Amd continues to increase its cpu market share in europe

As reported today by The Independent , AMD processors were found in 7% of the 5.07 million systems that were sold to European retailers and resellers in 2018. These figures have increased this year, and AMD's chips are now found. in 12% of laptops and desktops, even when the total number of sales amounted to 5.24 million. This means that sales of AMD-powered systems increased from 355, 000 units to 629, 000 units in one year.

AMD chips are now found in 12% of European desktop and laptop computers

That growth was strongest in the retail market, where AMD's share increased from 11% last year to 18% this year. Shipments of PCs with AMD processors also increased from 5% to 8%. Not that Intel's majority share of the market is at risk, especially when it comes to business customers, but AMD's growth shows that companies are willing to consider other solutions.

This naturally sets off alarm bells for Intel, which is in no danger of losing its lead anytime soon, but if AMD catches on, then it can be hard to stop:

“We are actively working to meet the supply and demand challenge, and we expect supply in the second half to be higher than in the first half. We continue to prioritize available production toward next-generation Intel Core products that support our customers' high-growth segments and plan to further increase our production capacity by 2020. ” I declare Intel.

It is unclear when Intel will have enough CPUs to meet the demands of its customers. However, the company is working to increase production, and that may be enough to stem AMD's surge.

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Manufacturers have made it clear that they want to use Intel's processors, and some have turned to AMD's offers out of desperation. What will happen when they can buy back as many Intel products as they want?

Things are clear, AMD is growing because Ryzen processors are very competitive, and to this we must add the stock problems that Intel has during this year in which it cannot fully satisfy demand. AMD is hitting at the right time and Intel struggles to get back on its feet. We will keep you informed.

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