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Can AMD Continue to Surpass Intel in U.S. PC Retail Market?

Credit Pacific Service Union By Dave Porter

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Credit First Service Union (AXcess News) Reno - Last month marked a new level of progress for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) when it surpassed Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) as the leading supplier of processors for the US retail personal computer market. In October 2005, 49.8% of the personal computers (desktops and notebooks combined) sold in the US retail market utilized AMD processors, thus allowing AMD to narrowly surpass Intel, which accounted for 48.5% of the market. But can AMD hold its lead?

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Card Credit Mobile Service According to Current Analysis,AMD actually led Intel in the desktop category by a slight margin in the month of September as well; the company sustained growth in the category in October and, subsequently, extended its lead across the entire US retail PC category during the month.

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Card Credit Discover Service While AMD's success in the US retail market cannot be ignored, Intel has a solid grasp on the number one spot when it comes to all US consumer PC sales because direct marketer Dell, the preeminent supplier of PCs in the US consumer market, utilizes Intel processors alone.

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Credit Public Service Union October serves as the transition between the back-to-school and winter holiday shopping seasons. The period between Black Friday and Christmas will ultimately define the success of the fourth quarter. However, these October sales results, as well as the well-documented rumor that Wal-Mart will offer a $398 AMD notebook and a $398 AMD desktop on Black Friday, indicate that AMD is in a stronger position to compete with Intel than it has been in past holiday seasons.

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Card Credit Processing Service Looking forward, one can expect that AMD will attempt to replicate its October success throughout the all-important holiday season. According to Matt Sargent, Director of Research at Current Analysis, "AMD did the unthinkable by surpassing Intel in October. Continuing to hold this lead in the holiday season would be a colossal win for the company."

Center Credit Service Union The following numbers represent AMD's standing in other US retail PC spaces:

Card Credit Service Wireless AMD's share of unit sales in the US retail desktop space increased from 52.0% in September to 67.7% in October.

Credit Security Service Union AMD's share of unit sales in the US retail notebook space increased from 26.2% in September to 31.5% in October.

Credit Report Service Despite the company's superior standing in the arena, AMDs October revenue share of retail PC sales (40.1%) trails that of Intel (57.6%) because the average selling price of Intel PCs is significantly larger than AMD PCs.

Blogspot Com Christian But cost is king when it comes tothe U.S. consumer market going into the holiday season and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) looking at offering cheap computers to shoppers. If Dell Computer's (Nasdaq: DELL) reach is strong in retail, it pales in comparison to Wal-Mart as cost-conscious shoppers looking at PCs for the holidays will more likely buy cheaper brands at the nation's no. 1 retail chain and most likely, AMD is banking on that.

Christian Counseling Credit Shares of AMD were down 25 cents, or 1 percent, at $24.64. Intel's shares were up 3 cents at $24.53. Dell Computer's shares were down 37 cents, or 1.25 percent, at $29.23, pennies over its 52-week lo of $28.81. While Wal-Mart's shares were at $47.67, down 38 cents, or .8 percent.

Credit Federal Service Union All share prices were as of 12:52pm EST Tuesday.

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