Intel architecture in demand, officials say Intel Corp. raised its revenue expectations for the third quarter on Friday, citing strong demand for PC and server processors.The Santa Clara, California, company now expects third-quarter revenue to come in between $7.3 billion and $7.8 billion. During the presentation of Intel’s second-quarter results on July 15, the company said it expected to take in between $6.9 billion to $7.5 billion.“This points to a quarter that will be better than anticipated, and a pleasant surprise given the business conditions we have seen the last two years,” said Andy Bryant, Intel’s chief financial officer, on a conference call Friday. The Intel Architecture business has seen stronger-than-expected demand, Intel said Friday. This division comprises all of Intel’s desktop, notebook, and server processors, and has been responsible for all of the company’s profits for some time. Sales of communications processors are still weak, the company said.The semiconductor industry is feeling a little better about itself these days. Gartner Inc. recently raised its expectations for semiconductor revenue growth in 2003 to 11 percent for the year. PC sales are picking up, albeit slowly, and demand for semiconductors is increasing at fabrication plants, which have raised their utilization rates in the last month, Gartner said. Bryant declined to say whether a broad-based recovery was taking place, but joked that Intel will probably be the last company to say a recovery is under way. The semiconductor industry geared up in last year’s second quarter for a recovery that never materialized, which caused an inventory problem at Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Technology Industry