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Intel might be hiding mobile loses

by on07 April 2015


Chipzilla denies it

It appears that Chipzilla has worked out a cunning plan to prevent people worrying about all the money it is losing trying to buy its way into the mobile market.

Intel created a few problems when it announced details of the deals it was making with OEMs to stick chips into tablets and how much it was subsidising them.

Now Intel has worked out that it is much better for business if it just shuts up.

Intel has announced that it will now combine the operating results of its PC and mobile device groups in its quarterly reports.

It claims that the move is part of a sales effort to hit customers with a unified sales pitch, rather than subjecting them to multiple pitches from two divisions, the company said.

But according to Appy Geek it will make the results look much better. Intel has been losing about $1 billion a quarter in its Mobile and Communications Group, while the PC Client Group is Intel's cash cow, as Intel is still the world's largest provider of chips for PCs.

Combined results

Starting on April 14, Intel will offer results that combine the results of the PC Client Group and the Mobile and Communications Group into the Client Computing Group.

A spokesman for Intel insisted that the move was not aimed at obscuring the losses in mobile. Rather, she said the accounting change was done to mirror the corporate organisational move.

"We previously had two organizations selling solutions into organizations, and now that will be one," she said.

Intel added that it will still provide commentary on the performance of the mobile and communications products.

Last modified on 07 April 2015
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