• @CookieOfFortune
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    61 month ago

    Eh unless they have the most efficient overall, they won’t make inroads into the server market. The entry level laptop and desktop markets are getting smaller and has less margins.

    • @Peffse
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      21 month ago

      Any source you can cite?

      • @CookieOfFortune
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        31 month ago

        Do you mean the efficiency question? I’m just deducing if they were competitive in servers Intel would jump at that opportunity.

        As for the PC market, just looking at unit sales: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_personal_computer_vendors

        And as for margins, well the exact information is a bit hard to find but in general lower end products have tighter margins and the buyers for them are more price sensitive.

        • @Peffse
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          11 month ago

          Oh sorry, yeah that was directed towards the comment that the desktop market is getting smaller. I’ve heard that “the desktop computer is dead” for over two decades now, so that wiki page is quite interesting.

          I’d love to see the 2024 number once it gets published, because the 2020/1 numbers are such an anomalies from COVID that it’s hard to tell if the market’s actually shrinking or just stabilizing.

          • @CookieOfFortune
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            11 month ago

            It likely will stabilize, but it might become more of an enthusiast market. People don’t necessarily need a PC anymore.