Lack of hard drive activity will impact Intel's quarterly

Lack of hard drive activity will impact Intel's quarterly

A supply problem of the hard drive requires the world's leading microprocessor to lower sales in the fourth quarter.

Intel does not have hard drives. Intel announced on Monday that quarterly earnings will be lower than expected due to supply problems the hard disk and its impact on the IT market.

The warning was not well received on Wall Street. Action in the world's leading microprocessor lost 4.32% at the beginning of the session on Nasdaq at 23.93 dollars.

Intel now expects that sales for the fourth quarter will be between 13.4 and 14.0 billion, compared with the consensus of analysts give a date for the 14.65 billion. Gross margin, it should be 64.5% "plus or minus a few percent ', a half point below the figures mentioned so far.

Mid-October, the United States, which complement the chip about 80% of personal computers sold worldwide, has surprised investors by posting a turnover, above expectations of $ 14.3 billion for the quarter July and September by presenting forecasts above expectations.

In a statement released Monday, Intel says PC sales expected to rise in the fourth quarter compared with the previous one. "However, global supply chain from the PC to reduce inventory and purchasing microprocessors due to supply problems hard," he added.

This lack of hard drive is expected to continue until 2012. This is due to lack of flooding, including Thailand should also have an impact on first quarter 2012 before the stock rebuilding phase of the microprocessor in the late first half of 2012, Intel said.