Industrial PC (personal computer - PC) received a blow when when Intel announced a reduction in the estimated value of income.Intel announced, in the third quarter they lowered their earnings estimates between 13.8 to 14.8 billion dollars to 13.2 billion U.S. dollars, plus or minus $ 300 million.This microprocessor giant blamed reduced inventory in the distribution chain, sluggish enterprise market, as well as falling demand from emerging markets as the cause of cutting the revenue estimates.Later, the PC industry began to feel the negative impact of the development of the popularity of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.Cutting earnings estimates by chip giant is seen as a bad sign by analysts who generally agree that Intel is a barometer of the PC industry."Intel is a leader who can show the health of the PC market in general. Cutting earnings estimates clearly not a positive thing," said Dan Olds, an analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group, as quoted by Computer World. "Chip is a barometer of technology. However, for now it seems that being 'sick' is a segment of the PC, not the industry as a whole."Olds pointed out, the amount of demand for servers, for example, remains high."Consumers pay more attention to what they buy and how much they cost, but they are still buying," said Olds again.Moor Insights & Strategy Analyst Partick Moorhead has a slightly different opinion. "The whole PC industry is experiencing a difficult moment, including PC manufacturers, distribution channels, and component suppliers," he saidHe said the PC industry downturn comes at the worst possible time, which is ahead of the holiday season which typically accounts for 50 percent of total sales of consumer PCs.Another analyst, Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group, said that many PC vendors are holding production while trying to see if Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8, managed to attract buyers.
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