14 DAY TRIAL // As you've been able to see throughout 2010, chip manufacturer Intel has only posted record profits for each of the first three quarters, and that was also the case with Q4, the company practically recording the best-ever year in its very long history. So, according to the latest financial data from Intel, in Q4, the company recorded a total revenue of $11.5 billion, up 8 percent compared to the same period of 2009 and up 3 percent compared to the previous quarter of 2010.
Looking at the rest of 2010, things were also quite good, the company's total revenue being of a whopping $43.6 billion, up 24% compared to 2009.
And we're pretty sure that Intel's shareholders were also extremely happy, since Earnings Per Share were set at around $2.05, which is an 166% increase over 2009.
As Intel reports, each of the company's groups recorded major revenue boosts, the PC Client Group revenue going up 21 percent, Data Center Group revenue going up 35 percent, other Intel architecture group revenue also going up 27 percent, while the Intel Atom microprocessor and chipset revenue increases were a bit more “modest” (just $1.6 billion), namely up 8 percent compared to the previous year.
Moreover, the gross margin for 2010 was set at 66 percent, up 10 percentage points compared to 2009, while the full-year capital spending was $5.2 billion, consistent with the company’s expectation.
“2010 was the best year in Intel’s history. We believe that 2011 will be even better,” said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO.
Of course, it remains to be seen whether this statement will hold true by the year's end, especially since Intel has set itself some pretty serious goals for this year and the company's rivals, such as AMD and NVIDIA, are not exactly standing-by idly.