14 DAY TRIAL // For many companies, finances haven't been the best lately, though they haven't been the worst either, not like in 2008-2009.
Intel is one of the few that continues to make a lot of money, despite the problems on the PC market.
In the first quarter of 2013 (January-March), it reached a revenue of $12.6 billion, which means €9.56 billion, give or take. That's 7% lower than the fourth quarter of 2012.
The net profit was of $2 billion / €1.52 billion, which means that the bank accounts of shareholders grew another bit during the past three months.
For the full year, Intel doesn't expect too high a jump in revenue, only a low single-digit percentage. Which is to say, less than 10%. See all the details here.
"Amidst market softness, Intel performed well in the first quarter and I'm excited about what lies ahead for the company," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "We shipped our next generation PC microprocessors, introduced a new family of products for micro-servers and will ship our new tablet and smartphone microprocessors this quarter."