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Leading CPU Firms Prep for Notebook Battle

The Chipmakers' Laptop Rumble is Ahead

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 01/26/2005 | 05:56 PM ]

While everyone’s attention is turned towards desktop PCs and their evolvement, the most furious battle for market share is about to start in the notebook market segment. Intel has a steady lead in the notebook business with the Centrino brand as for Advances Micro Devices, they are only about to start the competition.

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“Today, notebook-chip sales represent about 19% of Intel’s revenue, compared with just 6% of AMD’s,” estimates analyst Andrew Root at Goldman Sachs.

“We believe we’re not capturing our fair share of the overall processor market,” says Hector Ruiz, chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices.