IBM与Intel报告利润下跌

时间：2013-07-18 08:56:40

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Two tech titans, IBM and Intel, have reported big drops in net income.

两大科技巨头，IBM和Intel，纯收入大幅下滑。

Intel reported a second-quarter profit of $2bn (£1.32bn), down 29% from a year ago. For its part, IBM saw earnings¹ for the same period fall 17% to $3.23bn.

Revenue for both companies slipped as well, with IBM's falling by 3% and Intel's down 5%.

Chipmaker Intel suffered as consumers and businesses switched away from traditional computers, while IBM made less on hardware and more on software.

Last quarter, IBM's revenues and profit fell short of analysts²' forecasts for the first time in eight years.

As a result, the world's largest computer company slashed³ jobs and pivoted（以……为中心） to focus on data analysis and cloud computing⁴ in an effort to stabilise its business.

More than 3,300 workers were cut from its ranks, and management at the top was changed.

The company has now upped its forecast for the rest of the year, while its April-to-June figures beat expectations.

Brave face

IBM is unaffected by the global slide in sales of traditional personal computers, since it sold that division of its business to China's Lenovo for $1.75bn in 2005.

For Intel - the world's largest semiconductor⁵ manufacturer - the picture is not as rosy⁶.

After initially⁷ assuring investors⁸ that the outlook for the rest of the year would be bright, the company has now slashed its expectations in the wake of declining PC sales.

According to market research firm Gartner, global PC shipments fell 10.9% to 76 million in the second quarter.

The company is hoping to focus on selling its chips for use in tablets and smartphones as a way to compensate⁹ for this decline, but so far, this has not happened.

This is the fourth straight quarter of declining sales for the company, but its first with a new boss, Brian Krzanich, who succeeded Paul Otellini in May.

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1 earnings
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。 Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

2 analysts
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。 I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 slashed
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
参考例句：
Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。 He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 computing
n.计算
参考例句：
to work in computing 从事信息处理 Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

5 semiconductor
n.半导体
参考例句：
In the beginning,engineers hoped to use semiconductor lasers.在开始时，工程师们希望能够利用半导体激光器。 The main agent of the company brand semiconductor sales.本公司主要代理各品牌半导体销售。

6 rosy
adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的
参考例句：
She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。 She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

7 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

9 compensate
vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消
参考例句：
She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。 Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。