Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Tuesday 21 May 2013]
A slowdown in notebook and desktop PC purchases coupled with strong growth in smartphones and tablets knocked AMD down to fourth place in microprocessor (MPU) sales in 2012 from second, where AMD had been perched behind Intel since the 1990s, according to IC Insights.

IC Insights: Leading MPU suppliers by sales, 2011-12 (US$m)
2012 rank
Company
2011
2012
Sales Y/Y
2012 market share
Main product lines
1
Intel
37,435
36,892
(1%)
65.3%
x86 PC, server MPUs
2
Qualcomm
4,152
5,322
28%
9.4%
ARM mobile app processors
3
Samsung*
2,614
4,664
78%
8.2%
ARM mobile app processors
4
AMD
4,552
3,605
(21%)
6.4%
x86 PC, server MPUs
5
Freescale
1,210
1,070
(12%)
1.9%
ARM and embedded MPUs
6
Nvidia
591
764
29%
1.4%
ARM mobile app processors
7
TI
510
565
11%
1.0%
ARM mobile app processors
8
ST-Ericsson**
660
540
(18%)
1.0%
ARM mobile app processors
9
Broadcom
295
345
17%
0.6%
ARM mobile app processors
10
MediaTek
280
325
16%
0.6%
ARM mobile app processors
*Includes Apple's custom processors made by Samsung's foundry business
** Handset IC JV to be dissolved by STMicroelectronics and Ericsson by 3Q13
Source: IC Insights, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013

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