Intel sets sales record.

[Nemesis 1]

Less than two months after Intel lowered Wall Street expectations for its third-quarter, it released said financial info — and the news ain't too shabby: Chipzilla exceeded $11bn in revenues for the first time in its history.

"Intel's third-quarter results set all-time records for revenue and operating income," Intel president and chief executive Paul Otellini said in a prepared statement [1] citing "solid demand from corporate customers, sales of our leadership products and continued growth in emerging markets."


Revenues during the quarter were $11.1bn, up 18 per cent year-on-year. Net income came in at $3bn — up 59 per cent year-on-year — from an operating income of $4.1bn, which was up 60 per cent.

Revenue for both the company's PC Client and Data Center groups was up three per cent quarter-on quarter. The client group had record mobile processor revenue and the server group had record server processor revenue.

In late August, Intel caused a tangible ripple in the moneymen markets when it announced [2] that it was lowering its target for third-quarter revenues from the $11.2bn to $12bn range, moving it down to the $10.8bn and $11.2bn range. At $11.1bn, the company proved to be correct in its estimate.

For the company's fourth quarter, now underway, Intel expects revenues in the $11bn to $11.8bn range. Again, none too shabby — but still below its "irrational exuberance [3]" of earlier in the year, when Chipzilla was talking about a possible $12bn quarter. ®

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[RussianSensation]

Considering AMD doesn't have a single desktop processor worth buying from a power consumption or performance perspective above $140 for the average consumer (aside from video/rendering users), and their total lack of competitiveness in the notebook/netbook sectors, I am not surprised.

If AMD's mobos didn't cost less than Intel's and/or they didn't throw in free mobos with their processors, they would probably be on their way to single digit market share by now. I hope Ontario, Bulldozer and Llano have something to show after all those years of development.

 

[Tequila]

Considering AMD doesn't have a single desktop processor worth buying from a power consumption or performance perspective above $140 for the average consumer (aside from video/rendering users), and their total lack of competitiveness in the notebook/netbook sectors, I am not surprised.

If AMD's mobos didn't cost less than Intel's and/or they didn't throw in free mobos with their processors, they would probably be on their way to single digit market share by now. I hope Ontario, Bulldozer and Llano have something to show after all those years of development.

I bought AMD cpus for a long time because I rooted for the underdog and they always had the best price for the performance. But nowadays when I can pickup an i5-760 for $200 and mobo for $100 I can't justify buying AMD cpus anymore. I'm a very happy Intel customer now but I hope AMD can pick it up and pull off a surprise or two in the future. Without AMD who knows how much longer the world would have lived with Netburst

At least AMD is still kicking ass in the GPU department. I was really worried by that ATI acquisition but it's paying off very nicely now.

 

[Lonbjerg]

I bought AMD cpus for a long time because I rooted for the underdog and they always had the best price for the performance. But nowadays when I can pickup an i5-760 for $200 and mobo for $100 I can't justify buying AMD cpus anymore. I'm a very happy Intel customer now but I hope AMD can pick it up and pull off a surprise or two in the future. Without AMD who knows how much longer the world would have lived with Netburst

At least AMD is still kicking ass in the GPU department. I was really worried by that ATI acquisition but it's paying off very nicely now.

I would like to se a NetBurst CPU on 22nm...I think that arc was ahead of the physical abilities of that time.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

intel definitely has a lot of good stuff out now, they dont even need sandy bridge anytime soon

 

[OCGuy]

Intel is on a roll. Sandy Bridge looks like a continuation.

This is in a bad recession, on top of it all.

 

[Phynaz]

Without AMD who knows how much longer the world would have lived with Netburst

Intel saw the power issues with Netburst long before AMD had the performance crown.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i bought AMD when i was a poor college student.
now that i'm working, nothing but intels.

 

[Acanthus]

This really has very little with AMD a lot to do with the recession last year.

Businesses and people both held out on buying that shiny new PC when their jobs/sales were so uncertain... Now that things are smoothing out everyone that waited is piling on along with the regular sales.

 

[exar333]

This really has very little with AMD a lot to do with the recession last year.

Businesses and people both held out on buying that shiny new PC when their jobs/sales were so uncertain... Now that things are smoothing out everyone that waited is piling on along with the regular sales.

Yup. No issues with the economy anymore and we are a-rolling again. :\

 

[Arsynic]

Wow, this turned into an AMD-bashfest real quickly. I think AMD is better prepared for the future with their acquisition of ATI, than Intel is. The traditional general purpose CPU will be a thing of the past. CPU/GPU hybrids are the future.

 

[Habeed]

I was thinking about all the parts that went into my new rig. Out of all the components I bought, I bet that the CPU and the Intel SSD had the largest profit margins. I think Intel collected the lions share of the profits while all the other manufacturing got 1/10 that.

Nothing to be done for it, though. The 930 I picked up offered superior performance for a small increase in price, and the Intel SSD was far more reliable than the sandforce alternatives were 3 months ago.

 

[Phynaz]

This really has very little with AMD a lot to do with the recession last year.

Businesses and people both held out on buying that shiny new PC when their jobs/sales were so uncertain... Now that things are smoothing out everyone that waited is piling on along with the regular sales.

If this is true, then when AMD reports tomorrow they should also report record sales and profits for their cpu business.

 

[crucibelle]

Wow, this turned into an AMD-bashfest real quickly.

Yep, and it's always the same few people that start it. Pathetic, really, especially for (I assume) grown men.

 

[exar333]

Wow, this turned into an AMD-bashfest real quickly. I think AMD is better prepared for the future with their acquisition of ATI, than Intel is. The traditional general purpose CPU will be a thing of the past. CPU/GPU hybrids are the future.

Not sure how this is a "AMD bashfest". Can you please be more specific? Intel is tops with performance/watt for consumer CPUs, and is generally the best choice if you are spending >$150 for a CPU.

I like AMD too, but they have their work cut-out for them.

 

[Acanthus]

Yup. No issues with the economy anymore and we are a-rolling again. :\

I wasn't saying that, i'm just saying businesses held out for a year on their IT budgets, now they are spending on IT.

 

[Acanthus]

If this is true, then when AMD reports tomorrow they should also report record sales and profits for their cpu business.

Sales were flat despite falling ASPs.

 

[OCGuy]

Wow, this turned into an AMD-bashfest real quickly. I think AMD is better prepared for the future with their acquisition of ATI, than Intel is. The traditional general purpose CPU will be a thing of the past. CPU/GPU hybrids are the future.

Are you unaware of SB?

 

[Phynaz]

Sales were flat despite falling ASPs.

Therefore the problem still lies with AMD.

 

[Acanthus]

Therefore the problem still lies with AMD.

That implies they increased unit sales, but because of lower prices, sales remained flat.

Meaning both AMD and Intel saw sales increases this quarter.

 

[Idontcare]

That implies they increased unit sales, but because of lower prices, sales remained flat.

Meaning both AMD and Intel saw sales increases this quarter.

You say "sales" but you mean "units", right? Both Intel and AMD saw unit increases this quarter.

The point still stands, anyone can give away product and make no money (or lose money) in the process.

Selling product at a price-point that doesn't cover your business expenses is not the signs of a strengthening company, it is the sign of desparate management trying to keep inventory from growing.

So so so many parallels to be drawn here between AMD management and the US auto-industry. Let me guess - they'll make up for the losses by shipping even more volume! Amirite?

 

[Martimus]

This is pure awesomeness. A whole lot of theorums about why AMD is not doing well, and nearly nothing about how Intel is able to keep such high margins. All in an thread about Intel setting a sales record.

In case no-one noticed, there is actually a thread already started about AMDs sales, so you don't need to be commenting about it so much here.

I am interested in finding out how Intel set a sales record, even if I seem to be the only one.

 

[Medikit]

I think that AMD is going to clean up the laptop/nettop and burgeoning HTPC market with their Zacate. I can't wait to see it.

Considering AMD doesn't have a single desktop processor worth buying from a power consumption or performance perspective above $140 for the average consumer (aside from video/rendering users), and their total lack of competitiveness in the notebook/netbook sectors, I am not surprised.

If AMD's mobos didn't cost less than Intel's and/or they didn't throw in free mobos with their processors, they would probably be on their way to single digit market share by now. I hope Ontario, Bulldozer and Llano have something to show after all those years of development.

 

[Martimus]

Nemesis, the links are missing from your post.

 

[RobertR1]

Wow, this turned into an AMD-bashfest real quickly. I think AMD is better prepared for the future with their acquisition of ATI, than Intel is. The traditional general purpose CPU will be a thing of the past. CPU/GPU hybrids are the future.

Intel can easily shift resources as needed. That's the power of having money at your disposal. Nothing AMD can really do to fight with Intel and win in the long run. They'll have points where they have a breakthrough and start to get some good traction but Intel will eventually overcome such hurdles with their resources. For us, the best hope is to have AMD around to keep Intel honest.