To underscore what's possible for AMD, the company detailed a remarkable turnaround in its graphics processor business.
While the desktop PC market won't see big gains, Intel expects lush growth for its broader processor business.
First, scrappy chip maker AMD grabbed a huge chunk of Intel's market share in the lucrative server processor business.
In its announcement Monday, AMD said its server and computer processor business is selling fewer chips--and getting less for each chip.
"The whole processor business is more wide open today than at any point in the last 20 years, " says independent microprocessor analyst Nathan Brookwood.
With Nvidia entering the PC processor business with its ARM architecture, the software support it receives from Microsoft could be a negative for Intel.
As expected, Intel said troubles in its memory business dragged down earnings by 12% from the year-ago quarter, despite a strong performance by the company's processor business.
Investors are looking for Intel's booming notebook processor business to help it report gross margins of 53.4% or better, up from a disappointing 46.9% during its previous quarter.
In 2006 Intel sold its nascent xscale smartphone processor business to Marvell, after Intel's engineers decided they could eventually shrink the Intel architecture powering the world's PCs into a handheld processor.
The communications processor business includes the IXP family of network and communications chips used in networking products and Intel's Xscale application chips are used in cell phones, handheld computers, and smart phones.
The problem: Intel wants to expand beyond the PC processor business, yet that business is so sweet, it is hard to find another business that doesn't drag the rest of the company down.
As expected, Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) said troubles in its memory business dragged down earnings by 12% from the year-ago quarter, despite a strong performance by the company's processor business.
First, scrappy chip maker AMD (nyse: AMD - news - people ) grabbed a huge chunk of Intel's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) market share in the lucrative server processor business.
Most neighbouring pixels are no longer neighbours in such a data stream, so comparing them is a long-winded business, since the processor has to hunt down the relevant information before it starts.
Analysts for the most part agreed, adding that Via is unlikely to risk harming its valuable chipset business in order to harm a rival processor.
Of all the demands of running a business, shopping for a competitive credit card processor might seem trivial.
That top-end processor will also arrive with connectable projector for business types.
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The move will bring the x86 processor architecture that dominates the PC and server business into direct competition with the ARM-based designs that now dominate the smart phone and tablet industry.
While processor speed often grabs the headlines, more important to the business success of chip manufacturers is the pricing of the chips and the ability to supply them.
As server processors form a core business for Intel, the stock is quite sensitive to (1) Intel Server Processor Market Share and (2) Intel Server Processor Pricing.
While Mr. Dorsey has focused on the design of the company's products, including its signature square-shaped credit-card processor, Mr. Rabois has been focused on running other parts of the business, such as marketing and business development.
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While Mr. Dorsey has focused on the design of the company's products, including its signature square-shaped credit card processor, Mr. Rabois has been focused on running other parts of the business, such as marketing and business development.
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For years, graphics processor specialist Nvidia promised it was going to get a big piece of the mobile business.
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