Semiconductor firm Intel gave a current-quarter revenue forecast well above what the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street had predicted.
Intel posted third quarter net profits of $3.32 billion compared with $2.95 billion in the same financial quarter last year.
Third quarter revenue was $14.6 billion, up eight percent from same quarter last year, and the company said it expects fourth quarter revenues of $14.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million.
Wall Street expected third quarter revenues of $14.44 billion and fourth quarter revenues of $14.48 billion.
The company said its supply chain was in good shape ahead of the holiday season and demand for PCs had recovered as enterprises finally started replacing their aged PCs.
Intel said in a statement on Tuesday that demand for its chips was in good shape.
“The worldwide PC supply chain appears to be healthy, with inventory levels appropriate in anticipation of the fourth quarter retail cycles,” Intel said.
The recovering PC industry has helped push Intel’s shares 24 percent higher in 2014, making it the top performer in the Dow Jones industrial average.
The results are an apparent poke in the eye to comments from Microchip that weak demand in China would soon become visible across the chip industry.
Intel said its gross margins would slip to 64 percent in the current quarter from 65 percent in the third quarter.
Intel said its mobile and communications group had an operating loss of $1.04 billion on revenue of $1 million, reflecting subsidies Intel has been paying to persuade tablet makers to use its chips.
Shares of Intel were up 2.05 percent in extended trade after closing up 2.13 percent at $32.14 on Nasdaq.
