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Despite the good press, Intel has a tough quarter
Despite the good press, Intel has a tough quarter
Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming
Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications.
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Chip maker Intel has been riding high recently, with the release of the first Intel-based Apple computers and the praise heaped upon its new Core Duo chip, including a CNET Best of CES nod.
But Intel's stock dropped late Tuesday after a disappointing earnings report highlighted weak fourth-quarter performance for 2005. Soft sales for desktop computers in general were blamed, as was a gain in market share by rival AMD. The New York Times reports that Intel's "revenue fell $200 million short of the low end of the company's own forecast, issued less than a month ago."