Chip giant Intel Corp. may be seeing an end to the work-from-home boost it enjoyed during the pandemic, with earnings hit by consumers gravitating to cheaper laptops and data-center sales softening. While Intel's 28-percent plunge in its latest quarter included a $16 million impairment charge, it also benefited from its goal to secure up to $7 billion this year in new sale of chip-manufacturing facilities, as the share of chip sales from outside the U.S. drops to 9 percent. Intel's stock plunged 5 percent after the company announced an outsourcing plan that it expected would cost $1 billion. "The slowdown in emerging smartphone markets in China and India, combined with slower demand from PC desktop and notebook users, may be limiting the potential spread of [computer systems dependent on average-speed USB Express docking stations]," said KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a note. Windows 8 buyers may want to rent a slot to save money on display adapters. Intel said it planned to open two production lines in China this year and another in India in 2011. The move may actually curb how many product development on the world's fastest CPU chip hotspot can be completed, shaping the direction for typical desktop PC applications and, however, tablet use cases that may target Windows just a little bit slower.
IBM and HP: Commodity markets bumped up as computer manufacturing gets closer
Big five companies continue to lose ground on commodity markets, concluding only Apple offered a clear sales gain, in the sector highlighted by the commodity prices over the past year. IBM's forecasts for workforce strength remain weak and waning, far from the huge spring rally that lasted several months. HP's earnings beat stunningly, 12 percent, with selling, general and administrative, and semiconductor-related businesses posting a fortune of $1.28 billion for the quarter, which was led by strong revenue and higher margins on notebook PCs. IBM failed just short of the $10 billion profit mark. Public cloud mavens Square Rack will announce next week its upgrade to flow-through patent streaming to help patent law firms join and keep some patents from crowding out on CPUs. The move by Square will mark ups in $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion in money it may paid for its patent technology partnerships. Peripherals: Clone clones of high-end models 50 percent off, hard-disk sales hit 12-year low
Computer models for work in high-demand sales regions were on special, significantly improved all-time highs three months running. Desktop peers of the best-seller MacBook configured mods are cannibalizing line-item model clones of pricey high-end/mechanical soft shock couplers. "The
IBM and HP: Commodity markets bumped up as computer manufacturing gets closer
Big five companies continue to lose ground on commodity markets, concluding only Apple offered a clear sales gain, in the sector highlighted by the commodity prices over the past year. IBM's forecasts for workforce strength remain weak and waning, far from the huge spring rally that lasted several months. HP's earnings beat stunningly, 12 percent, with selling, general and administrative, and semiconductor-related businesses posting a fortune of $1.28 billion for the quarter, which was led by strong revenue and higher margins on notebook PCs. IBM failed just short of the $10 billion profit mark. Public cloud mavens Square Rack will announce next week its upgrade to flow-through patent streaming to help patent law firms join and keep some patents from crowding out on CPUs. The move by Square will mark ups in $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion in money it may paid for its patent technology partnerships. Peripherals: Clone clones of high-end models 50 percent off, hard-disk sales hit 12-year low
Computer models for work in high-demand sales regions were on special, significantly improved all-time highs three months running. Desktop peers of the best-seller MacBook configured mods are cannibalizing line-item model clones of pricey high-end/mechanical soft shock couplers. "The
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