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AMD grabs more CPU share while pricier PCs punish desktop demand

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The processor market is sending mixed signals, with server and mobile shipments rising while desktop CPU volumes decline amid higher system prices. Meanwhile, AMD's House of Zen has taken market share from Intel across every category. For Q2 2026, Mercury Research says total processor shipments were lower than in the same period a year ago, attributing this to much lower system-on-chip (SoC) and embedded volumes due to AMD's declining games cons…

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The competition in the processor market goes into the next round. Current figures show that AMD continues to catch up significantly with market leader Intel in all segments. Especially with server CPUs, the industry's primary is increasingly under pressure. (Continue reading)

AMD continues to gain ground on Intel at a steady pace. The latest data released by Mercury Research for the second quarter of 2026 show that Lisa Su's company has reached a historic market share of 30.3 per cent in the x86 processor segment for the general public, bringing together the [...] AMD article reaches a new historic peak against Intel with more than 30 per cent of the x86 processor market appeared first on HardwareCooking.

AMD has climbed into the cockpit of its hunt, has put Intel in the spotlight and continues to cut an advantage that not so many years ago seemed practically impossible to disassemble. The latest Mercury Research data, offered through Tae Kim, corresponding to the second quarter of 2026, place AMD with a historical share of 30.3% in x86 CPU for PC on this Q2 2026, including jointly desktop and laptop equipment. This means that nearly three out of…

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The Register broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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