Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Operating Segments

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Operating Segments
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operating Segments
Note 2 : Operating Segments
In the first quarter of 2025, we made an organizational change to integrate our Networking and Edge (NEX) business into CCG and DCAI and modified our segment reporting to align to this and certain other business reorganizations. All prior period segment data have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the way our CODM internally receives information and manages and monitors our operating segment performance starting in fiscal year 2025. Additionally, effective September 12, 2025, we completed the divestiture of 51% of Altera. As of that date, Altera's results of operations are no longer included in our consolidated or segment results. Altera's financial results were included within our "all other" category for all periods presented through September 11, 2025. There are no changes to our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements for any prior periods resulting from our organizational change in the first quarter of 2025 or the Altera transaction, which is further described below.
We organize and manage our business as follows:
▪Intel Products:
▪Client Computing Group (CCG)
▪Data Center and AI (DCAI)
▪Intel Foundry
▪All Other
▪Mobileye
▪Other
CCG, DCAI, and Intel Foundry qualify as reportable operating segments. 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 and DCAI
▪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 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 revenues from external customers that totaled $32 million in the three months ended September 27, 2025 and $85 million in the first nine months of 2025, compared to $55 million in the three months ended September 28, 2024, and $107 million in the first nine months of 2024.
▪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, if any.
All Other
Our "all other" category includes the results of operations from other non-reportable segments not otherwise presented, including our Mobileye business, our IMS business, start-up businesses that support our initiatives, and historical results of operations from divested businesses, including Altera. Effective September 12, 2025, Altera, previously a wholly-owned subsidiary, was deconsolidated from our consolidated financial statements following the closing of the sale of 51% of Altera's issued and outstanding common stock. Altera's financial results of operations were included in our "all other" category through September 11, 2025. As of September 12, 2025, our retained interest in Altera is accounted for as an equity method investment. See "Note 9: Divestitures" within Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements for further information. The financial results of our "all other" category include intersegment product and services revenue and intersegment expenses primarily between Altera and our Intel Foundry segment.
We allocate operating expenses from our sales and marketing group to the Intel Products operating segments and allocate substantially all our operating expenses from our general and administration groups to our reportable operating segments.
We estimate that the substantial majority of our consolidated depreciation expense in the first nine months of 2025 and 2024 was incurred by Intel Foundry. 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 the following corporate operating expenses to our operating segments:
▪restructuring and other charges;
▪share-based compensation;
▪certain impairment charges; and
▪certain acquisition-related costs, including amortization and any impairment of acquisition-related intangibles and goodwill.
We do not allocate the following non-operating items to our operating segments:
▪gains and losses from equity investments;
▪interest and other income; and
▪income taxes.
Our Chief Executive Officer is our CODM. The CODM uses segment revenue and segment operating income (loss) to evaluate each segment's performance and allocate resources. These financial measures are 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. Segment operating results regularly reviewed by our CODM also include total cost of sales and operating expenses directly attributable to each segment. Prior to the second quarter of 2025, our CODM regularly reviewed cost of sales and operating expenses, on a discrete basis, attributable to each segment. We have recast prior period segment operating results to reflect the significant segment-level expenses as currently reviewed by our CODM. We centrally manage all procurement, treasury, and asset management functions across the enterprise and do not maintain separate balance sheets by segment within our systems of record, nor does our CODM receive total asset information by segment for purposes of assessing segment performance and allocating resources.
Intersegment eliminations: Intersegment sales and related gross profit 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 which 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.
Reporting units and goodwill reallocation: As a result of modifying our segment reporting in the first quarter of 2025, we reallocated goodwill among our affected reporting units, which generally align to our operating segment structure, on a relative fair value basis. We performed a goodwill impairment assessment for each of our reporting units immediately before and after our business reorganization, concluding that goodwill was not impaired.
As a result of modifying our segment reporting in the first quarter of 2024, we reallocated goodwill among our affected reporting units on a relative fair value basis. We performed a quantitative goodwill impairment assessment for each of our reporting units immediately before and after our business reorganization. We concluded based on our pre-reorganization impairment test that goodwill was not impaired. As a result of our post-reorganization impairment test, we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment loss of $222 million in the first quarter of 2024 related to our new Intel Foundry reporting unit as the estimated fair value of the new reporting unit was lower than the assigned carrying value. Intel Foundry had no remaining allocated goodwill as of March 30, 2024, or for any subsequent reporting period.
Net revenue, cost of sales and operating expenses, and operating income (loss) for each period were as follows:
Three Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 27, 2025
Intel Products
CCG DCAI
Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
All Other
Corporate Unallocated
Intersegment Eliminations
Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 8,535  $ 4,117  $ 12,652  $ 4,235  $ 993  $ —  $ (4,227) $ 13,653 
Cost of sales and operating expenses
 5,841  3,153  8,994  6,556  893  782  (4,255) 12,970 
Operating income (loss)
 $ 2,694  $ 964  $ 3,658  $ (2,321) $ 100  $ (782) $ 28  $ 683 
Three Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 28, 2024
Intel Products
CCG DCAI Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
 All Other Corporate Unallocated Intersegment Eliminations Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 8,161  $ 4,141  $ 12,302  $ 4,339  $ 964  $ —  $ (4,321) $ 13,284 
Cost of sales and operating expenses
 5,224  3,760  8,984  10,138  959  6,502  (4,242) 22,341 
Operating income (loss) $ 2,937  $ 381  $ 3,318  $ (5,799) $ 5  $ (6,502) $ (79) $ (9,057)
Nine Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 27, 2025
Intel Products
CCG DCAI
Total Intel Products
Intel Foundry
All Other
Corporate Unallocated
Intersegment Eliminations
Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 24,035  $ 12,182  $ 36,217  $ 13,319  $ 2,989  $ —  $ (13,346) $ 39,179 
Cost of sales and operating expenses
 16,927  10,010  26,937  21,128  2,717  4,797  (13,606) 41,973 
Operating income (loss)
 $ 7,108  $ 2,172  $ 9,280  $ (7,809) $ 272  $ (4,797) $ 260  $ (2,794)
Nine Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 28, 2024
Intel Products
CCG DCAI Total Intel Products Intel Foundry All Other Corporate Unallocated Intersegment Eliminations Total Consolidated
Revenue $ 24,577  $ 11,774  $ 36,351  $ 12,977  $ 2,488  $ —  $ (12,975) $ 38,841 
Cost of sales and operating expenses
 16,177  10,734  26,911  24,019  2,699  10,397  (13,095) 50,931 
Operating income (loss) $ 8,400  $ 1,040  $ 9,440  $ (11,042) $ (211) $ (10,397) $ 120  $ (12,090)

Corporate Unallocated Expenses
Corporate unallocated expenses include certain operating expenses 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.
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 27, 2025 Sep 28, 2024 Sep 27, 2025 Sep 28, 2024
Acquisition-related costs $ 118  $ 266  $ 388  $ 796 
Share-based compensation 548 800  1,896  2,759 
Restructuring and other charges1
175 5,622  2,221  6,913 
Other (59) (186) 292  (71)
Total corporate unallocated expenses $ 782  $ 6,502  $ 4,797  $ 10,397 
1 See "Note 6: Restructuring and Other Charges" within Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements for further information.