The bad news for Intel just keeps on rollin'. This time it's the latest figures from Mercury Research showing AMD pinching year-on-year market share from Intel in both desktop and laptop PCs. Oh, and servers, too. Ouch.
Mercury's numbers do show an overall uptick for Intel in terms of total x86 chip market share. However, that's a consequence of cratering sales of AMD's SoCs, specifically the chips in gaming consoles. Mercury doesn't break down the numbers, but Microsoft's Xbox console sales have largely imploded of late. So, that will likely be where much of the pain is coming from.
