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Questa mattina, sono stati pubblicati i risultati finanziari del colosso americano Intel: la società ha denunciato un calo dei profitti del 70% dovuto per lo più alla vendita sottocosto dei processori PentiumIII nelle console X-BOX di Microsoft.

Pentium IIIs were largely displaced by the Pentium 4 in the middle of 2001, as Intel reacted swiftly to AMD's incursion into its desktop territory is the way we'd put it. But then we're not Spinolas here...
Dr Craig Barrett, the company's CEO, said 2001 was a "terrible year" for the chip business. But he claimed that capital investments Intel had made will ensure the company will do well this year.

As usual with press releases, the real story was tucked away near to the end, with Intel saying: "Average selling prices of microprocessors were down slightly from the third quarter primarily due to increased sales of Pentium III processors for the Microsoft* Xbox* design."