Not under Microprocessors & Chipsets AFAIK, since in general Intal Capital's investments were not in that sector. I don't recall the exact amounts, but there were some quarters where their investment income hit the better part of $1B ($700M???) and they tried to convince analysts that this was going to be the norm going forward, and that Intel Capital would be an increasingly important aspect of their business. Didn't work out that way of course, but the typical dotcom era analyst played along for a year or so.
Kind of interesting that neither MSFT's nor INTC's hotshot CxO's seem to be able to do anything with their hugh profits other than give it to shareholders, or buy back their own stock (the better for to give the profits to themselves). Unfortunately, their timing ain't so hot on this aspect either it would appear. |
