Re: No reason for sell-off
This may be the reason. Unfortunately, this article came out too late to appear in the print edition of the WSJ, so it hasn't been widely reported yet.
AMD Beats Out Intel for Top Spot In
January Retail PC-Chip Figures
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Desktop personal computers running on microprocessors made by
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. outsold all Intel Corp.-based desktop PCs
in the U.S. retail market in January, according to PC Data's January Retail
Hardware Report.
PC Data, Reston, Va., said AMD-K6
processors accounted for 43.9% of all
desktop PC processor unit sales in January.
Intel had 40.3% of the market, falling out of
the top spot for the first time, and National
Semiconductor Corp.'s Cyrix Corp. was third
in the market with 15.8%.
The report is the latest good news for AMD,
which has been challenging Intel in the
expanding market for low-cost PCs but has
little profit to show for it. Last Friday,
Gateway Inc., in a major departure from its
past reliance on Intel, said it agreed to use
AMD microprocessors in future personal
computers.
"This is the first time that a processor family,
other than one manufactured by Intel, led the
U.S. retail market," said Stephen Baker,
senior hardware analyst at PC Data.
PC Data said total U.S. retail processor sales
rose 21.7% in January from last year on 180% growth in the sub-$1,000
segment of PCs.
January's best-selling individual PC at retail was Hewlett-Packard Co.'s
Hewlett-Packard 4450, with an average selling price of $874.
Compaq Computer Corp.'s Compaq Presario 5204 was second in
January with an average selling price of $799, and the Hewlett-Packard
4440 was third with an average retail price of $732.
PC Data provides point-of-sale data on software and hardware sales.
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