Tablets may be transforming the computer industry

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Despite all the hoopla around Apple Inc.'s iPad and an army of competitors, Intel reported Tuesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 29 percent as corporate demand for new PCs led to numerous orders for Intel chips.

The results easily topped analysts' projections, as did Intel's second-quarter guidance. Its shares rose more than 4 percent in extended trading.

The stock move reflects the belief of many investors that Intel has plenty Dell latitude d630 Batteries of opportunities to plumb its core businesses for more profits as it adjusts to a shifting technology landscape.

Intel, founded in 1968, is among the old guard of the computer industry. It's the world's biggest semiconductor company, with some 80 percent of the world's PCs running its processors.

Newcomers are challenging its dominance in PCs with mobile gadgets including smartphones and tablet computers. But the latest numbers show that Intel has scale and some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technology in the world to beat back those pressures — for now.

Intel earned $3.16 billion, or 56 cents per share, in the first quarter, which was higher than the 46 cents per share that fujitsu fpcbp200 battery, fujitsu fpcbp233 battery analysts polled by FactSet expected. A year ago, Intel earned $2.44 billion, or 43 cents per share.

It brought in revenue of $12.8 billion, a 25 percent increase from $10.3 billion a year ago and higher than the $11.6 billion that analysts expected.

The second-quarter revenue forecast of $12.3 billion to $13.3 billion was also higher than the $11.9 billion analysts were expecting.

Intel shares rose 91 cents, or 4.5 percent, to $20.77 in extended trading.

Strong corporate demand for PCs is helping Intel overcome a series of problems. It had a serious product blunder in January when a design error in a new chip delayed production of new PCs, and Intel estimated the gaffe would cost $1 billion to clean up. PC demand(Dell latitude d620 Battery) in the U.S. and Europe is weakening because of tablets and economic worries. And demand in Japan has fallen because of the deadly earthquake cheap laptop batteries and tsunami in March.

Intel benefited from having an extra week in the reporting period than it normally has, because of a change in the way the company measures its quarters.

The company's cutting-edge manufacturing technology, which requires billions of dollars in investments every year, also helps Intel wring more profit from its businesses. The technology allows Intel to make the circuitry on its chips smaller, reducing costs while boosting performance.

Still, the threat from tablets is real, and Intel and other companies in the PC industry are scrambling in response.

Goldman Sachs analysts hp pavilion dv6-1000 keyboard, hp pavilion dv6-2000 keyboard say they expect that as many as 21 million people may buy tablets instead of laptops this year, and that the number could jump to 26.5 million in 2012. They also expect that the iPad, which went on sale just a year ago, will be so successful it will make more money for Apple than the company's entire Mac division by the end of this year.