AMD achieved historic market share of more than 30% in the desktop and server CPU segment with the new EPYC CPUs. Mercury Research has shared statistics for the fourth quarter of 2022 that reflect the progress of Intel and AMD in the processor industry.

The share of AMD processors increased to a historical mark due to the decrease in the percentage of Intel. According to a report by Mercury Research, AMD’s market share is currently 31.3%, compared to 28.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021, and Intel’s 68.7% currently (compared to 71.5%). The trend of increasing the relative share of AMD processors continues.

The think tank also noted that both Intel and AMD faced their biggest drop in shipments in 30 years. This had a major impact on customer sales, with both companies reporting losses. The annual decline in processor shipments is currently 34%, and the quarterly decline is around 19%.

For 2022, shipments amounted to 374 million chips (excluding ARM), and revenue amounted to $65 billion, which is 21% and 19% less than last year’s results. However, the total revenue of the processor market in 2022 was higher than any other year except for 2020 and 2021.

By the end of this year, AMD EPYC and Instinct chips are expected to increase the company’s market share well above 30% – the company has a strong roadmap in the server segment. On the other hand, the release of new Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon processors could be a turning point.

Overall, Intel is still the leader in the server space, but they will have to make some radical changes to successfully compete with AMD’s progress in recent years. The next big battle of processor giants will take place in the arena of portable computers: both companies have introduced powerful lines of mobile chips.

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Source: Wccftech