Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Operating Segments

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Operating Segments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operating Segments
Note 3 : Operating Segments
We previously announced the implementation of our internal foundry operating model, which took effect in the first quarter of 2024, and creates a foundry relationship between our Intel Products business (collectively CCG, DCAI, and NEX) and our Intel Foundry business. Intel Products consists substantially of design and development of CPUs and related solutions for external customers. Intel Foundry consists substantially of process engineering, manufacturing, and foundry services groups that provide manufacturing, test, and assembly services to our Intel Products business and to external customers. Both businesses utilize marketing, sales, and other support functions.
Our internal foundry model is a key component of our strategy and is designed to reshape our operational dynamics and drive greater transparency, accountability, and focus on costs and efficiency. We also previously announced our intent to operate Altera as a standalone business. Altera was previously included in our DCAI segment results and, beginning in the first quarter of 2024, is included in "all other." As a result of these changes, we modified our segment reporting in the first quarter of 2024 to align to this new operating model. All prior period segment data has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the way our CODMs internally receive information and manage and monitor our operating segment performance. There are no changes to our Consolidated Financial Statements for any prior periods.
We organize our business as follows:
Intel Products:
Client Computing Group (CCG)
Data Center and AI (DCAI)
Network and Edge (NEX)
Intel Foundry
All other:
Altera
Mobileye
Other
CCG, DCAI, and Intel Foundry qualify as reportable operating segments. NEX, Altera, and Mobileye do not qualify as reportable operating segments; however, we have elected to disclose certain of their results. When we enter into federal contracts, they are aligned to the sponsoring operating segment.
The accounting policies applied to our segments follow those applied to Intel as a whole. A summary of the basis for which we report our operating segment revenues and operating margin is as follows:
Intel Products: CCG, DCAI, and NEX
Segment revenue: Consists of revenues from external customers. Our Intel Products operating segments represent most of Intel consolidated revenue and are derived from our principal products that incorporate various components and technologies, including a microprocessor and chipset, a stand-alone SoC, or a multichip package, which are based on Intel architecture.
Segment expenses: Consists of intersegment charges for product manufacturing and related services from Intel Foundry, external foundry and other manufacturing expenses, product development costs, allocated expenses as described below, and direct operating expenses.
Intel Foundry
Segment revenue: Consists substantially of intersegment product and services revenue for wafer fabrication, substrates and other related products, and services sold to Intel Products, Altera, and certain other Intel internal businesses. We recognize intersegment revenue based on the completion of performance obligations. Product revenue is recognized upon transfer of ownership, which is generally at the completion of wafer sorting. Backend service revenue is recognized upon the completion of assembly and test milestones, which approximates the recognition of revenue over the service period. Intersegment sales are recorded at prices that are intended to approximate market pricing. Intel Foundry also includes certain third-party foundry and assembly and test revenue from external customers that totaled $385 million in 2024, $953 million in 2023, and $474 million in 2022.
Segment expenses: Consists of direct expenses for technology development, product manufacturing and services provided by Intel Foundry to internal and external customers, allocated expenses as described below, and direct operating expenses. Direct expenses for product manufacturing include excess capacity charges.
All Other
Our "all other" category includes the results of operations from other non-reportable segments not otherwise presented, including our Altera and Mobileye businesses, start-up businesses that support our initiatives, and historical results of operations from divested businesses. The financial results of our all other category include intersegment product and services revenue and intersegment expenses.
We allocate operating expenses from our sales and marketing group to the Intel Products operating segments and allocate operating expenses from our finance and administration groups to all of our operating segments, except Mobileye.
We estimate that the substantial majority of our consolidated depreciation expense was incurred by Intel Foundry in 2024, 2023, and 2022. Intel Foundry depreciation expense is substantially included in overhead cost pools and then combined with other costs, and subsequently absorbed into inventory as each product passes through the manufacturing process and is sold to Intel Products or other customers. As a result, it is impracticable to determine the total depreciation expense included as a component of each Intel Products operating segment's operating income (loss).
We do not allocate to our operating segments corporate operating expenses that primarily consist of:
restructuring and other charges;
share-based compensation;
certain impairment charges; and
certain acquisition-related adjustments, including amortization and any impairment of acquisition-related intangibles and goodwill.
We do not allocate to our operating segments non-operating items such as:
gains and losses from equity investments;
interest and other income; and
income taxes.
Our interim Co-Chief Executive Officers are our CODMs. The CODMs primarily use operating income (loss) to evaluate each segment's performance and allocate resources. This measure is utilized during our budgeting and forecasting process to assess profitability and enable decision making regarding strategic initiatives, capital investments, and personnel across all operating segments. While operating income (loss) is the primary measure used by our CODMs to allocate resources, they often review materials that present operating segment gross margin. Accordingly, we have included gross margin as a secondary measure within the accompanying reconciliation of our operating segment and consolidated results. The measures regularly provided to and used by our CODMs under our new operating model continue to evolve; currently, our CODMs do not regularly review or receive discrete asset information by operating segment.
Intersegment eliminations: Intersegment sales and related gross margin on inventory recorded at the end of the period or sold through to third-party customers is eliminated for consolidation purposes. The Intel Products operating segments and Intel Foundry are meant to reflect separate fabless semiconductor and foundry companies, respectively. Thus, certain intersegment activity is captured within the intersegment eliminations upon consolidation and presented at the Intel consolidated level. This activity primarily relates to inventory reserves, which are determined and recorded based on our accounting policies for Intel as a whole, but are only recorded by the Intel Products operating segments upon transfer of inventory from Intel Foundry. If a reserve is identified that relates to neither Intel Products operating segments nor Intel Foundry, the reserve is recognized as activity within the intersegment eliminations for Intel on a consolidated basis.
Net revenue, cost of sales, gross margin, operating expenses, and operating income (loss) for each period were as follows:
(In Millions)
Dec 28, 2024
Intel Products
CCG DCAI NEX
Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
All Other
Corporate Unallocated
Intersegment Eliminations
Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 30,290  $ 12,817  $ 5,842  $ 48,949  $ 17,543  $ 3,824  $   $ (17,215) $ 53,101 
Cost of sales 14,569  6,792  2,457  23,818  25,596  1,831  1,919  (17,408) 35,756 
Gross margin (loss)
15,721  6,025  3,385  25,131  (8,053) 1,993  (1,919) 193  17,345 
Operating expenses 4,801  4,687  2,454  11,942  5,355  2,077  9,299  350  29,023 
Operating income (loss)
$ 10,920  $ 1,338  $ 931  $ 13,189  $ (13,408) $ (84) $ (11,218) $ (157) $ (11,678)
(In Millions)
Dec 30, 2023
Intel Products
CCG DCAI NEX Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
All Other Corporate Unallocated Intersegment Eliminations Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 29,258  $ 12,635  $ 5,774  $ 47,667  $ 18,910  $ 5,608  $   $ (17,957) $ 54,228 
Cost of sales 14,606  6,420  3,095  24,121  21,471  2,475  2,136  (17,686) 32,517 
Gross margin (loss)
14,652  6,215  2,679  23,546  (2,561) 3,133  (2,136) (271) 21,711 
Operating expenses 5,139  4,595  2,475  12,209  4,394  2,054  3,029  (68) 21,618 
Operating income (loss) $ 9,513  $ 1,620  $ 204  $ 11,337  $ (6,955) $ 1,079  $ (5,165) $ (203) $ 93 
(In Millions)
Dec 31, 2022
Intel Products
CCG DCAI NEX
Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
All Other
Corporate Unallocated
Intersegment Eliminations
Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 31,773  $ 16,856  $ 8,409  $ 57,038  $ 27,491  $ 5,530  $   $ (27,005) $ 63,054 
Cost of sales 16,826  7,081  3,856  27,763  28,052  2,425  2,875  (24,927) 36,188 
Gross margin (loss)
14,947  9,775  4,553  29,275  (561) 3,105  (2,875) (2,078) 26,866 
Operating expenses 6,740  5,577  3,021  15,338  4,608  1,931  2,758  (103) 24,532 
Operating income (loss)
$ 8,207  $ 4,198  $ 1,532  $ 13,937  $ (5,169) $ 1,174  $ (5,633) $ (1,975) $ 2,334 


Corporate Unallocated Expenses
Corporate unallocated expenses include certain operating and non-operating costs not allocated to specific operating segments. The nature of these expenses may vary, but primarily consist of restructuring and other charges, share-based compensation, certain impairment charges, and certain acquisition-related costs.
(In Millions)
Dec 28, 2024
Cost of Sales
Operating Expenses
Total
Acquisition-related costs $ 879  $ 165  $ 1,044 
Share-based compensation 875  2,535  3,410 
Restructuring and other charges1
—  6,970  6,970 
Other 165  (371) (206)
Total corporate unallocated expenses $ 1,919  $ 9,299  $ 11,218 


(In Millions)
Dec 30, 2023
Cost of Sales Operating Expenses Total
Acquisition-related costs $ 1,235  $ 172  $ 1,407 
Share-based compensation 705  2,524  3,229 
Restructuring and other charges1
—  (62) (62)
Other 196  395  591 
Total corporate unallocated expenses $ 2,136  $ 3,029  $ 5,165 


(In Millions)
Dec 31, 2022
Cost of Sales Operating Expenses Total
Acquisition-related costs $ 1,341  $ 185  $ 1,526 
Share-based compensation 663  2,465  3,128 
Patent settlement 204  —  204 
Optane inventory impairment 723  —  723 
Restructuring and other charges1
— 
Other (56) 106  50 
Total corporate unallocated expenses $ 2,875  $ 2,758  $ 5,633 

1 See "Note 7: Restructuring and Other Charges" within Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Concentration of Revenue
In 2024, substantially all of the revenue from our three largest customers was from the sale of platforms and other components by our Intel Products operating segments. Our three largest customers accounted for the following percentage of our net revenue:
Years Ended
Dec 28, 2024 Dec 30, 2023 Dec 31, 2022
Customer A
19  % 19  % 19  %
Customer B
14  % 11  % 12  %
Customer C
12  % 10  % 11  %
Total percentage of net revenue
45  % 40  % 42  %
Net revenue by region, based on the billing location of the customer, was as follows:
Years Ended (In Millions) Dec 28, 2024 Dec 30, 2023 Dec 31, 2022
China $ 15,532  $ 14,854  $ 17,125 
United States 12,994  13,958  16,529 
Singapore 10,187  8,602  9,664 
Taiwan 7,804  6,867  8,287 
Other regions 6,584  9,947  11,449 
Total net revenue $ 53,101  $ 54,228  $ 63,054