AMD's CPU share skyrocketed in 2020 along with low-end PC sales
AMD's CPU share skyrocketed in 2020 along with low-end PC sales Solving its manufacturing issues freed Intel up for a dogfight in low-end PCs, which exploded in terms of sales volume. Credit: Acer AMD had a very good year in 2020, further proven Wednesday when an analyst firm confirmed the company grabbed more than 6 percentage points of CPU market share away from rival Intel, skyrocketing from 15.1 percent to 21.7 percent year over year. Mercury Research analyst Dean McCarron said that massive growth in the cheaper processor segments (think low-cost and educational PCs) drove r...