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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Intel powerful figures suggest the PC industry to improve; $ 1.45B antitrust fine whack profit



Intel is the largest manufacturer of microprocessors, the electronic brains of computers. More than three dwellings in the world of PCs using Intel chips. The company, after. Posted second quarter sales greatly stronger than Wall Street expectations, and the outlook suggests there is more good news to come. The stock jump 7 percent in after-hours trading.


This is not to say that personal computers are flying from the shelves. PC makers are still unclear how quickly Intel could take months to translate into better numbers for their customers.

The No. 2 PC maker, Dell Inc., for example, this week warned that the U.S. computer market to day, but his turnover for the business remains weak. CEO Michael Dell penny-pinching computer buyers appear to be operating on their existing machines more than what is typical.

Intel figures show that computer manufacturers bought more chips than expected during the quarter ended 27th Part of this reason, June is the end user to pick up another big demand, but the reason is that customers have burned through massive amounts of inventory to save money, and now need to reconsider.

Intel's numbers are closely watched because it reflects the health of the computer market and the technology spending in general. Interestingly, the figures in the second quarter was especially important, as CEO Paul Otellini predicted that PC sales in April that "bottomed out" six years after the worst holiday season.

The trends that helped Intel should also help the smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.. Report the number from the July 21 AMD is already multi-billion dollar racket from a loss in the last few years, under pressure from Intel, is trying to bounce back and are at the chip factory.

Global PC shipments expected to decline in 2009-the first time since the dot-com crisis in 2001-the research firm iSuppli Corp.. But analysts said Intel's figures showed Tuesday that the industry is not the terrible shape, as it turned out, only months ago.

"How to not be happy?" I think, not a huge job, "said Leslie Fiering, Research Vice President of Gartner, Inc.". It is certain that inspires confidence in the market. ... This uncertainty in this market, but now I see improvement, and beat the other. "

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