows Intel at the first spot with 80.6 percent, 0.3 percent more than the same period the year before, while AMD held 18.8 percent, a gain of 0.5 percent.

According to PC World, Mercury Research calculated that CPU shipments went up 5% year-over-year in the third quarter. The market research firm also said that the average selling price for PC CPUs was $107—reportedly the first time it's gone over $100 since early 2007.

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