Last Updated: June 29, 2023, 05:19 IST
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An indication marks the doorway of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022, in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo, File)
Shares of the corporate rose about 3% in buying and selling after the bell. They have gained about 34% this 12 months
Micron Technology beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter income on Wednesday, pushed by demand for its reminiscence chips from the quick-rising synthetic intelligence sector.
Shares of the corporate rose about 3% in buying and selling after the bell. They have gained about 34% this 12 months.
CEO Sanjay Mehrotra mentioned prospects continued to scale back their extra stock within the quarter with inventories within the PC and smartphone segments being near regular ranges.
As a end result, Micron is seeing improved pricing traits and elevated confidence that the business has handed the underside for development and income, he added.
Micron reported income of $3.75 billion for the quarter ended May 31, in contrast with estimates of $3.65 billion, in line with IBES information from Refinitiv.
Soaring demand from the generative AI sector, which has garnered heightened investor consideration following the viral recognition of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has helped prop up gross sales amid weak point in Micron’s conventional smartphone and PC markets.
The proliferation of generative AI will doubtless gas a bounce in demand for information to feed giant language fashions and will enhance the necessity for extra storage chips, analysts have mentioned.
U.S. chipmakers are additionally being caught up within the U.S.-China expertise spat. Last month, China’s our on-line world regulator failed Micron’s merchandise in a safety evaluate and barred purchases by operators of key infrastructure.
Micron, the most important U.S. reminiscence chipmaker, has mentioned that it expects the ban to influence about half of its income from China-headquartered companies, which equates to a low-double-digit proportion of complete income.
The firm reiterated that a number of of its prospects together with telephone producers have been contacted by representatives of the Chinese authorities concerning the future use of the corporate’s merchandise.
Micron fourth-quarter income of $3.9 billion plus or minus $200 million for the quarter ending Aug. 31, largely in step with expectations.
The firm, which makes DRAM and NAND flash reminiscence chips, reported a web lack of $1.9 billion for the third quarter, in contrast with a revenue of $2.63 billion a 12 months earlier.
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