For the first time in four years, Intel has taken market share from AMD in the server chip market. It happened in the third quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. As AMD’s share of the notebook market increased, it continued to give Intel fits in that arena.

But, Intel’s Xeon 5100 server processor have been a hit.

So much for AMD’s boasts that it will take 40% of the server market in the next couple of years.

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