Intel Apologizes for CPU Shipment Delays in Open Letter
November 20 2019 - 5:28PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Intel Corp. (INTC) issued an open letter to "customers and
partners" on Wednesday, offering its apologies for PC CPU shipment
delays and saying "despite our best efforts, we have not yet
resolved this challenge."
In the letter, signed by Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel's EVP
General Manager, Sales, Marketing and Communications Group, Intel
said "sustained market growth in 2019 has outpaced our efforts and
exceeded third-party forecasts." The company said supply in its PC
business is still "extremely tight," and it is operating "with
limited inventory buffers."
The company said "This makes us less able to absorb the impact
of any production variability, which we have experienced in the
quarter," leading to the shipment delays.
Intel also said that in the face of strong demand it has
"invested record levels of Capex increasing our 14mm wafer capacity
this year while also ramping 10nm production."
The letter also said Intel representatives would be reaching out
to customers to provide additional information.
Intel shares saw a slight loss after-hours. At 4:52 p.m. EST,
they were trading 0.6% lower at $57.55. Volume in the late trading
session topped 1.2 million shares. The company's stock ended the
day's regular session with a 0.11% loss, to close at $57.90.
Year to date, the stock is up about 23%.
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
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November 20, 2019 17:13 ET (22:13 GMT)
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