Intel, AMD Price War Winding down

Morshad published 04 Dec 2007, 18:26 in main - 307 views

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Pinched by microprocessor price wars, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are trying to move away from competing over prices, to competing on microprocessor features and functionality instead, according to a study released by iSuppli on Monday.

Though Intel has a sizeable lead over AMD in global microprocessor revenue market, both companies recently noted that competition over average selling prices of chips has eased, which could signify the beginning of the end for the x86 microprocessor pricing war, iSuppli said in a statement.

Overall, microprocessor revenue globally for the third quarter of 2007 was US$8.53 billion, increasing 10.9 percent from the previous year, with Intel retaining the top position with a 78.7 percent market share, rising 4.6 percent. AMD followed with a 13.9 percent market share, dropping 2.9 percent year-over-year. Other suppliers, including IBM, Freescale and Marvell Technology, accounted for 7.4 percent of the microprocessor revenue market share.

News source: PC World

Tags: Intel, AMD

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