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• Apple increases its share in the notebook market, but desktop sales decline
  Wednesday 23 August 2006 – 08:33
  Global shipments of Apple Computer's Intel-based laptops totaled 780,000-800,000 units in the second quarter of this year, with the MacBook becoming a hot model in the mainstream market, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers, citing data available from IDC and Gartner Dataquest.
• Intel hits 4-year low in semiconductor market share
  Wednesday 6 September 2006 – 03:23
  The world's largest semiconductor company saw its chip revenues dropping dramatically in the second quarter of this year. Isuppli estimates that the firm's sales pulled back by almost 13%, resulting in a market share off 11.4% - the lowest level since Isuppli began tracking semiconductor sales in 2002.
• AMD celebrates record market share numbers
  Wednesday 31 January 2007 – 01:40
  Mercury Research today released its annual market share numbers for the x86 microprocessor market, which could be considered the icing on an especially delicious cake for AMD in 2006. AMD gained market share year-over-year, while Intel lost. But, AMD faces challenges that may the impact of its growth.
• AMD aiming for 30% market share with its quad-core server processors
  Friday 16 February 2007 – 05:21
  AMD's goal is to reach a 30% share in the quad-core server market in 2007, sources at the company recently revealed.
• VIA targets high profit market to bring back market share
  Friday 9 February 2007 – 04:58
  VIA will target high profit markets in 2007, say sources familiar with VIA, meaning the company will focus more attention towards the x86 and embedded platform market.
• AMD x86 server market share tops 22% - report
  Tuesday 25 April 2006 – 05:31
  AMD celebrates the third birthday of its Opteron processor with a rapidly increasing segment share in the x86 server market. At least according to findings released by Mercury Research, the Opteron chip now accounts for 22.1% of the worldwide x86 server market - traditionally the highest margin microprocessor segment.
• AMD desktop PC-use CPU market share exceeds 20 percent in 3Q
  Tuesday 25 October 2005 – 04:49
  Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) surpassed a 20 percent share of the desktop PC-use CPU market worldwide in the third quarter of 2005, its first time since 2001, according to Mercury Research. The vendor grabbed a 20.4 percent share, following Intel with 77.5 percent.
• Google sees slight drop in search market share
  Monday 21 August 2006 – 10:06
  Yahoo was able to substantially increase its search market share during July, while Google saw its share dropping for the first in several months, according to a report released by market research firm Nielsen Netratings.
• AMD may have lost almost one third of its market share in Q1, says iSuppli
  Wednesday 18 April 2007 – 05:44
  The first quarter of this year apparently had a dramatic impact on the microprocessor industry. According to market research firm iSuppli, AMD may have lost almost one third of the market share the company held one quarter earlier. ...
• Analysis: Why market share is so important for AMD
  Thursday 14 February 2008 – 10:50 in Business
  Dell’s announcement that it basically is dropping AMD from its direct sales site got me scratching my head? Was this part of a plan to drive AMD’s stock price down to make it a more attractive acquisition target?
• Apple's share of U.S. PC market increases to 6.1%
  Thursday 19 October 2006 – 07:27
  Between the third calendar quarter of 2005 and the third quarter of 2006, Apple's U.S. Mac unit shipments grew 31% from 744,000 units to 975,000 units, preliminary data from the firm shows.
• Firefox faltering for market share
  Tuesday 11 October 2005 – 07:53
  New figures from Internet monitoring firm NetApplications shows upstart browser Firefox has lost nearly a tenth of its market share between the months of August and September.
• DHL Cuts 9,500 U.S. Jobs, 4% Market Share Up for Grabs
  Tuesday 11 November 2008 – 10:00 in Business
  DHL Express is the latest company to show dissatisfaction with the current state of the United States economy, announcing this week that all air and ground domestic delivery operations within the United States will be ceased, and 9,500 jobs will be cut.
• HP gains more market share as PC shipments rise :iSuppli
  Friday 19 May 2006 – 09:33
  In a preliminary report issued yesterday by iSuppli, Hewlett-Packard appears to be closing the gap with market leader Dell even more tightly, with only two percentage points now separating them in figures for the first quarter of this year.
• AMD market share holds firm
  Monday 23 July 2007 – 09:51 in Business
  El Segundo (CA) - Even though AMD lost a lot of money last quarter, it managed to keep Intel from cutting deeper into its market share. Research firm iSuppli estimates that during the second quarter of 2007, AMD accounted for around 11.4% of worldwide mi