10th Indian Delegation to Dubai, Gitex & Expand North Star – World’s Largest Startup Investor Connect
Tech

Foxconn beats estimates with record fourth-quarter revenue on AI demand



Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the fourth quarter on continued strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers.

Revenue for Apple’s biggest iPhone assembler jumped 15.2% to T$2.13 trillion ($64.72 billion), Foxconn said in a statement on Sunday.

It was also ahead of a T$2.1 trillion LSEG SmartEstimate, which gives greater weight to forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate.

Robust AI server demand led to strong revenue growth for its cloud and networking products division, said Foxconn, whose customers include AI chip firm Nvidia.

For smart consumer electronics, which includes iPhones, there was “roughly flattish” year-on-year growth, it said.

Total revenue in December alone reached T$654.8 billion, up 42.3% year on year and the second-highest ever level for the month.

“In the first quarter of 2025, overall operations have gradually entered the traditional off-season,” Foxconn said of its outlook for the current quarter.

“Even with record high revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024, the sequential performance of the first quarter will reach roughly similar levels that are average to the past five years; compared with a year ago, it should show significant growth.”

The company, formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry, did not elaborate. It does not provide numerical forecasts.

Foxconn’s shares jumped 76% last year, outperforming by far a 28.5% rise for the broader Taiwan market. They closed down 0.8% on Friday ahead of the revenue data release, compared with a 0.3% gain for the benchmark index.

The company will report its full fourth-quarter earnings on March 14.

Also Read: What to know about Apple’s $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case



Source link

by Siliconluxembourg

Would-be entrepreneurs have an extra helping hand from Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce, which has published a new practical guide. ‘Developing your business: actions to take and mistakes to avoid’, was written to respond to  the needs and answer the common questions of entrepreneurs.  “Testimonials, practical tools, expert insights and presentations from key players in our ecosystem have been brought together to create a comprehensive toolkit that you can consult at any stage of your journey,” the introduction… Source link

by WIRED

B&H Photo is one of our favorite places to shop for camera gear. If you’re ever in New York, head to the store to check out the giant overhead conveyor belt system that brings your purchase from the upper floors to the registers downstairs (yes, seriously, here’s a video). Fortunately B&H Photo’s website is here for the rest of us with some good deals on photo gear we love. Save on the Latest Gear at B&H Photo B&H Photo has plenty of great deals, including Nikon’s brand-new Z6III full-frame… Source link

by Gizmodo

Long before Edgar Wright’s The Running Man hits theaters this week, the director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz had been thinking about making it. He read the original 1982 novel by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman) as a boy and excitedly went to theaters in 1987 to see the film version, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wright enjoyed the adaptation but was a little let down by just how different it was from the novel. Years later, after he’d become a successful… Source link