After the US market closed on October 23rd, Intel released its third-quarter 2025 financial results, showing revenue reaching $13.7 billion (approximately RMB 97.493 billion), a 3% year-on-year increase, signaling a positive business recovery. Highlights of Intel's report include a gross profit margin of 38.2%, a significant improvement from 15% in the same period last year and 27.5% in the previous quarter. Operating profit margin also rebounded from -24.7% in the second quarter to +5.0%, marking a critical turnaround from negative to positive.
By business unit, the Client Computing Group (CCG) drove the growth, with revenue of $8.5 billion, a 5% year-on-year increase. The Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group (DCAI) and the Foundry business saw slight declines of 1% and 2%, respectively, with revenue of $4.1 billion and $4.2 billion. This quarter, Intel achieved several strategic milestones: a $5.7 billion investment from the US government, a $5 billion investment from Nvidia, an additional $2 billion investment from SoftBank, the launch of the Core Ultra 300 "Panther Lake" architecture and Xeon 6+ processors, and the full ramp-up of the 18A process at Fab 52 in Arizona.
In the financial report, CEO Lip-Mo Chen emphasized that the surge in demand for artificial intelligence has created new opportunities for Intel, and the company is strengthening its competitiveness through a synergistic layout of x86 platforms, ASIC accelerators, and foundry services. He stated that, combined with its domestic manufacturing and R&D strengths in the United States, Intel is poised to gain a stronger position in the new AI-driven computing era. This financial report not only reflects the success of cost control and product strategies, but also instills confidence in Intel's technological leadership in the semiconductor industry.
