As Intel's CPU market share falls to 31-year low in the market that analysts call 'ugliest segment'

Intel’s share in the x86 CPU market for PCs and servers reportedly fell under 70 percent for the first time ever since the year 1995. According to a report by Mercury Research, first quoted by CRN, the Intel numbers mark a 31-year low for the semiconductor giant, even as AI spending fueled historic growth for its data center business. Dean McCarron, president of Prescott, Arizona-based CPU-tracking company Mercury Research, confirmed the point about Intel’s 31-year low to CRN in an email following the release of his second-quarter CPU market share report comparing Intel and AMD.