AMD gains market share at the expense of Intel

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1. August 12, 2004 7:42 AM
   MrGaribaldi said:
   Well, it's not too much of a surprise that AMD has taken shares from Intel. They don't really compete with Cyrix, and most RISC processors have been phased out, so there aren't that many other competitors to take it from.:D
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2. August 12, 2004 2:10 PM
   Julio said:
   [quote]The remaining 1.8 percent of the second-quarter PC processor market was split between Via Technologies and Transmeta.[/quote]I wonder, how profitable it's for these companies maintain a processor family, perhaps it is after all?
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3. August 12, 2004 3:53 PM
   Mictlantecuhtli said:
   I think it is, as they compete in a bit different market, these cool and not so power hungry small machines.
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4. August 12, 2004 4:37 PM
   Goalie said:
   The nature of laptops and the commitment needed to make manufacturing a laptop worthwhile allows for a little extra markup on the processors.In Via's case, they obviously have more than one product involved in the situation, and thus can help justify complimentary products with the other...
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