Intel enjoyed strong growth in nearly all of its businesses in Q2
Intel released healthy financial results for the second quarter of 2017 today. The company took in $14.8 billion in revenue, up 9% from this time last year, and it posted $3.8 billion in operating income, up 190% over the same period. Net income also increased hand-over-fist to $2.8 billion, up from $1.3 billion a year ago. Those big jumps in profitability are partially because of a troubled quarter a year ago, during which Intel was incurring charges because of restructuring efforts.
Those past clouds aside, Intel's core businesses are undeniably performing strongly. The Client Computing Group brought in $8.2 billion in revenue, up 12% from a year ago. The increase appears to have come from strong notebook platform sales. Intel reported revenue for mobile ...