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<ul><li>Nvidia, in characteristic fashion, murdered EPS estimates.</li><li>Revenue was $2 billion ahead of the guide, and the guide was another $4 billion ahead of consensus for the next quarter.</li><li>Going into the print, many people were concerned that positioning was bad, i.e., everyone was bullish and expectations were too high. Well, they did not disappoint.</li></ul>

Nvidia, in characteristic fashion, murdered EPS estimates.Revenue was $2 billion ahead of the guide, and the guide was another $4 billion ahead of consensus for the next quarter.Going into the print, many people were concerned that positioning was bad, i.e., everyone was bullish and expectations were too high. Well, they did not disappoint.

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<ul><li>Microsoft reported a strong finish to fiscal year 2025, delivering financial results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and underscored its continued momentum in cloud and AI-driven services.</li><li>For the fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft posted adjusted earnings of $3.65 per share on revenue of $76.4 billion, handily beating the consensus estimates of $3.37 per share on $73.9 billion in revenue.</li><li>This marked a notable improvement over the prior year’s fourth-quarter figures of $2.95 per share on $64.7 billion in revenue.</li></ul>

Microsoft reported a strong finish to fiscal year 2025, delivering financial results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and underscored its continued momentum in cloud and AI-driven services.For the fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft posted adjusted earnings of $3.65 per share on revenue of $76.4 billion, handily beating the consensus estimates of $3.37 per share on $73.9 billion in revenue.This marked a notable improvement over the prior year’s fourth-quarter figures of $2.95 per share on $64.7 billion in revenue.

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Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong

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<ul><li>Expansion of Microsoft Research to Singapore as a regional research and development frontier</li><li>Focus on AI research in Singapore, including foundational AI, embodied AI, and AI in health</li><li>Importance of tapping into local talent and culture for AI development</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Expansion of Microsoft Research to Singapore as a regional research and development frontierFocus on AI research in Singapore, including foundational AI, embodied AI, and AI in healthImportance of tapping into local talent and culture for AI developmentThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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<ul><li>Microsoft reported (31 Jul HKT) 4QFY25 (June year-end) results: revenue was US$76.4bn, up 18.1% YoY (3QFY25: +13% YoY), 3.6/3.5% better than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, driven by an all-round beat in all three business segments.</li><li>Net profit was up 23.6% YoY to US$27.2bn, 9%/8% better than our forecast and consensus, fuelled by better-than-expected operating efficiency gains across business segments.</li><li>For FY25, total revenue/net profit lifted by 14.9/15.5% YoY. Driven by accelerated growth in core infrastructure business primarily from the largest customers, Azure and other cloud services revenue growth came in at 39% YoY in 4Q, ahead of previous guidance of 34-35%. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Microsoft reported (31 Jul HKT) 4QFY25 (June year-end) results: revenue was US$76.4bn, up 18.1% YoY (3QFY25: +13% YoY), 3.6/3.5% better than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, driven by an all-round beat in all three business segments.Net profit was up 23.6% YoY to US$27.2bn, 9%/8% better than our forecast and consensus, fuelled by better-than-expected operating efficiency gains across business segments.For FY25, total revenue/net profit lifted by 14.9/15.5% YoY. Driven by accelerated growth in core infrastructure business primarily from the largest customers, Azure and other cloud services revenue growth came in at 39% YoY in 4Q, ahead of previous guidance of 34-35%. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

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<li>Q425 revenues of $76.4 billion, up 5.5% QoQ, 18% YoY and handily beating guidance of $73.8 billion.</li>
<li>Azure surpassed $75 billion in revenue in FY25, up 34% YoY, driven by growth across all workloads.</li>
<li>Contracted backlog grew by $53 billion QoQ to reach $368 billion. Wow!</li>
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Q425 revenues of $76.4 billion, up 5.5% QoQ, 18% YoY and handily beating guidance of $73.8 billion.
Azure surpassed $75 billion in revenue in FY25, up 34% YoY, driven by growth across all workloads.
Contracted backlog grew by $53 billion QoQ to reach $368 billion. Wow!


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