(Reuters) – Intel reported on Thursday results in the expectations over the period October -December, but said for the current quarter a turnover lower than the consensus, while the group faces a gloomy request for His chips and that investors are impatient for the arrival of a new managing director.

The title of the firm based in Santa Clara, California, increased by 1.5% in the post-clothing exchange.

Intel, whose actions lost almost 60%last year, is trying to emerge from a difficult and historic transition period, which saw it delay in the flea race used to fuel artificial intelligence (Ia).

The group says it is expected for the current quarter to a turnover between 11.7 billion and 12.7 billion dollars, while analysts anticipated an average of $ 12.87 according to LSEG data.

In a context where companies wanting to best benefit from the capacities of generative AI are mainly turning to dedicated cutting -edge processors, demand for more traditional chips sold by Intel has greatly weakened.

The interim co-director and the group’s financial director, David Zinsner, said in an interview that the forecasting of a slowdown in demand was based on a “normal seasonality” and on the potential customs duties that could impose the ‘Administration of US President Donald Trump.

Intel expects its benefit adjusted by action to be neutral in the first quarter. Analysts anticipated an adjusted benefit of 9 cents per share.

While the director general Pat Gelsinger was dismissed last month, causing even greater uncertainty about the group’s strategy, the acting co-director Michelle Johnston Holthaus said that the “advance” research process.

“We know exactly what we have to do” by the appointment of a new managing director, she added in an interview.

Over the period October-December, Intel recorded sales down 7% over one year to $ 14.26 billion, beating the consensus which appeared at 13.81 billion.

(Arsheeya Bajwa in Bangalore and Max A. Cherney in San Francisco; Jean Terzian)

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