Intel’s Q1 non-GAAP gross margin came in at 41%, roughly 650 basis points above the company’s own guidance. Management attributed the beat to a combination of higher volumes, favorable mix, pricing, and better 18A yields. According to industry analyst Ben Bajarin, who posted on X following the earnings call, part of the lift came from yield salvage: selling marginal silicon, much of it edge-die that would normally be binned out or scrapped rather than shipped into a usable SKU. Intel is now capturing revenue from silicon that would previously have been written down or held in reserve.
Research: The Independent ITAD Operator in the United States
The US independent IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) sector is approaching a structural inflection unlike anything in its thirty-year history. What was for two decades a quietly growing services category dominated by founder-led regional operators has, in the past eighteen months, become a target for sophisticated institutional capital, a strategic priority for global conglomerates, and — most consequentially — a function that enterprise buyers are finally beginning to treat as a governance discipline rather than a disposal cost.
Markets: The whitebox blind spot in PC recycling
There’s a growing segment of the PC market that doesn’t show up in shipment data and in market share reports, and reaches none of the channels ITAD and recycling professionals are built to serve. After tracking this industry for decades, I’ve watched it go from a...
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The Seven Functions Involved in Enterprise Asset Disposition
A confluence of events has created an interesting environment in the recycling and IT asset disposition sector over...