Boston, MA 01\/13\/2013 (wallstreetpr) –\u00a0Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is set to deliver 4Q2013 results on Thursday. Not much is expected from the company. 2013 saw a double-digit decline in sales of PCs for the first time and this is expected to weigh heavily on the company.<\/p>\n
Intel and the PC market:<\/b><\/p>\n
The decline in the PC market and the emergence of smartphones and tablets have caught many companies, including\u00a0Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) on the wrong foot. The company is a dominant player in the chip business for PCs and had notched up impressive results during the hey-days. The shift in computing business to smartphones caught it by surprise and it could not realign itself fast enough. Its closest competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) also faced a similar situation but its diversifications in graphics cards for the gaming console lines appear to have paid off.<\/p>\n
Intel has reported record shipments of Core i5\/i7 processors which is good news. These processors sell at a higher price point than Core i3\/ Pentium and hence also result in higher profit margins. This may also indicate that smartphone\/ tablets have had an impact on the lower end of the PC market rather than the higher end.<\/p>\n
The other markets:<\/b><\/p>\n
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)\u00a0is yet to make a significant impact in the smartphone segment. It is however expected to better in the modem business. The company expects to start shipping advanced LTE modems with category 6 speed support during the first half of 2014. This will give a first mover advantage to Intel and the competition will have to react fast to catch up. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is building its modem on an expensive platform but would result in performance and power efficiencies. Thus, the first mover advantage to Intel could be very short lived.<\/p>\n
Till the results are out, the stock is trading in a very tight range, the shares closed at $25.53 at the end of trading on January 10, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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