Samsung has placed price pressure on Intel in flash memory. When Intel raised flash prices last year, Samsung was a big beneficiary,
If Intel guides up at all, it's a huge positive,
Typically Intel looks for small companies that it can easily assimilate, and if the deal doesn't work, it would just get lost in the shuffle.
People are interested in hearing what back to school trends are occurring because that sets up the holiday season. Whatever Intel says is likely to have a big impact on the state of overall tech demand.