Apparently, AMD is going through another period when thisparadox, with one aspect of a thriving business while the other, oroverall financial outlook, is sliding downward.
Advanced Micro Devices has definitely been making news with all the APUs Fusion and a wide range of motherboards from partners.
However, although things may be looking in the consumer segment, the same can not be said any other outlet.
On the one hand, its status in front of supercomputers has increased, as shown clearly by the number of AMD-based HPC applications on the TOP500 list.
On the other hand, analysts are now reporting that the company did not perform well in general purpose servers and mobile systemsfields.
According to iSuppli, AMD is guaranteed only 10 / 1% of globalchip revenue in 2011, less than 10.9% from Q4 2010.
This means that Intel snatched away from it's 1.6%, reaching82.6% share, up from 81% of the previous three months.
"Intel is moving quickly to identify and fix problems Sandy Bridgechipsets during the first quarter," said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst, compute platforms, for the IHS.
"The fact that the company achieved 25 percent revenue increasein first quarter of 2011 compared to same period in 2010 showsthat the concerns of the chipset does not really affect the companyinto a significant level. It serves as proof of Intel's ability to react topotential crises with speed and agility. Handling Intel issues on both public relations and business fronts stood in contrast to otherrecent examples of large companies facing the challenges of a major product quality. "
As for the two of them combined, they controlled 92.7% of the entire microprocessor industry, or do so in Q1, while those in Q4 2010 was 92.4%.
