AMD transferred the announcement of Phenom 9700 (2.4 GHz) and Phenom 9900 (2.6 GHz) processors to the second quarter, and also accelerated the announcement of economical four core model Phenom 9100e (1.8 GHz), which will be released in the first quarter.
The Processors Phenom 9900 (2.6 GHz) and Phenom 9700 (2.4 GHz) are oriented to enthusiasts, but this market share does not exceed 5%. As far as thee core processors series Phenom 8xxx and economical four core Phenom 9100e are concerned, they are oriented to mass buyer, and this market segment corresponds to 60% .
Three core processors Phenom were originally planned to appear in first quarter; therefore there are no changes in the graph. AMD note after recent prices reduction that three core processors Phenom have all chances to fall in price niche from $150 to $200. If we considers that in a number of applications the difference between three and four core is not so great, then this Phenom version can draw more buyers.