CPU Market?

[PermaBanned]

I was just wondering, you often see graphs of annual CPU sales that show that Intel own most of the market with AMD having something like 30% (rough estimate their). But does anybody factor in the whole market? Let me explain - a lot of people now own Smartphones, PDAs or similar devices which usually have processing chips manufactured by a different company. Namely Qualcomm and ARM, who after a quick glance at their annual sales figures seem to be at least on par with AMD.

 

[DireEmblem]

Why do you want to know how many units each company ships?

If you start looking at mobiles/pda's, next you have sky/virgin boxes (ARM chips by most part)....

 

[DavieJG]

I dont think its fair to compare ARM chips to desktop/server/mobile CPUs. I dont see why anyone would publish that comparison.

 

[DireEmblem]

I dont think its fair to compare ARM chips to desktop/server/mobile CPUs. I dont see why anyone would publish that comparison.

ARM chips are good in the low power consumption area, hence their usage in mobiles...

 

[PhillyDee]

But its a completely different market.

Its like comparing horse tack makers with m&s.

They both make clothing after all . . . .