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To: Mani1 who wrote (53255)	3/23/1999 2:06:00 AM
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..US retail PC market to gain increased market presence," said Stephen Baker, senior hardware analyst at PC Data in a statement. He cited Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as one of the "winners" in February and Emachines, "with an impressive increase in sales, and the sub-$600 PC market, which benefited from these two companies focusing attention on that sector," he said. The AMD-K6 chip captured more than 50 percent of retail sales in the United States for the first time in February 1999, according to Baker. Unit sales of PCs based on AMD processors increased by more than 70 percent versus February 1998. PCs with AMD processors accounted for 51.4 percent of overall unit sales and 65.7 percent of the sub-$1,000 sales. Certain retailers such as CompUSA and OfficeMax carry a preponderance of computers based on AMD processors. Certain PC lines at these stores use only AMD chips. AMD was strongest in the $600-$1,000 market, where 73 percent of all sales were PCs based on AMD processors. AMD also accounted for 47 percent of unit sales in the sub-$600 market. news.com