Core 2 Driving CPU Market.

Tokyo, Japan, Sept 14, 2006 - (JCN) - The Core 2 Series is driving the Japanese CPU market, according to BCN, the publisher of the Business Computer News weekly, which has conducted a survey of 12 PC sellers.

Sales of seven Core 2 Duo products and the flagship Core 2 Extreme X6800 began picking up in August, helping to increase sales in volume by 28.8% and sales in value by 19.3%, year-on-year. The average CPU price jumped from 20,000 yen (US$172) in July to 26,000 yen (US$224) in August.

Consequently, Intel managed to boost its share from 64.5% in July to 72.4% in August while its average CPU price leaped from 19,000 yen (US$138) to 28,000 yen (US$241). Meanwhile, AMD saw its share slipping from 35.5% to 27.6%, and its average CPU price continued to decline from 23,000 yen (US$198) to 20,000 yen (US$172).

Core 2-based PCs grabbed a 39.7% share of the retail market in August, up from 2.5% in July. The shares of Celeron D-based and Pentium D-based PCs dropped from 18.4% in July to 11.4% in August and from 27.9% to 11.2%, respectively. However, Athlon 64 X2-based PCs claimed a 16.5% share, up from 16.0%.

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