INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It looks like AMD is finally on the comeback in the processor world, with boosted sales for July 2018, meaning that the chipmaker has drawn
of the processor market to say the least, but the stats from retailer Mindfactory show that sales are now bang on level-pegging: AMD has 50%
it has been dominating with its 8th-gen processors since the start of the year
managed to claw back onto level terms (previously, going back further to the summer of 2017, AMD actually led with a 56% market
Generation processors on offer, which are finally making more of an impact, plus it has discounted the prices of its various Ryzen chips
(particularly the original offerings, in the light of the 2nd Generation launch, of course).The fact that AMD has been knocking down prices
is reflected in the relative share of revenue, with Intel having a solid lead in this respect
If we look at the money coined in rather than the pure number of units shifted, Intel took 58% of the revenue that went through
than 86% of those sold were Coffee Lake (8th-gen) CPUs
Almost all of the chips flogged, in other words.AMD had a much broader three-way split, with Pinnacle Ridge (Ryzen 2nd Generation)
consisting of 44% of sales, Summit Ridge at 31%, and Raven Ridge on 22%
