Intel reaches record sales third quarter

Intel has broken records in the past quarter, it's revenue totaled $10,22 billion, an overall increase of 8% compared to the second quarter of this year. The actual profit over the third quarter came in at 2 billion dollar. Paul Otellini, CEO at Intel, was very pleased with the sales figure and claimed the results were a result of good management and a strong product line-up. 

Intel's CEO is a bit less positive about the fourth quarter. The financial crisis could significantly affect profit. A remarkable aspect is the contribution of the Atom processor, which is about 200 million dollar. The impact of the Atom is possibly even bigger, because the price of the entry-model processors has decreased with the coming of the small netbook processor. 

Intel predicts a revenue between $10.1 and $10.9 billion for the fourth quarter.

Tags: atom netbook

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