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For the second quarter, Wall Street expects Intel to post 33.30% growth in earnings on a 5.90% increase in revenue, amidst rising competition from rivals including Nvidia (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Experts believe Intel’s new products could be impacted by its manufacturing delays, which in turn could lower its competitive edge. The chipmaker, which is banking highly on the artificial intelligence, is hoping to outstrip its peers with its rising adoption in new smartphone features such as gesture control, fingerprint scanners, image scanners, and GPS.
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Meanwhile, the company has been searching for a new executive chief after the resignation of Brian Krzanich last month, and investors will be looking for any hints on this at the conference call. In addition, speculations are rife that an ex-employee, Diane Bryant, who resigned as COO from Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google Cloud, might return to handle the executive chief position. Whoever it is will be tasked with fixing the manufacturing concerns the company is currently facing.
Intel shares were trading up 0.45% at $52.54 on the Nasdaq at 11:55 am ET. The stock has gained 51% in the past 52 weeks.