AMD Ryzen CPUs will further threaten Intel this year, analysts predict

AMD is currently at 18.3 percent market share and could hit the mid-20s according to an analyst.



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AMD's market share could reach the mid-20s, according to an industry analyst.
AMD reached a desktop market share of 18.3 percent in Q4 2019, according to a recent report.
AMD made significant strides against Intel over the last decade and looks to continue that momentum.


AMD could reach a market share in the mid-20s, according to an industry analyst. Mitch Steves of RBC Capital Market thinks that "share gains in PCs will continue to move into the mid-20% market share range, and we have higher conviction in server units in both 2020 and 2021" (via The Street). AMD still lags behind Intel by a significant margin across several markets but continues to show steady improvement.

Figures recently came out covering Q4 2019, including a 1.5 percent increase in mobile market share by AMD (excluding IoT). That fourth-quarter increase capped a year in which AMD grew by 4 ...