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Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is facing multiple headwinds in its core PC CPU market. First, the company's last-gen Raptor Lake chips suffered from instability issues, which permanently damaged some processors and took months to resolve. While Intel extended warranties, this mishap almost certainly pushed some customers to rival Advanced Micro Devices.Second, Intel's latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs struggled with gaming performance despite solid productivity performance and power efficiency. While gaming accounts for only a portion of the PC CPU market, AMD's products probably came to be viewed as a low-risk alternative.Intel has done better in the laptop CPU market. Its Lunar Lake chips were impressively efficient, and the laptop version of Arrow Lake garnered far better reviews and compared favorably to competing chips from AMD. However, Intel faces an additional threat in the laptop market: Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and its efficient Arm-based CPUs. Qualcomm entered the laptop CPU market last year, enabling Windows laptops powered by chips that weren't from Intel or AMD. Intel has benefited from its duopoly with AMD, but Qualcomm threatened to shatter the status quo.Continue reading
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is facing multiple headwinds in its core PC CPU market. First, the company's last-gen Raptor Lake chips suffered from instability issues, which permanently damaged some processors and took months to resolve. While Intel extended warranties, this mishap almost certainly pushed some customers to rival Advanced Micro Devices.
Second, Intel's latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs struggled with gaming performance despite solid productivity performance and power efficiency. While gaming accounts for only a portion of the PC CPU market, AMD's products probably came to be viewed as a low-risk alternative.
Intel has done better in the laptop CPU market. Its Lunar Lake chips were impressively efficient, and the laptop version of Arrow Lake garnered far better reviews and compared favorably to competing chips from AMD. However, Intel faces an additional threat in the laptop market: Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and its efficient Arm-based CPUs. Qualcomm entered the laptop CPU market last year, enabling Windows laptops powered by chips that weren't from Intel or AMD. Intel has benefited from its duopoly with AMD, but Qualcomm threatened to shatter the status quo.
