According to IDC’s latest PC processor study, the worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 rose modestly, with mobile PC processors increasing by 11.7%, x86 server processor growing by 14.1% and desktop processors by 4.8%.
 
When compared to Q4 ’08, CPU shipments in 4Q09 rose 31.3%, and the overall market average selling price of processors rose 6.7% quarter over quarter.

In the quarter Intel held a 80.5% unit market share, down 0.6%, while AMD gained 0.7% and reached 19.4%. VIA also posted a small gain with 0.3%.

IDC predicts that the CPU shipment for 2010 will continue to see a growth of 15.1% compared to 2009.