TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese chip testing equipment maker Advantest raised on Tuesday its full-year operating profit forecast by 24% due to robust demand for semiconductors used in artificial intelligence.
The company forecast an operating profit of 300 billion yen ($2.02 billion) for the current business year to the end of March 2026, compared with an earlier forecast of 242 billion yen and an average estimate of 302.05 billon yen in a survey of 23 analysts by LSEG.
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(Reporting by Ritsuko Shimizu; Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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