According to anonymous industry sources, AMD is expected to control one-fifth of the notebook processor market in the first quarter of 2020. A major reason why laptop manufacturers are switching to AMD processors is the continued shortage of Intel CPUs, which laptop manufacturers expect to continue until 2020.
The publication’s sources believe that AMD could achieve a 20% market share
Laptop manufacturers expect Intel’s CPU shortage to peak in the second quarter and are now sourcing AMD chips, they reported. According to the press release sources, AMD could reach a 20% share of the laptop market in the first quarter. That would be a big growth, considering that the red company’s market share in Q3 2019 was 14.7%, which is a 3.8% year-on-year growth.
While most suppliers expect Intel’s CPU shortage to end in the second half of 2020, Martin Weng, president of Compal Electronics, the largest notebook manufacturer, believes that Intel’s shortage will continue until 2020.
Some of Intel’s CPU models that are expected to suffer most from the shortage include low-end CPUs such as Celeron and Atom-based Pentium (N series) processors, which are typically built into low-cost chrome books.
The Zen-based Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold 3150U processors announced this week by AMD could serve as a replacement for Intel’s Celeron and Pentium processors in Chromebooks and other low-cost Windows PCs. In this way, AMD is preparing to welcome the manufacturers with open arms who need good processors with full availability in 2020.