Micron Exceeds Q3 Income Estimates Pushed by Sturdy Demand for AI ChipsUpdated 7 hours in the past

Micron Expertise beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter income on Wednesday, pushed by demand for its reminiscence chips from the fast-growing synthetic intelligence sector.

Shares of the corporate rose about 3% in buying and selling after the bell. They’ve gained about 34% this 12 months.

CEO Sanjay Mehrotra stated prospects continued to cut back their extra stock within the quarter with inventories within the PC and smartphone segments being near regular ranges.

In consequence, Micron is seeing improved pricing tendencies and elevated confidence that the trade has handed the underside for progress and income, he added.

Micron reported income of $3.75 billion for the quarter ended Could 31, in contrast with estimates of $3.65 billion, in response to IBES information from Refinitiv.

Hovering demand from the generative AI sector, which has garnered heightened investor consideration following the viral reputation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has helped prop up gross sales amid weak spot in Micron’s conventional smartphone and PC markets.

The proliferation of generative AI will seemingly gasoline a leap in demand for information to feed giant language fashions and will enhance the necessity for extra storage chips, analysts have stated.

U.S. chipmakers are additionally being caught up within the U.S.-China expertise spat. Final 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 stated that it expects the ban to impression about half of its income from China-headquartered corporations, which equates to a low-double-digit proportion of complete income.

The corporate reiterated that a number of of its prospects together with telephone producers have been contacted by representatives of the Chinese language authorities in regards to 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 corporate, which makes DRAM and NAND flash reminiscence chips, reported a internet 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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