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To: 5dave22 who wrote (5180)	8/15/2000 8:56:16 PM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

<font color=darkgreen>(*AMD's K6-2 chips appeared in 55.1 percent* of all systems sold at U.S. retail.** ) AMD's robust retail story As for Sony's selection of AMD, the move marks a continuation of the chip maker's success in garnering a growing share of the retail market. In the United States, for example, AMD chips were featured in a majority of notebooks sold in the retail market in June, according to the market research firm PC Data in Reston, Va. "They have quietly been a very strong player in the retail notebook market," said Stephen Baker, an analyst with PC Data. "Since last November, every month they have accounted for over 50 percent of the market." For the month of June, AMD's K6-2 chips appeared in 55.1 percent of all systems sold at U.S. retail. Intel's Pentium III appeared in 34.4 percent of notebooks sold at retail, Apple Computer Inc.'s (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) PowerPC was a distant third at 4.7 percent, Intel's Pentium II netted 2.8 percent and its lowest-cost mobile Celeron captured 2.1 percent. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20000811/tc/new_sony_notebooks_to_feature_transmeta_amd_chips_1.html