Market share of amd in servers goes from 1% for the first time in 4 years

Since the middle of the last decade, AMD has been losing importance in servers, where a total stagnation caused them to go from a 25% share in 2006 to less than 1% in 2014. Now, with the arrival of EPYC, it seems that the share AMD's market share begins to pick up.

AMD's market share in servers gradually rises thanks to EPYC

According to analysts from the company Mercury Research, AMD has broken the 1% market share in servers barrier with its EPYC processors, specifically 1.3%.

As is evident, 1% does not seem like a great victory. However, considering that this is a billion- dollar market, that tiny number translates to about $ 60 million in profit for AMD. Furthermore, compared to last year, its market share has risen by 181%.

From the Intel side, it is evident that the market share in x86 servers continues to be massive, going from 99.5% last year to 98.7%, which continues to leave it as a market giant but which is beginning to have some competition.

AMD also released its 2018 Q2 financial results, a 'massive victory' for the company, entering $ 1.76 billion, the highest figure in 7 years, completely exceeding expectations. The company also discussed its development of EPYC processors for companies like Cisco or HP, or its partnership with Tencent Cloud to offer EPYC processors. They also discussed that they are already sending samples of their new Zen 2 based 'EPYC' Rome 'CPUs , with up to 48 cores and built in the process at 7nm from TSMC.

AMD expects to reach 5% market share by the end of the year. However, analysts estimate that with the current growth they will limit themselves to exceed 2.1%. Between 2004 and 2006, AMD managed to be a real competition for Intel with its Opteron CPUs, so the future is not yet written and it looks like it will be exciting.

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