ShintaiDK
Lifer
http://newsroom.intel.com/community...reports-second-quarter-revenue-of-138-billion
Very positive indeed. The chart speaks for itself.
Very positive indeed. The chart speaks for itself.
Does this mean that their "contra revenue" isn't dragging down their financials much, or has that started yet / been accounted for yet?
Does this mean that their "contra revenue" isn't dragging down their financials much, or has that started yet / been accounted for yet?
It isnt dragging their financials down. Losses still continue while volume build up. As volume increases, the contra revenue decreases until it reaches profit.
Does this mean that their "contra revenue" isn't dragging down their financials much, or has that started yet / been accounted for yet?
The contra-revenue approach has led to a ~$1bn loss for Q2 for the tablet segment. I expect these losses will continue into next year, until Broxton.
Losses on mobile should be on on the same ball park if not worse than previous quarter.Mobile and Communications Group revenue of $51 million, down 67 percent sequentially and down 83 percent year-over-year.
Mobile and Communications Group revenue of $51 million, down 67 percent sequentially and down 83 percent year-over-year.
A loss of 1.15 billion dollars for Mobile and Communications when the overall income is 3.8 billion dollars is definitely called "dragging the financials down".
btw contra revenue will not go away till Intel moves to a lower cost structure with SOFIA manufactured at TSMC 28nm. Intel is losing roughly $28 per baytrail chip. you cannot make up loss per chip by shipping more volume. :whiste:
http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...tel-corporations-true-mobile-breakeven-p.aspx
Assuming that their mobile dpt got as much for RD than AMD s whole RD this yield at least 700-800 millions losses for 10 millions chips , that is 70-80$ chips, not only chips are free but they also subside the BOM of each manufactured device at the rate of 50$/device.
So we have Daddy Warbucks Intel to thank for the supposed arrival of $100 Windows 8.1 / Intel tablets... in their gambit to destroy the Android ecosystem. What if it doesn't work? What if Android holds on, and Windows 8.1 fails to take hold (Metro / Modern UI... eww!)? Will Intel continue to take losses, excuse me, "contra revenue", forever?
Well, sort of. If you don't mind compatibility problems.
With Android's transition to 64bits and Intel's increasing marketshare, it is unlikely that will be a long term problem.
"Increasing marketshare"? Their mobile revenue is down 83% YoY. 😵
"Increasing marketshare"? Their NET mobile revenue is down 83% YoY. 😵
Btw, for a company that was supposedly buckling under CAPEX pressure, they seem to be pretty confident on their cash generation because they committed to a $20 billion stock repurchase.
The source of their confidence is their total domination in the high-powered CPU segment. While the growth in mobile/portable segment might be huge numerically but it is also a low margin market with various ARM players slitting each others throat to win ODM contracts.
PC Client Group Notebook and Desktop Platform Key Drivers
- Notebook platform volumes increased 9% from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014
- Notebook platform average selling prices decreased 7% from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014
- Desktop platform volumes increased 8% from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014
- Desktop platform average selling prices increased 2% from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014
- Notebook platform volumes increased 6% from the first six months of 2013 to the first six months of 2014
- Notebook platform average selling prices decreased 8% from the first six months of 2013 to the first six months of 2014
- Desktop platform volumes increased 4% from the first six months of 2013 to the first six months of 2014
- Desktop platform average selling prices increased 3% from the first six months of 2013 to the first six months of 2014
Still think that the PC group sales increase was more about XP's support ending (and companies replacing very old machines) more than anything else, and whether that is sustainable. Which would explain the lower ASPs since they are obviously buying low end.
I hope that's true. That bodes well for the enthusiast sector.To me that's a sign that consumers are looking more about low power/low performance Mobile/Laptop devices but they spend more for High-End Desktop parts.
The trend that I can see on the enterprise market is companies going straight to i5 desktops. That alone might warrant an increase in ASP in desktops. On notebooks the situation is quite the opposite, with companies aiming for bottom of the barrel chips.