REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Micron Technology (MU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, powered by demand for its memory chips from the rapidly growing artificial intelligence sector.
But the Idaho-based chipmaker forecast a wider than expected first-quarter loss as it prepares to ramp up production of new product lines.
Micron said Wednesday that it expects to start production of lucrative high-bandwidth memory, which is used in many AI chips, next year.
Micron expects adjusted revenue of $4.40 billion, plus or minus $200 million, for the current quarter, compared with estimates of $4.20 billion, according to LSEG data.
Revenue for the fourth quarter stood at $4.01 billion, compared with estimates of $3.91 billion.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Sanjay Mehrotra, Samrhitha, Shounak Dasgupta, Josie Kao
Organizations:
REUTERS, Micron Technology, SK Hynix, Micron, Revenue, Thomson
Locations:
Idaho, China, Bengaluru