Intel is set to increase its lead over its competitors despite a fall in sales of its Atom chips intended for the moribund netbook business, Intel Corp in the Q3 managed to widen its control position in the international microprocessor market on the muscle of its corporate sales.
Intel in the Q3 made about 83.7 percent of worldwide microprocessor sales, an increase of 1.2% points compared to 82.5% it held in the Q2 of 2011, in line with the latest IHS iSuppli Computer Systems research from data and analysis source IHS. Intel widened its lead over No. 2 microprocessor provider Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to 73.5 % points in the Q3, up from 72% in the Q2.
In the Q3 Intel's performance was as result of a mix of negative and positive growths in regard to the transformative blow of media tablets on the PC market.
Net decrease for Netbooks
Following a successful double-digit sales growth in2008 through 2010, the netbook market assumed a sudden drop in 2011 as consumers bowed towards media PC tablets. Worldwide netbook sales are set to further plunge to 21.4 million pieces in 2011, losing 33.5% compared to 32 million units realized in 2010. Sales are estimated to continue to decline in the coming years and in fact, shipments will decline to 13.4 million by 2015.
This of course has contributed to downside for Intel, where most of netbook PCs in the market were powered by its Atom microprocessors. Intel confirmed its chipset and Atom microprocessor revenue in the Q3 decreased to 32% in contrast to the previous year.
Up in the Cloud
Nevertheless Intel saw a continued growth in the Q3 emerging from shipments of microprocessors that are used in data centers due to the rising demand for cloud computing services and the mobile markets.
Today, cloud computing business is on the route into the stratosphere as providers seek to provide services designed to serve smartphones tablet PCs, and other portable devices. Enterprise and consumer spending on the open segment of the cloud is estimated to experience growths of up to $110 billion in 2015, up compared to $23 billion in 2010.
Intel also confirmed that it gained from firm notebook sales coming from the corporate market, which remains to perform well despite amid challenging conditions in the consumer computer segment.
Intel still Leads the Microprocessor Business in Q3 is a post from: Eee PC
Link to post: Intel still Leads the Microprocessor Business in Q3 - from: Eee PC | No comments | © Admarket, 2011.
Posts
