Intel flattens inside the box
 

Spins things a different way

Chip giant Intel always looks on the bright side. Or, to put it another way, it spins the news to pretend things are better than they actually are.

The press release to match its third quarter financial results, for example, is a classic of its type.The press release to match its third quarter financial results, for example, is a classic of its type.

Intel chose to head up its “news” by headlining the release by saying data centres, the internet of things, and memory business “all achieved record revenue”.

But, in fact, although third quarter revenues amounted to $16.1 billion, that’s only six percent compared to the third quarter last year - a rise that’s far from stratospheric compared to its gory (sic) days.

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