Intel profits drop 55 percent
April 15th, 2009 - 7:52 am ICT by IANSSan Francisco, April 15 (DPA) Computer-chip giant Intel reported a 55-percent drop in first-quarter income Tuesday but said that it believed sales had bottomed out and that business was returning to normal.
“We believe PC sales bottomed out during the first quarter and that the industry is returning to normal seasonal patterns,” Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said in announcing the results.
The projection was significant because Intel’s chips power the vast majority of personal computers, and the company’s performance is often seen as a reliable predictor of the health of the technology sector. Other top technology bellwethers including Microsoft and IBM are also due to report their earnings in the next two weeks.
Intel said its first-quarter profit was $647 million, compared to a profit of $1.44 billion a year ago. In the same period, revenue dropped 26 percent to $7.14 billion from $9.67 billion a year ago.
Though such results would usually signal a devastating performance, they were positively rosy in comparison to the 90-percent drop Intel had in its fourth-quarter net income - which was among the three worst performances by the company in the last 25
years.
Intel fared worst in the Asia-Pacific region, where revenue was down 51 percent. Revenue dropped by 21 per cent in the Americas, 18 percent in Europe and 10 percent in Japan.
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