Intel Financial performance in the segment of client devices in the first quarter this year moved in different directions : the sales volumes of desktop components decreased by 16%, but the average price increased by 2%, and in the notebook segment volumes increased by 3% on an equal greatness of reducing the average selling price . Thus Intel still strongly depends on the PC segment, this part receiving 58% of the total market sales.
Intel representatives during the meeting with analysts on a quarterly reporting the conference repeatedly stated that by the end of this year is expected to reduce the PC market by the amount of 5-6%. Segment of smartphones and tablets, in their opinion, will grow, but in this context, the company has more to gain from the sale of components for serving their servers than from the sale of components for end devices.
Some hope for the revival of the PC market, Intel connects with the release of processors Skylake and the release of Windows 10 in the second half. According to Intel representatives , in the world is about 600 million Computers older than four years. Sooner or later, this park will need to be updated, and Intel continues to rely on market potential.