Intel CEO: Tablet PC and the PC is not comparable hard Gao Chuangzuo
According to foreign media reports, Intel CEO Paul Otellini at the company’s annual Dell Inspiron 9400 battery shareholders meeting Tuesday, said profit growth within the next few years will double. Otellini also said the same day, Intel will extend beyond the PC chip business outside of the areas of smart phones and television.
Otellini said Intel eager to set foot in fast-growing but competitive market, to diversify the company industry. He said, “We intend to bring to the intelligent computer had never set foot in the new area.” Although the Greek financial crisis had an impact on economic growth in Europe, but still Otellini said at the Tuesday, “Intel on the achievement of the quarter confidence in the performance expectations. “he said, after a performance in 2009 after falling the next few years the annual increase in both revenue and profits will be achieved” double the percentage of low “growth. In addition, the company earnings per share increase in the next few years will increase over the past five years, double the average.
Otellini also said profit margins in the coming years will revert to 55% to 65% of “normal” levels. Intel said earlier definitions, 50% to 60% of the normal level of profit margins. In the first quarter, Intel’s gross margin reached 63.4%.
Tablet PC is added
Otellini said he thought the tablet PC sales will not erode. Including tablet PCs, including the next four years, the global PC market will maintain a 15-16 percent annual growth. Otellini said: “The PC industry in 2010, the first million units across the threshold of 100 per day. To 2014, that number will double. We expect the market shipments will reach 700 million units per year.” The next five years, Intel is expected to chips for a variety of equipment each year shipments will reach 1 billion. He predicted the Internet will be the industry leader in this market, strong growth. Otellini said: “This year, the market growth rate of Internet in more than 20% compound annual growth rate of 15%, there are no online sign of the product being eaten. The annual online sales of about 4,000 million units.”
Otellini also said: “The PC industry by size, Tablet PC meaningful. I personally believe that the Tablet PC and the Internet is similar to all ancillary products are used in computing a new model only. I think the Tablet PC not erode the share of other products. Tablet PC usage with laptops, desktops and even the use of the Internet in this way very different. Tablet PC is essentially a consumer products, notebook and desktop equipment is created. expected annual Tablet PC compound annual growth rate of 73% to 88% annual shipments to 6,000 5,000 million million. “
With Intel in the PC microprocessor market dominance in which different mobile devices in the chip market, Intel has a Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and other powerful competitors. The company’s chips are used in the design and structure of ARM. Referring to the threat of ARM, Otellini said, ARM is hardly a threat for Intel. He said, “Look at Intel’s gross margins, Intel will be able to understand the fundamental strengths. Other structure must follow the same laws of physics. Any sony VGP-BPS8 battery company is very difficult to get through the framework of licensing revenue like us.”
The new Atom processor
Intel this month unveiled a new Atom processor. Intel said the product more suitable for smart phones, but the company has not yet announced that a customer will use the product. Intel executives said at the shareholders meeting, this new product will be used in Tablet PC, and then for smart phones. Intel executives also said the chip has been compatible with Google’s Android operating system.
Intel also hinted that the company will launch a series of set-top boxes for television and new products. Intel senior vice president Eric Kim said, “We will release these products this year.” In addition, he have yet to utter. Earlier this year there was news that Intel are working together to Google, Sony, developing a new generation of television set-top boxes. But Eric @ Golden general meeting of shareholders which had yet to utter.
Apple iPad started selling a month, the global sales volume has exceeded 100 million units. Major PC makers eager to Patriot has released its first 7-inch tablet N700, and ASUS, Acer, Dell and other PC makers will be launched in the coming months flat products. But there are PC makers for its view on the fence.
400 U.S. dollars the following flat New Ying Han iPad
Asus and Acer have recently announced Tablet PC will be the third quarter, prices in 400 U.S. dollars less, and said the hardware is better than iPad.
Alleged, is expected next month to see at Computex Taipei ASUS tablet PC products EeePad: ARM processor accompanied by android operating system and Intel Atom processors accompanied Windows 7 operating system.
Dell have introduced new HP Tablet
CES earlier this year on the exposure of the HP Slate Tablet PC is expected to be opened in September to sell in Europe, there is news that Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft to give up using the WebOS as Slate operating system. HP Slate pricing in the Internet this and the iPad, which is about SONY VGP-BPS9 battery equal to 3696 yuan.
Dell’s flat panel products to speed up the composition, MINI 5 Tablet PC market is expected to be this summer. Dell plans to launch series of flat machines, including 7-inch and 10-inch flat panel.
The main provider of Tablet PC ARM chip is expected to be more daring, there will be 50 this year came variety of Tablet PC.
Flat products will blow yet to wait and see
A survey agency is expected in 2010 Tablet PC shipments worldwide will reach 10.5 million units. But whether the Tablet PC market prospects, such as the Internet this year as WBC, PC manufacturers and the manufacturers are still on the fence.
To worry. While the role of non-Tablet PC is not to replace, in own notebook, netbooks and smart phones, consumers are on their demand as expected? And the good sales of the current ipad only a small number of people may be “early adopters.” And what size of tablet PCs are the most suitable and also still in test market phase.
Acer expected, iPad is still the most appropriate network of non-machine may have to wait until version 2 release, but also to be the most appropriate specifications are clarified, the mainstream market demand has not yet appeared, Tablet PC market is also still unclear.
Apple’s powerful rival Sony, on the Tablet PC market is still in “wait and see.” Sony said that in the short term will not be released tablet. The Tablet PC will break out Sony VGP-BPL2 Battery during the year, now can not make any judgments.