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British chip designer ARM has just revealed its accounts for Q3 2012 and they show a familiar pattern: namely, a double-digit rise in both revenue (up 20 percent to £144.6 million, or around $230 million) and pre-tax earnings (up 22 percent to £68.1 million). According to Reuters, the company is attributing its latest bout of success to making “further inroads” into growing markets like smart TVs and microcontrollers. Of course, all of this is stands in stark contrast to the traditional x86 PC world, where giants like Intel and AMD have been struggling with weak demand.

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ARM posts healthy Q3 profits: up 22 percent thanks to smart TVs and other growing markets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With the dawn of Windows 8 coming in this next quarter, it’s time for Microsoft to brace itself for a big change – or what they hope will be a big change after a rather modest financial report here in their Q1 report for 2012. This report has them coming in at $16.01 billion in revenue, which is good, with $5.31 billion in profit, which is certainly OK, but not spectacular for the beast of a company. This update has them coming up over their Q4 report just one quarter ago, but compared to last year at this time, the big M isn’t doing nearly so well.

Last year in this quarter, Microsoft reported a $7.2 billion dollar profit. That’s nearly $2 billion more than what they’ve reported here, and certainly has something to do with the same situation that basically every hardware company has reported this year thus far – low PC sales. It’s time for the next page though, Microsoft must hope, with Windows 8 coming out in just about a week from now.

This update has Microsoft setting aside a lovely $1.36 billion in revenue for Windows and Office upgrades, and the real wave must be coming. Once we’re another quarter in, it’ll be the real test – with the release of Windows 8 and Window Phone 8 could come either a brand new high point for the company or a rather unprecedented low. We’re guessing the former, especially considering the pre-sale sell-out status of the Surface tablets the company is placing so much faith in here before their big launch.

Have a peek at the timeline below for some additional insight in to Windows 8 and the next generation that’ll be popping up by the end of the month. Are you ready for Microsoft to open a new page for the PC world? We certainly hope so.

Microsoft Q1 earnings report swings Windows 8 in like a lamb is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s Microsoft’s turn at quiet-before-the-storm quarterly results, and that’s evident in the fiscal first quarter earnings it just dropped on our laps. The Redmond team is reporting $16.01 billion in revenue, but a more modest than usual $5.31 billion in profit over the summer — while it’s healthier than the Q4 loss stemming from the aQuantive write-off, it’s not as impressive as the $7.2 billion profit from a year ago. While a tough PC market is partly to blame, it’s equally hard to say that Microsoft couldn’t have done better. There’s a real chance that some of its customers have been holding back on purchases in anticipation of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 launches; it’s already setting aside $1.36 billion in revenue for Windows and Office upgrades. The company is unquestionably preparing itself for a giant spike in demand once at least Windows 8 rolls around later this month, so we’d say that the real litmus test will be the results we get after the holidays.

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Microsoft announces Q1 earnings with $5.31 billion in profit, braces for Windows 8 surge originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In an apparent error, Google’s Q3 2012 earnings have gone live smack dab in the middle of the trading day, instead of after the closing bell as expected. Early indications are that the search giant has notched third quarter revenues of $14.10 billion, representing a 45 percent uptick compared to Q3 2011. GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2012 was $2.74 billion, or 19 percent of revenues, and that would explain the near 10 percent slide in the company’s stock price. A year ago Google nailed down $3.06 billion, or 31 percent of revenues, when looking at operating profit; investors were expecting some $10.65 per share, while they got just $9.03 per share. When looking at net income, Q3 2012 saw that figure at $2.18 billion, whereas the company raked in $2.73 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Presently, trading has been halted on the company’s stock as the dust settles, but one thing is exceptionally clear: pulling in billions in a single quarter won’t go over well with Wall Street if its expectations see you pulling in even more.

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Google’s Q3 2012 earnings: $14.10 billion in revenue, $2.74 billion in operating income originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hot off the heels of a slightly disappointing Q2, mega chip-maker Intel’s Q3 results are in. Good old Chipzilla managed to wrangle $13.5 billion in revenues with a net profit of $3 billion. While Intel’s latest figures reflect a profit of about 5.1 percent sequentially, the company is still taking a dip year over year of around 19 percent. “Our third-quarter results reflected a continuing tough economic environment,” said Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO. Happy to take progress in any form during a trying economy, the company’s fourth quarter strategy will highly focus on the success of ultrabooks, phones and Intel-powered tablets. While its recent gains may be somewhat slim, last we checked, a win is a win.

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Intel reports Q3 earnings, revenue holds steady at $13.5 billion originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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