Shame about the DRAM, dammit
MARKET RESEARCH firm IDC released figures which said worldwide CPU sales flew out of the door as fast as horse dung off a hot shovel.
CPU sales grew by 14.3 per cent in the third quarter, worth a staggering $7.95 billion.
Notebook chips led the pack, growing by 26.6 per cent in the quarter, but
server chips and desktop chips also did sort of OK, growing by 4.6 per cent and 7.7 per cent.
AMD and Intel both acted aggressively and that stimulated original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to buy em up. IDC said real end demand is there, and the OEMs are passing savings onto their customers.
AMD grew its overall market share to 23.5 per cent, which is only up 0.4 per cent, but Intel lost the same amount. In the notebook sector, AMD grew its share to 18.9 per cent and made gains in the server market oo - up 0.7 per cent to 13.9 per cent.
IDC is bullish about continuing sales in the fourth quarter. Which makes us wonder, what about the poor old Dramurai? And what impact is Vista having during all this bullishness. [Don't answer that, Ed.]
The INQuirer