Intel wipes floor with AMD in servers

Chip giant Intel shipped a whopping 93.5 per cent of all x86 processors stuck into servers during the second quarter of this year, up from a mere 89.9 per cent in the same quarter last year, according to figures concocted by IDC. But AMD bit back in laptops, clawing 1.6 per cent away from its larger rival during the quarter to claim 13.7 per cent share of the market Intel has dominated so successfully since its introduction of the Centrino platform. Intel's share was...