Intel's 2010 earnings best ever in its history

SAN FRANCISCO: US computer chip giant Intel posted its best earnings ever in 2010 yesterday as businesses beefed up data centers to handle services increasingly shifting to the Internet "cloud." Intel said it took in a net profit of US$11.7 billion (US$1 = RM3.06) for the year on revenue of US$43.6 billion, a 167 percent jump from the profit it posted in 2009.