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Intel CEO: HP, Dell Ultrabooks coming in 2012

Hewlett-Packard and Dell will enter the Ultrabook market next year, Intel's CEO told Fox Business today. He also said he was "stunned" by former HP CEO Leo Apotheker's announcement that the company was thinking about spinning off its PC business.

Speaking to Liz Claman of Fox Business Network, Paul Otellini said that all major PC companies will eventually have Ultrabooks--the ultrathin Windows laptops that compete with Apple's MacBook Air.

"All the major brands. Going into next year, you'll see new designs come out from Dell and HP," he said. "And then when we introduce Ivy Bridge, our next processor, there's 60 more designs are coming out."

Then, when Windows 8 is released next year, hybrid Ultrabook designs will emerge, he said. "When Windows 8 comes out, you'll see hybrid models that integrate the functions of a notebook and a tablet into a single device," he said. … Read more

Intel revenue tops $14 billion for first time

Intel's revenue in the third quarter jumped 28 percent year over year, while profits also shot up over the previous year.

The world's largest chipmaker reported revenue of $14.2 billion on a GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, on GAAP earnings of 65 cents per share. Adjusted income was 69 cents per share. This compares to $11.1 billion in revenue in the year-earlier period, or 52 cents a share.

Intel was expected to report earnings of 61 cents a share, on revenue of $13.9 billion, according to an analysts' consensus.

The chipmaker surpassed $14 billion … Read more

Apple's Jobs still shapes PC laptop future

Steve Jobs' imprint on PC laptop design in 2012 and beyond will be large. But we have to step back a few years to see the arc of that influence.

In January 2008 Apple introduced the MacBook Air. That groundbreaking design bore most of the hallmarks of PC laptops that are expected to flood the market in 2012.

Let's look at what Jobs said at that time (see video below).

Highlights of Jobs' MacBook Air presentation in January 2008:

"Instant-on the minute you open it up" "Generous trackpad" Multitouch gesture support Solid-state drive Under 0.… Read more

Intel CEO touts Ultrabooks and 'Haswell' chip

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini said Ultrabooks will realize Intel's vision of the "complete" computing experience and spoke about an upcoming power-efficient chip for Ultrabooks.

"The Ultrabook is our vision that delivers the complete computing experience...more responsive, engaging," said Otellini, speaking today at the company's developer conference in San Francisco. "Implications of the Ultrabook are huge," he said.

Ultrabooks are very light, thin Windows laptops that Intel and PC vendors hope will compete effectively with the MacBook Air. Meant to emulate tablets in some respects, Ultrabooks are also designed … Read more

Intel braces for rival ARM, Windows 8

On the back of good but not great earnings Wednesday, Intel CEO Paul Otellini was queried about how Windows 8--the first mainstream operating system from Microsoft to support ARM chips--will change the competitive landscape.

During the company's earnings conference call today, questions from one analyst focused on how the chipmaker will fend off an expected crush of devices running Windows 8 on ARM processors. ARM chips power most of the world's smartphones and tablets.

Intel has consistently held an overwhelmingly dominant position in PCs, aka "client" devices, but the definition of a PC is changing quickly … Read more

Intel CEO on Android chaos, Apple control

Intel CEO Paul Otellini sees "chaos" in the Android universe versus control in Apple's world, but he believes Google will gravitate to a more controlled model.

"Apple's objective is to control everything end to end so they can control the experience and the pricing," Otellini said Tuesday at Intel's investor meeting in Santa Clara, Calif.

Google's Android, however, couldn't be more different, according to Otellini. "Google's model is to get as broad a base as possible because, how do they get paid? They don't get paid by selling Android. They get paid by clicks. At the end of the day, the more pervasive Android is, the more money Google ultimately makes because advertising revenue can accrue from it," he said, responding to an analyst who asserted that Android's growth is being driven by the dynamics of fragmentation.

Otellini continued. "I think there is some growing pains that Android is going through...How do you create order out of chaos?"

He compared Android today with Microsoft's past trials and tribulations… Read more

Intel CEO: Big shift to mobile

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--CEO Paul Otellini said today that Intel is embarking on a big shift in focus, moving its center of gravity to the most power-efficient devices.

Otellini said that Intel, long the heavyweight in processors for PCs, will move its "center" from the power range--measured in wattage--of mainstream laptops to small mobile devices like ultraportable laptops, smartphones, and tablets, as well as devices such as smart TVs. Otellini was speaking at the Intel investor meeting at the company's headquarters here.

"We're shifting from 35-watt to 15-watt...the center is increasingly about ultramobility," … Read more

Intel profits driving push into tablets, smartphones

Intel is moving aggressively into the tablet and phone segments as Netbook sales begin to plateau, Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith said in an interview today with CNET.

Intel reported blockbuster first-quarter profits today of $3.2 billion, up 29 percent over the same period last year. Revenue came in at $12.8 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year. And the chipmaker is investing some of these hefty earnings into cutting-edge chips that will power smartphones and tablets in an effort to close the gap with competitors like Qualcomm and Samsung.

Smith confessed that Netbooks are the most vulnerable to tablet … Read more

Intel profit leaps to $3.2 billion, crushes estimates

Intel posted blockbuster first-quarter net income of $3.2 billion, up 29 percent over the same period last year. Revenue came in at $12.8 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year.

Earnings per share were 56 cents (and 59 cents non-GAAP). Analysts had been expecting 46 cents a share.

In the same period last year, the chipmaker's revenue was $10.3 billion, or 43 cents per share. Last year's first-quarter profit was $2.4 billion.

"The first-quarter revenue was an all-time record for Intel fueled by double-digit annual revenue growth in every major product segment and across all … Read more

High school math wiz wins Intel Talent Search

Honoring some of the nation's brightest high school seniors for achievements in math and science, Intel yesterday awarded the three highest prizes in its Science Talent Search for three very different types of projects.

The top prize of $100,000 went to Evan O'Dorney, 17, of Danville, Calif., for a project in which he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer, discovering which one was the quickest. Though that may sound abstract to non-math people, the results of O'Dorney's research allowed him to solve other equations that could be used to encrypt … Read more