Growth rates are inflated due to easy compares in the year ago period. However, the segments that do matter -- business critical servers, storage and services (about 35 percent of the mix) -- posted almost no growth (+3 percent year/year). Due to the secular decline in PC hardware profitability and the lack of focus on enterprise hardware and services, it is questionable if there is a sustainable turnaround under way. Ashok Kumar
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![[And while some (including Kumar) are convinced that Intel's recent troubles may mark the nadir for the stock, it's hard to see what might send PC chip demand moving smartly upwards again.] If Moore's Law continues in force, ... the performance of PC processors and the systems they power will continue to bound farther and farther ahead of what the vast majority of buyers need. - Ashok Kumar Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBBc2hvayBLdW1hciAgICA=&num=11 "[And while some (including Kumar) are convinced that Intel's recent troubles may mark the nadir for the stock, it's hard to see what might send PC chip demand moving smartly upwards again.] If Moore's Law continues in force, ... the performance of PC processors and the systems they power will continue to bound farther and farther ahead of what the vast majority of buyers need. - Ashok Kumar Quotes")
