AMD starts Q4 2021 in a big way

Through a press release, AMD shared some details regarding the company's important growth so far and the one expected for the fourth quarter of this year. As also shown by the recently published results for the third quarter of 2021, AMD has achieved significant milestones this year and is strongly focused on its future roadmap of products and technologies. The company increased its revenue share for the sixth consecutive quarter in the PC business, thanks to sales of the Ryzen 5000 series processors which achieved a double-digit percentage increase. Gaming also continues to be a booming segment for AMD, with strong growth in sales of Radeon graphics cards and high demand for Sony and Microsoft gaming consoles, both based on the company's semi-custom APUs. br>
Credit: AMD The strong sales in the client segment also led to an increase in market share, as the recent Mercury Research Q3 2021 x86 CPU Market Share report shows:

AMD increased its overall share of x86 drives by 2.1 points quarter-over-quarter, with a share of 24.6%. It is also noted that the 24.6% unit share is the second highest global x86 result ever. AMD's highest overall x86 percentage was 25.3% as of Q4 2006. AMD's share of x86 notebook drives, excluding IoT, was 22.0%, a new all-time high for AMD, with an increase 1.8 points on an annual basis. Revenue in the AMD notebook segment also reached an all-time high of 16.2% in Q3 2021, with an increase of 1.3 Q-Q share points, and 3.9 Y-Y share points. The company was keen to let it be known that this is only the beginning, as it will introduce new products next year and is investing significantly to ensure additional production capacity capable of sustaining long-term growth, an obvious problem in recent months. and which also involves all the largest electronics manufacturers in the world.