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AMD aims to ship 26 million desktop CPUs in 2H 2006

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to ship 26 million desktop-use processors in the second half of this year, bringing its projected shipments of desktop CPUs for all of 2006 to about 46 million units, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers familiar with AMD's product roadmap.

AMD shipped 10 and 9.5 million desktop CPUs, respectively, in the first and second quarters of this year, the sources noted.

AMD's 2006 projected desktop CPU shipments, to be realized with rising demand for AM2-socket CPUs and a production ramp from its Singapore-based contract chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor, will account for 32% of the global desktop PC market of 141 million units as projected by market research firms, said the sources.

In order to reach its shipment goal, AMD has recently asked first-tier Taiwan-based motherboard makers to order more desktop CPUs from the company, the sources stated.

AMD earlier projected it would ship 12 million notebook CPUs in 2006, accounting for 15% of the world's notebook CPU market, according to the sources.
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