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SWOT Analysis of Intel Corporation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Intel Corporation is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world&period; It is an American global technology company founded in 1968 by Gordon E&period; Moore and Robert Noyce&period; The company&&num;8217&semi;s product line includes network interface controllers&comma; motherboard chipsets and integrated circuits&comma;&&num;160&semi; flash memory&comma; graphic chips&comma; embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing&period; The SWOT Analysis of Intel Corporation is given below&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel is globally recognized brand name and has strong brand loyalty&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel was the dominant and pioneer supplier of microprocessors for PCs&period; It is still dominated by numerous memory devices&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel is a global technology corporation and the world&&num;8217&semi;s biggest semiconductor chip producer&comma; based on revenue&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel is the originator of the x86 series of microprocessors&semi; the processors set up in most personal computers&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel presently has around 80&percnt; of the microprocessor market share while AMD has approximately 17&percnt;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel Corporation merges superior chip design ability with a leading-edge mechanized capability&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel is listed at number 48 in 2010 standing of the world&&num;8217&semi;s 100 most influential brands published by MBO&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">In 1990s&comma; Intel was one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world&period; Intel was the main and most beneficial hardware supplier to the PC business&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The operating profit of the Intel during fiscal year 2007 rose by 45&period;4&percnt; over 2006 and net profit increased by 38&period;3&percnt;&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel sometime used divisive strategies in defense of its market position against its competitors&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">After 2000&comma; Intel&&num;8217&semi;s leading position in its core business was greatly reduced&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">By the end of the 2006&comma; Intel proclaimed a reform that resulted in the dismissal of 10&comma;500 employees or near 10 percent of its labor force by July 2006&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company faced decreasing revenue in financial year 2008&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Intel has not achieved economies of scale and economies of scope throughout the long history&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Retail prices are higher as compared to the prices of competitors&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"> Not presence in the ultra-mobile&&num;8217&semi;s processors market&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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