What is going on?

[wacki]

ok, pretend this is a "highly technical" business/marketing thread. I don't know where else to put this.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/17/top_world_chip_makers_2005/

AMD had the crown in pretty much every single category including price. So why the big slump in sales?

 

[Peter]

The answer's right there - the Flash spinoff didn't count into AMD's result for 2005, but still did in 2004.

Next!

 

[wacki]

Quote from article.

Does Intel really need to worry about AMD? Not if the latest figures from market watcher iSuppli are anything to go by.

Hrm.....


Odd that everyone seems to be misrepresenting this data. Even toms hardware says "Intel increases lead in semiconductor market".

yet the article they link to says ""While Intel benefited from the strength of the microprocessor market, it lost 2.9 percentage points of share during the year to AMD."" which means AMD is gaining on intel. Ok, new question, what are the journalists smoking?