Without waiting for the announcement of first quarter results , Intel decided to warn shareholders, investors and analysts about the changes in the structure of financial statements. Henceforth performance of departments PC Client Group and Mobile and Communications Group will be held in one line reports - under the united Client Computing Group. This unit will be responsible for products for laptops, desktops, transformable devices, tablets, smartphones, and telecommunications solutions for them. This year, Intel set itself the task of increasing profits in the mobile area to $ 800 million. According to the company, the restructuring is not aimed at diverting losses of mobile units in the shadow of stable income from the sale of the company's processors for other client devices.
However, this is not the first of its kind maneuver performed by Intel for the past few years. On the other hand, combining mobile and desktop initiatives under a single origin in some degree should improve the handling units. In the past, Intel was able to sell even more planned 40 million Processors for budget tablets. In fact, Intel had to actively subsidize manufacturers of tablets that received processors at a price below cost. This year, Intel is going to walk away from this practice, but the intention to actively promote processors for smartphones will probably cost the company considerable costs.
In addition to Client Computing Group, Intel has left four other areas of reporting: Data Center Group with an obvious bias server, Internet Things Group , Software and services operating segments with software solutions and services (including McAfee) . Related Products :
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