Samsung Electronics America Inc. plans to change the processor in its Q1 Ultra Mobile PC, replacing a chip from Intel Corp. with one from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), according to a published ...

BOSTON – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will make a quad-core chip for desktop PCs, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new “Phenom” design in an attempt to compete better with Intel Corp.

AMD (AMD) and Intel (INTC) seem to have a duopoly in the PC processor and server market, with Intel accounting for more than an 80% share in the PC processor space and a 99% share in the server space.