Intel's Sales Down, Current Gen of Products Weak

DoctorBit writes "According to an article in EETimes, Intel's processor sales dropped 52 percent this April as compared with April one year ago. Unit sales dropped 21 percent and prices dropped 40 percent. The article concludes with an industry analyst's assertion that 'Intel has obviously given up on making any money on their current generation of processors and has started a price war with AMD.' The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Intel has just put several of its money-losing communications businesses up for sale and notes that 'it remains to be seen what Intel will do with its other money-losing businesses, Itanium microprocessors and flash memory chips.' The article quotes an industry analyst saying 'If you look at Intel today, it's hard to find a trace of the technology or the people that they spent more than $10 billion on.' Ouch."

This will change

[Anonymous Coward]

When the 2 Core 2 Double Duo comes out.

buy low, sell high

[13bPower]

1: buy stock now 2: wait for conroe to come out 3: ????? 4: buy quad core amd

Imagine

[bblboy54]

All those who maintain the power grid can now relax a little.

Re:Falling for their own hype

[goodenoughnickname]

Well I'm still holding out for my Osborne Executive [wikipedia.org].

Re:Naming

[jank1887]

"and of course, the AMD-killer Pentium XXX."

hmmm... wonder what those cores will be optimized for...

Re:Naming

[rcamera]

they'll be optimized for your mother.
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and by that, i mean that you'll be able to do word processing, internet browsing, solitaire & audio playback. they will not be optimized for gaming or 3d rendering.

Wow

[Nazmun]

You just said a whole shitload of nothing.

Re:Why April sales fell.

[Hoi Polloi]

I'd like to see them start naming chips after parts of the Maine coast. The "Herring Gut"-anium CPU would kick ass.

Re:Why April sales fell.

[ceoyoyo]

Hey, if they're going to do that, they might as well keep going north and name them after towns in Newfoundland.

Conception Bay, Dildo....