Summarizing the results of the quarter, Intel chose to immediately share figures for activities. The client PC with revenue of $ 7.9 billion, which is 8% less than the previous quarter and 1% less than in the same period last year. I must say that even though total revenue declined from $ 13.8 billion to $ 12.8 billion (8%), in the annual comparison, it rose by 1.5%. In the annual comparison the average selling price of desktop solutions Intel grew by 4%, while sales remained at the same level. In the notebook segment, sales increased by 2%, while the average sales price decreased by 8%.
Group data centers helped out in the first quarter $ 3.1 billion - 5% less than in the previous year, but up 11% compared with the first quarter last year. Recall that in this quarter reporting this group was joined by financial indicators from the sale of telecommunications solutions Intel. CEO Brian Krzhanich even mentioned revenue growth direction of the data center in his opening remarks. He also stressed that the PC market continues to show signs of improvement.
Mobile and telecommunications solutions brought Intel in the first quarter of $ 156 million in revenue, which is 52% less than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 61% less than the same period in 2013. Software and services brought the company $ 553 million in revenue - 6% less than in the last quarter of 2013 and 6% higher than a year earlier.
Intel Operating profit for the first quarter was $ 2.5 billion - that's 29% less than in the fourth quarter. Net income fell from $ 2.6 billion to $ 1.9 billion, down 26%. Profit margin for the quarter declined by 2.3 percentage points to 59.7%, partly due to the cost required to start production of 14 nm processors Broadwell. In the second quarter, Intel expects to raise it to 63%, with revenue of $ 12.5 - 13.5 billion
CFO Stacy Smith and CEO Brian Krzhanich quarterly report conference paid special attention to the tablet segment . First, they have admitted that in the first quarter the company managed to ship 5 million processors for tablets. Recall that before the end of the year the number is expected to reach 40 million units. True, Intel partners pay extra for the use of its processors. Of the five million, about 80-90% percent were in tablets running Android, the other were in Windows- tablet. As you know, now allows Intel to produce tablet for both platforms with the same filling and cost. The main part of the tablet, which were shipped , costs from $ 150 to $ 250.