Quarterly Intel report made it clear that the company is determined to change something in their work, reducing the number of staff by 11% and the translation of the current financial director to another post - this is only the surface components of the upcoming restructuring. CEO Brian Krzhanich on the reporting of quarterly conference has repeatedly made it clear that Intel is transformed from a company that produces PC Manufacturer of a wide range of products - products for the "Internet of Things" and the full range of server infrastructure - from processors to controllers and solid-state drives.
In the course of communication with analysts reporting on the event Intel executives outlined explained how the restructuring will take place. Firstly, on the "client" direction that still brings us not less than 55% of revenue, identifies those "points of growth", which cuts do not touch. This game components, including the CPU performance. In the mobile segment - this device type "two in one", including thin and light notebooks. Finally, the market set-top boxes such as the Intel entertainment not just eyeing, and considers it one of the most promising.
With subsidies in the segment of smartphones and tablets, when Intel did not pay extra to customers for the supply of its own processors, it will be finished in the near future. In fact, Intel in an effort to save up to $ 800 million. In this direction is already underway ahead of schedule. What it turns out, we can see on the dry financial statistics: the volume of processors sales for tablets fell by 44% for the year rose sharply their average selling price. Profitability improved in the mobile segment, and it pleases Intel the most. In fact, the growth in operating profit "client" Intel units by 19% for the year was not only due to the effect of the transition to 14-nm technology, but also the growth of profitability on the mobile direction, as well as the highly popular Core family processors in the desktop segment.
Demand for gaming desktop systems increases rapidly, as noted Intel. The development of productive processors will be allocated enough resources. Neither the transition to 10-nm process technology, nor the development of mass production of advanced types of solid-state memory - none of these activities are not affected by a reduction in the development costs.