Intel publishes very good results and think of the 7 nm

Intel has released its financial results for the second quarter of this year and the figures are very encouraging. He announced a record turnover of 13.1 billion (CA. 9 billion euros), i.e. an increase of 22% over last year, and an income of 3.2 billion (CA. 2 billion euros), an increase of 10%. The skier has also reported its weaknesses and its plans for the future.If the turnover increases by 2% from the present quarter, profits fell 3%, which is relatively good sign that the second quarter is generally slower than the first. These figures are all the more remarkable that IDC study shows that PC demand increased by 2.6% over 2010.The decline in profits can also be explained in part by the fact that the caster has spent 2 billion (CA. 1.5 billion euros) to buy 93 million of its shares. In addition, Intel saw revenues from its Atom down 15% from one year to another, unlike the sales of components for data centers that grew by 15%. These figures reflect many of the new trend of 2011 where computer business park is renewed and strong growth in data centers is linked in large part to the democratization of the clouds. Netbooks are much less popular and Intel relies on its next Atom for smartphones and tablets to better compete with ARM in these emerging markets (cf. "States smartphones in 2011").

Intel also announced that it would increase its investment in factories and machines. He has spend 16.2 billion (approx. 11.4 billion euros) this year instead of 15.7 billion earlier (CA. € 11 billion). These funds will be used to update the smelters to burn 14 nm and begin to prepare the 10 nm and the 7 nm. For the record, the Sandy Bridge marketed today are engraved in 32 nm and Intel should get its first processors in 22 nm in the second quarter of next year (cf. "Ivy Bridge delayed to April 2012"). Intel has promised that he would be "soon" in the "purchase cycle" of equipment needed to burn 14 nm and it ensures that the 22 nm is on track.Intel will also invest half a billion dollars (CA. 350 million euros) in research on processors x 86 that can compete with ARM on tablets and fine ultras computers, a market that English hopes begin to penetrate in 2015. It should take more extensively on this subject at the Intel Developer Forum to be held in September.