September-quarter computer shipments have risen faster than expected, driven by the strongest back-to-school season since 1998.
Although Advanced Micro's strong results seem at odds with news of a weak quarter for computer makers, that is not really the case, said Michael Murphy, editor of the California Technology Stock Letter.
For the fourth consecutive quarter, Suns computer systems products revenues increased 14% year-over-year.
For the quarter, the computer company posted GAAP earnings per share of 37 cents, up more than four-fold from the same period last year.
Less than a quarter of computer programmers are women.
As further evidence of an all-around bad quarter for computer-related companies, Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday that fourth-quarter sales and profit would miss forecasts because of weak demand for personal computers.
In all, 11 of the 17 sectors experienced dollar increases in the second quarter, including Computers and Peripherals (48percentt increase), Consumer Products and Services (44percentt), and IT Services (28percentt).
In the last few months, hardware makers like Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Dell have suffered as one-fifth to one-quarter of their computer sales vanished.
FeedRoom, which will require users to have broadband connections, is meant to be user friendly, with a central video window occupying one-quarter of the computer screen (currently, video windows occupy only about one-sixteenth).
During the quarter, the personal computer business grew 20percenttoto $6.2 billion, fueled by a 52percentt increase in the shipments of notebook computers, which were particularly strong in the consumer market.
[C16.] PC Sales Surged in 1st Quarter The personal computer industry rode the Internet boom and Asia's nascent economic comeback to double-digit sales growth in the first quarter, two industry reports showed.
