Intel Monday announced that its sales expectations for the fourth quarter with $ 1 billion has reduced to 13.7 billion dollars. If for some reason calls the chip manufacturer of the scarcity on the market for hard drives.
Initially went Intel from a revenue of 14.7 billion dollars in the fourth quarter. The chip manufacturer has, however, become more reluctant and has to know likely to come at a revenue of about 13.7 billion dollars, with a margin of error of $ 300 million.
According to Intel buy computer manufacturers with less processors and the existing inventory is reduced. Reason is the shortage of hard drives on the world market as a result of the floods in Thailand last October.
According to Intel keeps the scarcity of hard disks in the first quarter. Not until the middle of 2012, the market would again be restored by growing inventories. In Thailand, approximately a third of all hard disk drives manufactured. In the meantime, a number of manufacturers, including Western Digital, began to resume production.