Happy 40 Year Anniversary Information Age 2.0

Zacks.com submits: Intel Corp. (INTC) gave another stellar performance in its third quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. The improvement was the result of stronger-than-expected revenues, which came in just short of the original guidance and in the middle of the revised guidance range. Investor response, however, was lukewarm, and shares climbed a mere 0.76% in after-hours in response to the news.

It's the 40th anniversary this year of the 1972 release of the book "The Limits to Growth" from the Club of Rome, which used computer models to predict that world population growth and economic expansion would cause the Earth to "overshoot" its carrying capacity of finite resources, and eventually lead to overpopulation, mass starvation, smog disasters, pesticide-induced cancers,

Trefis submits: A senior executive at Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) who headed its push into smartphones and tablets recently resigned from the company. We take this opportunity to briefly look at how much this business matters to Intel and the company’s problems that still persist.

Osman Gulseven submits:The battle between Intel Corporation (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is world famous. Both companies primarily engage in semiconductor and microchip production, and supply technological equipment for the original manufacturers and professional companies.

Tony Daltorio submits: Last week, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) said it made the biggest breakthrough in microprocessor design in recent history. It called its new chip the most significant advance since the 1950′s silicon transistor.

Trefis submits: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) competes with Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the PC microprocessor and graphics businesses. We estimate that about 26% of Intel’s value comes from server microprocessors due to its supreme command in this market.

Trefis submits: The PC industry has seen a shift over past few years and this is likely to continue. Intel (INTC) competes with AMD (AMD) primarily in the microprocessor business and will see greater competition as players like Nvidia (NVDA) enter the fray.

Trefis submits: Intel (INTC) primarily competes with AMD (AMD) in microprocessor business which spans across notebooks, servers and desktops. We estimate Intel’s stock price at $26.28, which is about 21% above the current market price.