[citation][nom]sykozis[/nom]It depends on what they're defining as the "processor market". If they're looking strictly at desktop/server/workstation market, I'd have to agree with you as neither IBM or VIA have anything in the workstation or desktop market...and VIA doesn't exist in the server market. If they're looking at the actual processor market....VIA has a rather healthy foothold in the embedded market powering POS (Point of Sales) systems and ATM machines.[/citation]
Actually, even including that market, VIA has never even dreamed of reaching anything near 5%. They do better in third world countries, but it's still a very low number. No way they get near 7%. They would be ecstatic to get .7 %, since most indicators have them around .3 %. 3/10ths of a percentage still adds up to a decent total considering the size of the market, but, these numbers must be off. Maybe they are throwing tablets in there now or something, but clearly some kind of explanation is warranted. AMD seems very, very low. I think they have the numbers wrong. Intel numbers seem about right. AMD numbers seem at least 5% low, and probably more like 6-8% low.