With a more than 80% share, Intel Corp in Q2 reached a four-year high in global MPU market revenue, according to the latest data from iSuppli Corp.

Intel in the June quarter accounted for 80.6% of global MPU revenue, up 1.4 points from 79.1% during the same period in 2008, and a 1.5% increase from Q1 (see chart below). Market researchers at iSuppli said in a recent report  that the gain gave Intel the largest share of global MPU revenue since it claimed 82.4% of revenue in Q3 2005.

“Intel benefited as the global PC market took a first small step toward recovery in the second quarter, with global shipments rising by 1% from the first quarter,” said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst of compute platforms research for iSuppli, in a statement. “However, with PC shipments still down compared to a year earlier, Intel actually suffered a decline in microprocessor revenue compared to a year earlier, as did chief rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.”

According to iSuppli, Intel in Q2 saw strong demand for its new-generation products across all segments, including desktops, notebooks, and servers. However, in the overall PC market, only the notebook segment produced growth compared to Q2 2008, at 13%. Both the desktop PC and entry-level server segments declined on a year-over basis, iSuppli reported.

Meanwhile, AMD lost 0.4% of total market share compared to a year earlier, and declined by 1.4% of share on a sequential basis.

“AMD didn’t benefit from the small sequential rise in PC sales because its average microprocessor pricing was lower than that from the first quarter of 2009,” Wilkins said.


Q2 total MPU market share, ranking by percentage of revenue

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