All Entries Tagged With: "$INTC"
Too Little, Too Late for Microsoft?
On Tuesday last week, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) showed off its new Windows 8 operating system to developers. Notably, Windows 8 appears to be a radical departure from the traditional Windows operating system format. The new iteration of Windows is being designed to operate largely interchangeably on desktops, laptops, phones and tablets. Further, Microsoft stated that [...]
Intel Plans Comeback in Mobile Computing
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has never really had to play catch-up before. The company has been the front-runner in its sector practically from the day it started. Now the company says it is planning a new microprocessor that will establish a new mobile computing category, under a new trademark – the Ultrabook™. The new ultrabook [...]
IDC Predicts Huge Growth for ARM Chips
When technology research firm IDC issued its latest report on PC microprocessor unit shipments recently, this one sentence in the press release was getting the lion’s share of the attention: “By 2015, IDC expects that over 13% of PC processors will be based on the ARM architecture.” That’s not good news for Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: [...]
Oracle, Intel, HP Call One Another Out
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) fired the first shot with this announcement on March 22nd: After multiple conversations with Intel senior management Oracle has decided to discontinue all software development on the Intel Itanium microprocessor. Intel management made it clear that their strategic focus is on their x86 microprocessor and that Itanium was nearing the end [...]
Apple’s Cash Vs. Other Tech Giants
Last week, Business Insider’s chart of the day put “Apple’s Insane Pile of Cash In Context,” showing how Apple’s (AAPL) cash position compares to some of the other tech giants: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), and Intel (INTC). So I wanted to look at these companies’ cash in an even deeper context. What does this cash [...]
Can Mobile Chip Maker ARM Continue Booming?
Shares in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have risen 62% in the past year, and through its 2012 fiscal year, the stock’s forward P/E ratio is 14.85. That could indicate that there’s still a decent amount of upside in Apple stock. Or, it could mean investors are pricing Apple as a blue-chip versus a growth stock. [...]
New Chips, Competition for Intel
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is expected to launch a new chip set at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The new chip, code-named Sandy Bridge, incorporates a graphics processing unit on the same die as the main processing unit. This is a first for Intel, and some observers think it could spell [...]
New Yield Levels To Watch When Intel Hikes Dividend
On Friday November 12, Intel (INTC) announced a 15% dividend increase – to 72 cents per share on an annualized basis, effective for the first quarter of 2011. The announcement could be why the stock was up 1.5% on a day that the NASDAQ 100 index was down by 1.62%. Here’s a look at the [...]
When Weak Volume & Sentiment Meet The Dog Days (BAC, CSCO, INTC, CVS, MHS, RIMM, SCHW, YHOO)
Yes these are the dog days of summer and yes this is the week before Labor Day, one of the two slowest weeks of the year for investing. There is a simple and fair question regardless of its whining and rhetorical nature. When investors see losses on light trading volume, are the losses any less [...]
Semiconductor ETF Options Indicating Continued Concern in Tech (INTC, SMH)
It seems investors are remaining concerned about share prices in technology stocks. After two private brokerage research reports brought caution around Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) this week over order slowing, some investors are looking for more downside protection. Or they are speculating that more downside is on the way in technology. Among the instruments investors [...]
