We are racking in the
cash
On the same day that AMD released its Opteron chip the PR
department at Intel tried to steal a bit of thunder for itself.
Intel
surprised Wall Street by saying that it will make more than $200 million
more than expected. It is saying that it will have sales of $9.4 billion to
$9.8 billion in the current quarter. That compares with the previous
forecast of $9.0 billion to $9.6 billion.
However the figures are
announced as part of a 'mid-quarter' proclamation by Intel which is
something that the company does not do .
Intel claimed it was because
there was a higher demand for its microprocessors worldwide for the upgraded
forecast. However cynics say that it was a cheap shot at trying to steal
some of the momentum surrounding the launch of AMD's Opteron.
If it
was, then Intel made a bit of a mistake. The sort of person interested in
buying a new chip is not likely to care about financial news. USA Today fell
for it.
More
here.
