REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsOct 18 (Reuters) - Chip manufacturing equipment supplier Lam Research (LRCX.O) forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday due to weak memory chip demand, even though its China business continues to boom.
Lam posted first-quarter revenue of $3.48 billion, compared with market estimates of $3.41 billion.
China constituted 48% of its first-quarter revenue compared with 30% a year earlier, the company said.
The rules narrowed restrictions announced last year that cost Lam roughly $2 billion dollars in lost revenue.
"I don't know if China is up, down or sideways next year, but it's not going away," Bettinger said.
Persons:
Florence Lo, Doug Bettinger, Bettinger, Lam, it's, Jaspreet Singh, Max A, Sriraj Kalluvila, Jamie Freed
Organizations:
REUTERS, Lam Research, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Micron Technology, Thomson
Locations:
China, Fremont , California, Bengaluru, Max, San Francisco