The chipmaker loses Gateway and says it will lay off 2,300 workers.
Through its merger with Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard has become the world's largest PC manufacturer for the first time, but the distinction might be short lived.
Two bedrock technology industries, chips and personal computers, are sending conflicting signals about the prospects for quick recovery in the sector, a riddle that bears on whether the wider economy will pick up.
Experts predict that in the current slowdown, US regulators will be loath to cause further economic upheaval by blocking the proposed $25bn merger of rivals HP and Compaq.
Intel announced plans Tuesday to lay off thousands of workers over the next year after a strategic review designed to prepare the company for life with a smaller share of the chip market.
A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.
Intel demonstrated two quad-core processors Tuesday in the United States, "Clovertown" for servers and "Kentsfield" for PCs, directing attention toward the future during a more troubled present.
Hewlett-Packard executives are mulling plans to improve over the next 18 months the technology the company uses to manage its direct sales, while it continues with commercial printing efforts and acquisitions of software companies.
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Competitors will try to use uncertainty to win customers from HP, analysts predict. It's not yet clear whether they will succeed.
Apple Computer's apparent cold shoulder to RealNetworks this week has once again put the company's "go it alone" strategy in the spotlight.
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