Advantest shares jump as much as 14% as AI chip boom drives record sales
Employees at Advantest Corp. in Ora, Japan, on August 10, 2012. He moves semiconductor test equipment on his factory’s assembly line.
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Shares of Japanese semiconductor equipment maker cutting edge The company jumped as much as 14% on Thursday after recorded record sales in the quarterbefore the peeling reaches about 7%.
Operating profit for the October-December quarter reached 113.6 billion yen ($741.8 million), up 64% year on year. The company is also raised its operating profit forecast It rose 21.4% on Wednesday to 454 billion yen for the year ending March 2026.
The growth was driven primarily by the Test System Business, where sales rose 51.1% to 723.1 billion yen, driven by increased demand for system-on-chip testers used in high-performance and AI semiconductors.
Advantest also noted that its memory testers were consistently strong for high-performance dynamic random access memory.
Its main business is semiconductor testing systems, which verify that chips work properly and meet performance and durability standards before they are shipped.
As chips used in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing become more complex, the demand for more advanced testing equipment to ensure quality and reliability has also increased.
While Advantest management said it does not expect the tariffs to have a major impact at this time, it did note ongoing risks from geopolitical uncertainty and currency volatility, although it sees strong testing demand to continue into the fourth quarter.
