iSuppli: Intel PC Market Share Lead Over AMD Grows

From DailyTech: Market researcher iSuppli recently released a new report indicating Intel's control of the gobal CPU market has reached a four-year high during Q2 in 2009.

"Intel benefited as the global PC market took a first small step toward recovery in the second quarter, with global shipments rising by 1 percent from the first quarter," iSuppli analyst Matthew Wilkins said. "AMD didn't benefit from the small sequential rise in PC sales because its average microprocessor pricing was lower than that from the first quarter."

During Q2 2009, Intel's dominance reached 80.6 percent, which is a slight increase from the 79.2 percent from the same time last year. The company saw CPU market share gains across the board, with an increase in desktops, servers, and notebooks. However, only notebook CPU sales saw an actual sales increase from Q1, iSuppli notes.

Last month, Intel raised Q3 financial numbers, with company officials predicting an increase in overall buying trends.

Even though Intel's marketshare increased, the global economy hurt overall CPU sales, with global shipment noticeably lower than in 2008. Despite the economy, Intel launched Nehalem for higher-end PCs and servers, with Nehalem CPUs for four-socket servers on the way, Intel said.

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