do you live in a world of numbers?
Epyc revenues grew 80mln in q3 from q2.
Intel grew DCG 1.4bln.
That is your definition of eating alive?
We've been through this before.
Intel's Q2 was unusually low in terms of both revenue and volume due to companies being concerned about the trade war and so they stockpiled parts in 4Q of 2018 which left 1H 2019 lite on sales. This stockpile cleared out by 3Q 2019, so a large increase from Q2 to Q3 was more of them returning to normal than growing. Actually, the Y/Y DCG volume shrunk by 6%.
Whereas Epyc volume grew over 50% from Q2 to Q3 and grew Y/Y as well (though no specifics were given). Yes, Intel is outselling AMD in every market (except DiY where AMD appears to be dominating), but it's obvious that AMD's share continues to grow overall and Epyc continues to increase in both revenue and volume while Intel is struggling to stop AMD's progress. Throwing their current revenue around is a straw man, no one is disputing this. It's how much AMD is growing while Intel's market share is shrinking.
If you go back and look at the timeline with Opteron, AMD is basically following the same curve, though maybe a quarter or two behind. If they continue to follow the same curve then by this time in 2021 AMD will have ~20% of the server market and then, if they don't slip up like last time, another 10% within a year.