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Intel said it has withdrawn from this year's Mobile World Congress 'out of an abundance of caution'

Intel, Vivo drop out of mobile fair over virus fears

US chip giant Intel and Chinese phonemaker Vivo today withdrew from the Mobile World Congress over coronavirus fears, adding to a lengthening list of industry heavyweights pulling out of the world's top mobile fair.

Business • 11 Feb 20

Revenue from Intel's client computing business rose 2% to $10 billion in the fourth quarter

Intel signals 2020 will be a turnaround year for firm

Intel has cemented the market view that the chip industry is turning around after a prolonged slowdown, forecasting better 2020 revenue and profit than Wall Street anticipated, driven by cloud computing demand.

Business • 24 Jan 20

Dell is the third-biggest PC maker after China's Lenovo Group and HP

Dell cuts full-year revenue forecast on chip shortage

Dell Technologies has cut its full-year revenue forecast as its PC business grapples with a shortage of chips from Intel.

Business • 27 Nov 19

Intel already has planning permission for the first phase of the FAB

Planning board approves Intel's €3.6bn FAB plan

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to plans by Intel for its proposed new $4 billion manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility at its Leixlip plant.

Business • 25 Nov 19

Intel CEO Bob Swan has reined in spending in recent quarters

Intel data centre rebound eases US-China trade worries

Intel last night beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit and raised its full-year revenue forecast.

Business • 25 Oct 19

The new Vodafone technology could enable customers to make calls and access data at lower cost

Vodafone tests new network tech in challenge to 'big 3'

Vodafone is testing innovative open access radio technology in Britain - a first for Europe - in a move that could break the grip Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia hold on the telco equipment market.

Business • 07 Oct 19

Before its deal with Intel, Apple has always relied on outside suppliers for chips

Apple pays $1 billion for Intel chip unit

Apple took a major step toward supplying its own smartphone chips by purchasing the majority of Intel's modem business in a deal valued at $1 billion.

Business • 26 Jul 19

Intel's chief executive Bob Swan said the company's plans to produce 7-nanometer chips by 2021 remain on track

Intel says customers stockpiling chips on US-China woes

Intel last night forecast current-quarter profit and revenue above estimates and raised its full-year revenue forecast, allaying concerns about a global semiconductor sales slowdown and curbs on US sales to China's Huawei Technologies.

Business • 26 Jul 19

The mobile phone industry is preparing to shift to a technology called 5G

Explainer: How 5G drove moves by Apple, Qualcomm, Intel

Apple and Qualcomm this week settled an acrimonious two-year legal dispute. Shortly afterward, Intel said it will exit the smartphone modem chip business.

Business • 18 Apr 19

Qualcomm has won a major victory in its wide-ranging legal row with Apple

Qualcomm stock jumps on surprise settlement with Appple

Qualcomm has won a major victory in its wide-ranging legal dispute with Apple as the companies reached a surprise settlement that called for the iPhone to once again use Qualcomm modem chips.

Business • 17 Apr 19

Chip giant Intel said it would invest about 40 billion shekels ($11 billion) in a new factory in Israel

Intel to get $1 billion grant for Israel investment

Intel will receive a grant of about $1 billion from the Israeli government for its latest investment plan to expand its chip manufacturing operations in the country, Israel's finance minister said today.

Business • 29 Jan 19

Intel said it expects data centre growth to pick up again

Weak Intel outlook stokes fears of a chip slowdown

Intel last night forecast current-quarter revenue and profit below analysts' estimates and missed fourth-quarter sales estimates.

Business • 25 Jan 19

Intel's 39% rise in profits and better-than-expected Q4 forecast should come as a relief for investors

Intel bucks chip industry woes as Q3 sales beat targets

Intel last night beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, driven by its high-margin data centre business and strong demand for its PC chips.

Business • 26 Oct 18

The 'Foreshadow' vulnerability could let hackers access supposedly secure virtual vaults in Intel chips

New security flaw identified in Intel chips

Researchers have found a new security flaw affecting Intel chips - the third such flaw to be discovered this year.

Science and Technology • 15 Aug 18

Intel has been increasingly catering to data centres as revenue from PCs has flattened since shipments peaked in 2011.

Intel data centre results & margin outlook disappoints

Intel's fast-growing data centre business missed Wall Street targets as the world's second-largest chipmaker faced stiff rivalry from Advanced Micro Devices.

Business • 27 Jul 18

Brian Krzanich has resigned over a 'past consensual relationship' at Intel

Intel CEO Krzanich resigns after work relationship

Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich has resigned after a company probe revealed that a consensual relationship he had with an employee violated company policy.

Business • 22 Jun 18

Intel said fresh demand for applications such as artificial intelligence is fueling its data center business.

Intel soars after brighter forecast for data centres

Intel beat earnings expectations for the first quarter and raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts last night.

Business • 27 Apr 18

Apple plans to replace Intel chips in Macs with its own

Apple is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, replacing processors from Intel, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Business • 03 Apr 18

Intel shares rise on upbeat forecast and tax cut

Intel gave a bullish forecast and blew past Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter on the strength of data centre sales, the business it sees as key to its transformation from a PC supplier.

Business • 26 Jan 18

Microsoft holds the number one spot in a new 'Top 100 Global Technology Leaders list'

Microsoft tops Reuters 100 global tech leaders list

Thomson Reuters has today published its debut "Top 100 Global Technology Leaders" list with Microsoft in the number one spot.

Business • 17 Jan 18

Intel said it may need to issue updates to fix 'buggy' patches

Patches can cause reboot problems in old chips - Intel

Intel has said that recently issued patches for flaws in its chips could cause computers using its older Broadwell and Haswell processors to reboot more often than normal.

Business • 12 Jan 18

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich made the keynote speech at the opening of CES in Las Vegas

CES: Collaboration between firms on flaw 'remarkable'

Intel boss Brian Krzanich has said the company will issue security updates for all its products affected by the Meltdown and Spectre flaws by the end of the month.

Business • 09 Jan 18

Apple said it would release a patch for the Safari web browser on its devices within days

Apple, researchers eye patches to solve Intel chip flaw

Security issues with Intel microchips are only slowing computers slightly, as researchers played down the need for mass hardware replacements to protect millions of devices from hackers.

Business • 05 Jan 18

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said phones and PCs will see some impact

Security flaws put phones and computers at risk

Security researchers have disclosed a set of security flaws that they say could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and ARM Holdings.

Business • 04 Jan 18

Intel, which has been switching its focus to the data centre business, is also venturing into newer areas such as AI

Intel lifts full-year forecasts on data centre strength

Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, last night raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts, helped by strong growth in its data centre business.

Business • 27 Oct 17