Intel is not immune to economic disaster, it took a beating in 2008 worldwide economic meltdown and another in 2012 when the PC market seemed to be replaced by tablets and smartphone.Total revenue is lowest in 2013 with $52,708,000.However,Intel always come up with a plan to rebound from disappointing days with a rise to $55,870,000 in 2014.
1.3 billion cost of goods sold was cut, since Intel was among the top 3 R&D spenders in the world,this is a good sign.
Weakness
The PC is Intel’s most important market, it accounts for 62% of Intel’s revenue. However, the PC market is expected to decline since the replacement comes from cheap laptop,tablet and smartphone.
The cost of goods sold of Intel is still high,it is one of the top spenders of the world.
Opportunity
Demand for server chip from cloud-computing companies is increasing,in the future,Intel may has plenty of customers from server-chip market.
Threats
Intel has many competitors in chip market : AMD,PVT1,TXN...
