Microprocessor giant Intel has revealed Monday, January 31, a manufacturing problem on a new product delivered in January, which would affect its turnover to 300 million dollars (220 million euros). The total cost of the repair and replacement of the chip, for its part, was estimated by the group at around 700 million.
Intel said it had suspended supplies of this component. The manufacturing problem affects a chip called "Cougar Point", but the latter featuring Intel microprocessor, Sandy Bridge, launched with great fanfare earlier this year, "not affected". This is a problem of potential degradation of performance of key elements of computers equipped with this system, such as hard disk drives or DVD.
Manufacturing a new version of this component has already begun and must be delivered to customers from the end of February. "Systems with chips affected (the problem) have been delivered since January 9, and the company expects relatively few customers are affected," said Intel. LITTLE IMPACT ON FISCAL This problem should not however have a significant impact on the entire exercise.
Analysts said the financial impact will be low, although this incident may begin the group's image. "This is a minimal loss, and this problem is not so important that it looks," says Brendan Furlong, an analyst at Miller Tabak. At the same time, Intel has already completed the acquisition of components for mobile phones from the German group Infineon announced in the summer, and expects to complete shortly the specialist in computer security at McAfee.
As a result, the turnover of the quarter is expected between 11.3 and 12.1 billion, against a previous range from 11.1 to 11.9 billion dollars. The manufacturing problem would still be felt on the group's gross margin, now expected at 61% (plus or minus two points), against 64% expected so far in the first quarter. 
Intel said it had suspended supplies of this component. The manufacturing problem affects a chip called "Cougar Point", but the latter featuring Intel microprocessor, Sandy Bridge, launched with great fanfare earlier this year, "not affected". This is a problem of potential degradation of performance of key elements of computers equipped with this system, such as hard disk drives or DVD.
Manufacturing a new version of this component has already begun and must be delivered to customers from the end of February. "Systems with chips affected (the problem) have been delivered since January 9, and the company expects relatively few customers are affected," said Intel. LITTLE IMPACT ON FISCAL This problem should not however have a significant impact on the entire exercise.
Analysts said the financial impact will be low, although this incident may begin the group's image. "This is a minimal loss, and this problem is not so important that it looks," says Brendan Furlong, an analyst at Miller Tabak. At the same time, Intel has already completed the acquisition of components for mobile phones from the German group Infineon announced in the summer, and expects to complete shortly the specialist in computer security at McAfee.
As a result, the turnover of the quarter is expected between 11.3 and 12.1 billion, against a previous range from 11.1 to 11.9 billion dollars. The manufacturing problem would still be felt on the group's gross margin, now expected at 61% (plus or minus two points), against 64% expected so far in the first quarter.
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