Intel, AMD Hurt by Declining Global PC Sales: IDC

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Intel, AMD and Via, the world's three main suppliers of x86 processors for PCs and servers, experienced fourth-quarter falloffs in microprocessor shipments that could continue well into 2009. Despite efforts by Intel's Atom processor and the emerging "netbook" and mininotebook markets to keep the overall chip market buoyed, the sequential PC processor unit shipment decline in the fourth quarter was the worst-ever recorded, according to a new research report issued by IDC.

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