Qualcomm beats, but shares slip on light profit guidance and coming price rises
$10.4 billion in quarterly revenue, nearly 90% growth in automotive, and higher chip prices to offset rising production costs
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$10.4 billion in quarterly revenue, nearly 90% growth in automotive, and higher chip prices to offset rising production costs
Dozens of local data center questions were on the midterm ballot, and only one did not end in a win for opponents
According to Bloomberg, the company is preparing dollar and euro tranches of up to 38 years to fund its data center race
Connecting to the grid can take seven years, and AI companies won't wait. Boeing 747 engines converted into generators provide power within about two years, but spark a debate over pollution.
The chipmaker's revenue grew 45%, and the data center segment jumped 97% to $8.5 billion. According to CEO Lisa Su, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle are already running workloads on its Helios systems. The stock jumped after hours.
Tech giants, which sat on mountains of cash for years, are now turning to the debt market to fund data centers. Microsoft's offering drew $115 billion in orders.
Intel's revenue jumped 21% to $16.5 billion, and the data center segment grew 78%. A weak fourth-quarter forecast and a PC decline sank the stock.
Analysts expect revenue of about $13.1 billion, with the data center segment expected at about $6.6 billion. The big question: is demand for the company's MI350 AI chips starting to take off.