Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basis of Presentation
2. Accounting Policies
3. Fair Value
4. Trading Assets
5. Available-for-Sale Investments
6. Equity Method and Cost Method Investments
7. Gains (Losses) on Other Equity Investments, Net
8. Derivative Financial Instruments
9. Concentrations of Credit Risk
10. Interest and Other, Net
11. Acquisitions
12. Divestitures
13. Goodwill
14. Identified Intangible Assets
15. Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges
16. Borrowings
17. Retirement Benefit Plans
18. Commitments
19. Employee Equity Incentive Plans
20. Common Stock Repurchases
21. Earnings Per Share
22. Comprehensive Income
23. Taxes
24. Contingencies
25. Operating Segment and Geographic Information

Note 7: Gains (Losses) on Other Equity Investments, Net

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Gains (losses) on other equity investments, net includes gains (losses) on our equity investments that were not accounted for under the equity method of accounting, and were as follows for the three years ended December 27, 2008:

(In Millions)   2008   2007   2006
                   
Impairment charges   $ (455)   $ (92)   $ (72)
Gains on sales     60      204      151 
Other, net     19      42      133 
Total gains (losses) on other equity investments, net   $ (376)   $ 154    $ 212 

Impairment charges for 2008 included a $176 million impairment charge recognized on our available-for-sale investment in the new Clearwire Corporation and $97 million of impairment charges on our investment in Micron (for information on the impairment of our equity method investment in Clearwire LLC, see "Note 6: Equity Method and Cost Method Investments"). The impairment charge on our investment in the new Clearwire Corporation was due to the fair value being significantly lower than the cost basis of our investment. The impairment charges on our investment in Micron reflect the difference between our cost basis and the fair value of our investment in Micron at the end of the second and third quarters of 2008, and were principally based on our assessment of Micron's financial results and the competitive environment, particularly for NAND flash memory products.

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