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Intel Revenue Dives $1bn On Hard Disk Shortage

Posted by samzenpus on from the disks-must-flow dept.

nk497 writes "The hard disk shortage caused by the flooding in Thailand will cost Intel $1 billion in lost revenue, the company said. It had initially predicted revenue of $14.7bn this quarter, but that will now be $13.7bn, it said. 'Sales of personal computers are expected to be up sequentially in the fourth quarter,' Intel said. 'However, the worldwide PC supply chain is reducing inventories and microprocessor purchases as a result of hard disk drive supply shortages.'"

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Revenue? by mfwitten · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is Intel still making a profit? Is Intel at least breaking even?

    Ideally, if a company is breaking even, then who cares what its revenue is.

    Profit beyond that which is necessary to cover risk (unfortunate troubles) is theft; it represents an imbalance of energy/value/worth in an exchange (one party to the exchange is taking advantage of the other party).

    1. Re:Revenue? by mfwitten · · Score: -1, Troll

      I was waiting for this:

      A company may boost it's profits for any number of reasons, not all of which are driven by pure greed - bankrolling some money for future growth being the obvious one.

      In my opinion, future growth like that falls into the category of 'risk'; if there is a desired goal (such as providing a new kind of product or service), then the projected cost of achieving that goal may well be factored into the price of existing products and services. Once risks and future projections like this have been factored into the calculations, a company should be considered "breaking even".

      If there are no such projections that can be factored into the calculations (if there is no such plan for future growth or the like), then profit is theft.

      If revenue has no purpose other than to report a growth in profit, then that revenue is theft.