22 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020

NEWS

IMAGE: AMD

AMD’s notebook PC share climbs to

an all-time high of nearly 20 percent

The latest market share figures show that AMD’s mobile Ryzen 4000 chip is at the top of its

game. Desktop CPUs, though, have hit a 24-year low. BY MARK HACHMAN

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MD’s share in the notebook PC

market is now the highest ever,

just under 20 percent, the

company said in early August.

AMD’s market share of X86 notebook PCs

now stands at an all-time high of 19.9 percent,

according to the company, citing a recent

report by analyst firm Mercury Research.

Though PCWorld did not have access to the

full report, Dean McCarron, the Mercury

analyst who authored it, confirmed the

accuracy of AMD’s statement in an email.

Though neither AMD nor Mercury cited

the reasons for AMD’s strength in the

notebook PC market, it’s reasonable to

assume that AMD’s mobile Ryzen 4000 is the

cause. AMD’s latest mobile chip is blowing

away Intel (go.pcworld.com/blow) in terms of

performance. Notebook sales more than

doubled (go.pcworld.com/mrdb) during