April 2014, Intel reported $2 .8 billion earnings for 2014 Q1 PC group.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...9&filename=Earnings Release Q1 2014_final.pdf
April 2015, Intel reported $1 .4 billion earnings in the combined PC + mobile group for 2015 Q1.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...&filename=Earnings_Release_Q1_2015_Final2.pdf
- This is a shortfall of $1 .4 billion earnings in a quarter.
July 2014, they reported $3.7 billion earnings for 2014 Q2 PC group.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...1D&filename=Earnings Release Q2 2014 r134.pdf
July 2015, they reported $1 .6 billion earnings in the combined PC + mobile group for 2015 Q2.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...E&filename=Earnings_Release_Q2_2015_Final.pdf
- This is a shortfall of $2.1 billion earnings in a quarter.
October 2014, they reported $4.1 billion earnings for 2014 Q3 PC group.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...3&filename=Earnings_Release_Q3_2014_final.pdf
October 2015, they reported $2.4 billion earnings in the combined PC + mobile group for 2015 Q3.
http://www.intc.com/common/download...BAFB&filename=Earnings_Release_Q3_2015_5_.pdf
- This is a shortfall of $1.7 billion earnings in a quarter.
Projected 2015 Mobile/PC group shortfall c.f 2014 PC profits:
Q1 = 1.4, Q2=2.1, Q3=1.7, assume Q4=1.4
Total shortfall = 6.6 billion USD.
If 4.2 billion is attributable to Mobile,as per 2014, then PC shortfall for 2015 is 2.4 billion.
If 3.4 billion is attributable to Mobile, then PC shortfall for 2015 is 3.2 billion USD.
Look on page 8 or 9 or 10 of the PDFs for the numbers, "Supplemental Operating Segment Results". The numbers are correct. Can Intel turn this around?