pcworld.com - 5/12/2009
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After five quarters of declining market share, Advanced Micro Devices gained ground in chip shipments over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said on Tuesday. AMD saw its market share in processor shipments reach 22.3 percent during the first quarter of 2009, gaining 4.6 ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 5/13/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
Computer chipmaker Intel has been fined a record
1.06bn euros ($1.45bn; 948m) by the European Commission for...
anti-competitive practices. It dwarfs the 497m euro fine levied on Microsoft in 2004 for abusing its dominant market position. The Commission ...
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BBC NEWS | Business | EU slaps a record fine on Intel
europa.eu - 5/13/2009
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europa.eu —
Intel gave rebates to computer manufacturer A from
December 2002 to December 2005 conditional on this manufacturer...
purchasing exclusively Intel CPUs Intel gave rebates to computer manufacturer B from November 2002 to May 2005 conditional on this ...
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Rapid - Press Releases
brightsideofnews.com - 5/12/2009
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brightsideofnews.com —
Almost two months ago, we witnessed to the
open war of words between AMD and Intel, ending...
in Intel's press release citing that AMD's split to AMD and GlobalFoundries will lead to termination of AMD's x86 license. Wording was not exactly what you ...
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AMD's x86 license set to expire in 48 hours?
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AMD Gains Processor Market Share on Intel
APH Networks —
... strong increase in desktop shipments, said Shane Rau, research director at IDC. Sequentially, AMD chip shipments increased 13 percent while Intel's shipments declined 16 percent.
Intel's sequential decline was partly due to suppliers holding back on purchases as they tried to clear up excess inventory of mobile processors, especially Atom processors for netbooks. Shipments of Atom processors recorded a sequential decline of 33 percent in the first quarter of 2009.
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AMD gains on Intel as Atom sales plummet
TechSpot —
... , the latest IDC figures on worldwide microprocessor shipments indicate AMD has gained some ground over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009 despite an overall decline of the market. The company saw its hold of the market reach 22.3% for the quarter, a sequential growth of 4.6%, while Intels share slipped 4.7% to a still dominating 77.3% during the same period. The increase is attributed to a pricing advantage over Intel and a strong increase in desktop shipments. Intel on the other hand was mostly affected by a decline in netbook processor sales, where AMD ...
AMD gains on Intel as Atom shipments plummet
TechSpot —
... , the latest IDC figures on worldwide microprocessor shipments indicate AMD has gained some ground over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009 despite an overall decline of the market. The company saw its hold of the market reach 22.3% for the quarter, a sequential growth of 4.6%, while Intels share slipped 4.7% to a still dominating 77.3% during the same period. The increase is attributed to a pricing advantage over Intel and a strong increase in desktop shipments. Intel on the other hand was mostly affected by a decline in netbook processor sales, where AMD ...
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