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☆ Dell shares fall on light forecast despite growing AI sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dell Technologies forecast fourth-quarter revenue and earnings below Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, despite bullish commentary from the company on AI sales growth. It said it expected $2.50 in adjusted earnings per share, versus expectations of $2.65 per share. Dell's AI server sales are reported in the company's Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), which includes AI servers, storage, networking components, and traditional servers. The strongest part of Dell's ISG business was its Servers and Networking subsidiary, which includes AI systems. The overall ISG unit is more profitable, thanks to sales of pricier AI systems.

Persons: Michael Dell, Dell, Jensen Huang, Jeff Clarke Organizations: Dell Inc, Dell Technologies, Dell, Nvidia, Blackwell, Solutions, Networking, Intel, AMD Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Asia, Dell's

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Could Nvidia’s greatest obstacle be itself?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ann Wang | ReutersThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Even though Nvidia's third-quarter revenue soared 94% on an annual basis, it's a slower pace than Nvidia's growth in the previous three quarters, when sales rose 122%, 262%, and 265%, respectively, as CNBC's Kif Leswing notes. The same goes for Nvidia's forward guidance: A growth of around 70% for current-quarter sales, compared with a year earlier. It appears that investors have enjoyed Nvidia's astounding performance for so long they've become desensitized to it.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Ann Wang, LSEG, University's, Leswing, Samantha Subin, Brian Evans Organizations: NVIDIA Blackwell, Reuters, CNBC, Nvidia, Investors, University's Stern School of Business Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, New

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Is Nvidia its own worst enemy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Investors are likely zooming in on the rate at which Nvidia is growing its numbers, compared with its past performance, not just whether it's surpassing expectations. The same goes for Nvidia's forward guidance: A growth of around 70% for current-quarter sales, compared with a year earlier. It appears that investors have enjoyed Nvidia's astounding performance for so long they've become desensitized to it.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Akio Kon, LSEG, University's, Leswing, Samantha Subin, Brian Evans Organizations: Nvidia Corp, Nvidia, Summit Japan, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Investors, University's Stern School of Business Locations: Tokyo, Japan, New

☆ Nvidia says it will sell more of its next-generation Blackwell chips than previously anticipated
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Those hopes fall on Blackwell, which is Nvidia's name for a family of server products based around its next-generation AI chip. Some of Nvidia's most important end-customers have already received some Blackwell chips, the company confirmed on Wednesday. "We will we'll ship more Blackwells next quarter than this [quarter], and we'll ship more Blackwells the quarter after that than than our first quarter," Huang said. A limiting factor to producing more Blackwell systems is the amount of components that Nvidia's suppliers can provide, Huang said. As Blackwell rolls out, Nvidia's current AI chips, which it calls Hopper, will be relegated to serving AI models, not creating new ones.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Colette Kress, Blackwell, Huang, OpenAI, Hopper, Chris Rolland Organizations: NVIDIA, Center, Blackwell, Nvidia, Microsoft, Oracle, SK Hynix, Micron, Amazon Locations: Washington , DC, Nvidia's, Vertiv

☆ Nvidia to report third-quarter earnings after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrives at the launch of the supercomputer Gefion, at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, Oct. 23, 2024. Nvidia reports fiscal third-quarter earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Here's what Wall Street is looking for, per LSEG consensus estimates:Revenue : $33.16 billion: $33.16 billion Earnings per share: 75 cents, adjustedHow Nvidia sees the current quarter shaping up is even more important than the results. Wall Street expects Nvidia to forecast 82 cents per share on $37.08 billion in sales. In August, Nvidia said it expected about "several billion" in Blackwell sales during the January quarter.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Blackwell Organizations: Nvidia, Vilhelm, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Blackwell Locations: Kastrup, Denmark

☆ Nvidia must show Blackwell chip can drive growth in earnings report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Future growth will have to come from Blackwell, its next-generation chip that has just started shipping to end-users such as Microsoft , Google and OpenAI. More important than Nvidia's third-quarter results will be what the company says about demand for the Blackwell chip. In August, Nvidia said it expected about "several billion" in Blackwell sales during the January quarter. Nvidia reported 122% growth in sales in the most-recent quarter. That was lower than the 262% year-over-year growth it reported in the April quarter and the 265% growth in the January quarter.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Frank Lee, Lee, Blackwell, Raymond James, Srini Pajjuri, ChatGPT, LSEG, Huang Organizations: Nvidia, HSBC, Microsoft, Google, Blackwell, Nintendo Locations: Vilhelm, Kastrup, Denmark, NVDA

☆ Qualcomm says it expects $4 billion in PC chip sales by 2029, as company gets traction beyond smartphones
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Of that amount, roughly $4 billion will come from PC chips, Qualcomm said at its investor day on Tuesday. The chipmaker just introduced PC processors earlier this year, when it released Snapdragon X for Windows devices. In fiscal 2024, Qualcomm's handset business reported $24.86 billion in sales, about 75% of its entire chip business. Another $4 billion in revenue will come from industrial chips and $2 billion will come from chips for headsets, a category Qualcomm calls XR. But the company has warned investors that Apple could choose to stop buying Qualcomm parts as soon as 2027.

Persons: Cristiano Amon, Amon Organizations: Qualcomm, Nasdaq, Apple

☆ Super Micro shares soar 30% after company names new auditor to help keep Nasdaq listing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Shares of Super Micro soared more than twentyfold over a two year period from early 2022 until their peak in March of this year. Super Micro has been one of the primary beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom, due to its relationship with Nvidia . On Monday, Super Micro announced that it was selling products featuring Nvidia's next-generation AI chip called Blackwell. Less than two weeks after the index changes were announced, Super Micro reached its closing high of $118.81.

Persons: Charles Liang, Ernst & Young, Nvidia's Organizations: Super, Computer Inc, Micro Computer, BDO, Nasdaq, SEC, Ernst, Deloitte, Touche, Micro, Mizuho, Nvidia, Super Micro, Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hindenburg Research, Street, Department of Justice Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Bose buys McIntosh, storied maker of high-end luxury audio equipment
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bose Corp. will purchase the McIntosh Group, a deal that will give the Massachusetts-based company control of one of the most storied names in high-end audio. McIntosh will continue to manufacture the high-end audio equipment it is known for out of its longtime headquarters in New York, Bose CEO Lila Snyder said. The deal also includes Sonus Faber, a company that makes high-end speakers by hand in Italy. The purchase of the two audio workshops provides Bose access into the high-end luxury audio market, Snyder told CNBC in an interview. McIntosh has been making high-end amplifiers and other audio equipment since 1949, and one of its devices can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Persons: McIntosh, Bose, Lila Snyder, Sonus Faber, Snyder Organizations: Bose Corp, McIntosh, CNBC, Highlander Partners, Forbes Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Italy, Dallas

☆ Super Micro hires new auditor to maintain Nasdaq listing; shares pop 23%
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Shares of Super Micro soared more than twentyfold over a two year period from early 2022 until their peak in March of this year. Super Micro has been one of the primary beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom, due to its relationship with Nvidia . Super Micro was added to the S&P 500 in March, reflecting its rapidly growing business and then-soaring stock price. Less than two weeks after the index changes were announced, Super Micro reached its closing high of $118.81.

Persons: Charles Liang, it's, Ernst & Young, Nvidia's Organizations: Super, Computer Inc, BDO, Nasdaq, SEC, Ernst, Deloitte, Touche, Nvidia, Super Micro, Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Micro, Hindenburg Research, Street, Department of Justice Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Super Micro faces deadline to keep Nasdaq listing after 85% plunge in stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Super Micro Computer could be headed down a path to getting kicked off the Nasdaq as soon as Monday. Super Micro's stock is now equal to where it was trading in May 2022, after falling another 11% on Thursday. Super Micro could also get an extension from the Nasdaq, giving it months to come into compliance. "Given that Super Micro's accounting concerns have become more acute since Super Micro's quarter ended, its weakness could ultimately benefit Dell more in the coming quarter," Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote in a note this week.

Persons: Charles Liang, Ernst & Young, Bernstein, Toni Sacconaghi Organizations: Super, Computer Inc, Nasdaq, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Super Micro, Nvidia, Hindenburg Research, Ernst, CNBC, Dell Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ AMD to lay off 4% of workforce, or about 1,000 employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"We are committed to treating impacted employees with respect and helping them through this transition." AMD had 26,000 employees at the end of last year, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. AMD stock is down 5% in 2024 while Nvidia shares are up 200%, making it the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. AMD said in October it expects $5 billion in AI chip sales this year, about a fifth of the $25.7 billion in total sales FactSet projects for AMD's 2024. AMD also makes processor chips for laptops, desktops and servers, competing primarily with Intel.

Persons: chipmaker, FactSet Organizations: AMD, Nvidia, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Meta, Microsoft, Intel, Mercury Research

☆ Apple needs all four of its iPhones to be popular if it's going to reignite sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's how many iPhones the company has released each year since 2020, and in September, it released the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Apple introduced the four-phone lineup because historically the company's iPhone sales have seen the strongest growth when it expanded the lineup. The company doesn't give sales figures for its individual products, and overall iPhone sales for fiscal 2024 came in at $201.18 billion. Every year since 2020, one of the new iPhone models has lagged its siblings in sales. At $899 in the U.S., it's more expensive than the baseline iPhone 16 but cheaper than the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, which have better screens.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Jobs, Max, Apple, Pro Max, it's, They're, DSCC, Ross Young Organizations: Apple, Jobs, Pro, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners Locations: U.S

☆ Qualcomm pops 10% on chipmaker's earnings and revenue beat
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Qualcomm reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations for earnings and revenue, and the company guided to a strong December quarter. The company reported $2.92 billion in net income, or $2.59 per share, a sharp jump from last year's $1.49 billion, or $1.23 per share. Qualcomm reported $33.19 billion in total revenue in its fiscal 2024, a 9% increase from 2023. Qualcomm reported a 12% increase in handset chip sales to $6.1 billion, in line with FactSet estimates. The company's profitable technology licensing business, QTL, reported $1.52 billion in revenue, a 21% increase over the same period last year.

Persons: Akash Palkhiwala, Cristiano Amon Organizations: Qualcomm, Apple, Nvidia, Quest, Microsoft

☆ Super Micro shares plummet 18% after financial update heightens investor concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Super Micro shares plunged 18% on Wednesday to their lowest level since June of last year after the embattled server maker issued disappointing unaudited financials and failed to provide specifics plans to keep its Nasdaq listing. Super Micro hasn't filed audited financials since May and is at risk of being delisted by Nasdaq if it doesn't report results for the latest fiscal year to the SEC by mid-November. CEO Charles Liang said Super Micro was actively in the process of hiring a new auditor. For the quarter ending Sept. 30, Super Micro said it generated net sales of between $5.9 billion and $6 billion.

Persons: Charles Liang, financials, Ernst & Young, Ernst, Liang Organizations: Super, Computer Inc, Super Micro, Nasdaq, Micro, Ernst, SEC, Mizuho Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Nvidia passes Apple as world's most valuable company
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia passed Apple in market cap on Tuesday becoming, for a second time, the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. Nvidia rose nearly 3% to close with a market cap of $3.43 trillion, ahead of Apple at $3.4 trillion. Nvidia is the dominant supplier of GPUs, which are used to develop and deploy advanced AI software such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Apple was the first company to reach a $1 trillion and a $2 trillion market cap. S&P Dow Jones announced last week that Nvidia will join the Dow Industrial Average on Friday, replacing longtime rival Intel , and joining Apple in the blue-chip index.

Persons: Jensen Huang, OpenAI, Dow Jones Organizations: NVIDIA, Center, Washington , D.C, Nvidia, Apple, Apple Intelligence, Microsoft, Dow, Intel Locations: Washington ,

☆ Super Micro says board found 'no evidence of fraud,' still has no timetable for annual results
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Super Micro shares plummeted last week after Ernst & Young, the company's auditor, resigned. CEO Charles Liang said Super Micro was actively in the process of hiring a new auditor. Super Micro shares soared 246% last year after jumping 87% in 2023. WATCH: Super Micro shares down on earnings

Persons: Charles Liang, unaudited, Ernst & Young, Ernst, Liang, LSEG Organizations: Super, Computer Inc, Nasdaq, Super Micro, Micro, SEC, Ernst, Company Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Apple to buy Pixelmator, the iPhone image editing app with AI features
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple will buy Pixelmator, the creator of image editing apps for Apple's iPhone and Mac platforms, Pixelmator announced Friday in a blog post. Pixelmator, a Lithuanian company, was founded in 2007, and in recent years has been best known for Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro, which compete with Adobe Photoshop. It also makes Photomator, a photo editing app. Pixelmator said in its blog post that there "will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time." In 2020, Apple bought Dark Sky, a weather app that eventually became integrated into Apple's default weather app.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Pixelmator, We've, Siri Organizations: Apple, Pixelmator, Adobe, iOS, Apple Intelligence Locations: Cupertino , California, Lithuanian

☆ Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing rival chipmaker Intel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia is replacing rival chipmaker Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a shakeup to the blue-chip index that reflects the boom in artificial intelligence and a major shift in the semiconductor industry. Intel shares were down 1% in extended trading on Friday. Nvidia shares rose 1%. Nvidia's market cap has swelled to $3.3 trillion, second only to Apple among publicly traded companies. Intel shares have fallen by more than half this year as the company struggles with manufacturing challenges and new competition for its central processors.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Sherwin Williams, Dow Jones, Dow Organizations: Nvidia, EIFO, NVIDIA, Vilhelm, Intel, Dow Jones, Dow Inc, Apple, Companies, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Dow, Amazon, Walgreens Boots Alliance, AMD Locations: Kastrup, Denmark

☆ Apple to report earnings as investors worry about 'mixed' iPhone demand
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook inspects the new iPhone 16 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California. "That should be expected, as Apple Intelligence features (the only reason to upgrade)have yet to be rolled out in a significant way." U.S. carriers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, have also seemed unexcited about an Apple Intelligence upgrade cycle. But research firm Counterpoint Research told CNBC in October that iPhone sales, especially for the lower-priced devices, were strong in China. WATCH: Apple Intelligence rollout could be an inflection point, says Futurum Group CEO's Daniel Newman

Persons: Tim Cook, Apple doesn't, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Davidson, Gil Luria, We're, John Stankey, Malif Atik, Apple, Luca Maestri, Maestri, Kevan Parekh, CEO's Daniel Newman Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence, Verizon, Mobile, Huawei, Citi, Research, CNBC, Apple Watch, LSEG, Major League Soccer Locations: Cupertino , California, Spanish, U.S, China, Apple's

☆ Super Micro's $50 billion stock collapse underscores risk of AI hype
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Super Micro is one of the primary vendors for building out Nvidia-based clusters of servers for training and deploying AI models. Super Micro is now at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq, and has until Nov. 16 to regain compliance with the stock exchange. Ernst & Young was new to the job, having just replaced Deloitte & Touche as Super Micro's accounting firm in March 2023. Since the S&P's announced index changes in March, Super Micro's stock has dropped at least 10% on six separate occasions. — CNBC's Rohan Goswami and Kif Leswing contributed to this report WATCH: Super Micro stock is a 'very risky buy'

Persons: Ernst & Young, Deloitte didn't, hasn't, P's, Dow Jones, Kevin Barry, Barry, —, Rohan Goswami, Kif Leswing Organizations: Computer Inc, Bloomberg, Getty, Micro, Nvidia, Ernst, Nasdaq, Mizuho, Deloitte, Touche, CNBC, Ernst & Young, Dell, SEC, Super, Hindenburg Research, Super Micro, U.S, U.S . Super, Whirlpool, P Global Locations: San Jose , California, U.S, That's, U.S .

☆ Apple's services unit is now a $100 billion a year juggernaut after 'phenomenal' growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) joins customers during Apple's iPhone 16 launch in New York on September 20, 2024. Apple's second-largest division after the iPhone has turned into a $100 billion a year business that Wall Street loves. In Apple's earnings report on Thursday, the company said it reached just under $25 billion in services revenue, an all-time high for the category, and 12% growth on an annual basis. Apple's services unit has become a critical part of Apple's appeal to investors over the past decade. After Thursday, Apple's services business alone, based on its most recent run rate, would land around 40th on the Fortune 500, topping Morgan Stanley and Johnson & Johnson.

Persons: Tim Cook, Apple's, Apple, Luca Maestri, We've, Cook, Morgan Stanley, Johnson, Maestri Organizations: Apple, Services, SEC, Google, Apple Pay, Johnson Locations: New York, Europe

☆ Apple updates MacBook Pro laptops with new chips, more memory for AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple on Wednesday introduced new MacBook Pro laptops with updated processors, in what is likely the company's last major hardware announcement of the year. Apple says the new chips are 1.8 times faster than the M1, which powered Apple's 2021 MacBook Pro. Additionally, all of the new MacBook Pro models come with at least 16GB of RAM. The more memory a computer has, the more it is capable of handling larger and more sophisticated AI models. Doubling the RAM on its laptops represents the most significant change Apple has made to its lineup of computers to better support Apple Intelligence.

Persons: Tim Cook, Apple Organizations: Apple Inc, Apple Worldwide, Apple, M4, Apple Intelligence, MacBook Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ Apple announces new and smaller Mac Mini with first redesign since 2010
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple announced on Tuesday new Mac Mini models, featuring the first major redesign since 2010 that makes the desktop computer significantly smaller. The Mac Mini is Apple's least-expensive Mac, starting at $599, and does not include a display, which is sold separately. The Mac Mini is not one of Apple's highest-volume computers in terms of sales, but it is an important slot in Apple's lineup, especially for people who make apps for iPhones and other Apple platforms. Many iPhone developers like to run a Mac Mini as a personal development server for coordinating uploads and code. One improvement in the new design is that all of the ports are USB-C ports, the same more modern offering found on Apple's laptops.

Organizations: Apple, Microsoft Windows

☆ AMD shares fall as forecast fails to impress despite strong AI growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

AMD shares are up about 20% so far in 2024, although rivals such as Nvidia and Broadcom have had much greater gains during the same period, driven by the increasing demand for AI chips. AMD is the second-largest vendor of data center graphics processing units, or GPUs, which are used to train and deploy large generative AI models. AMD's AI chips are reported in its data center segment, which more than doubled on an annual basis to $3.5 billion in total sales. Overall data center revenue was up 122% year over year. AMD's gross margin expanded to 54%, which the company said was because of higher data center revenue.

Persons: Lisa Su, Su Organizations: Devices, AMD, Nvidia, Broadcom, Microsoft, Windows, Sony PlayStation

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