TechnologyTokyo Electron eyes 20% sales boost as AI lifts demand for chips
Chip tool maker also expects big sales to cutting-edge DRAM memory market
Japanese chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron is enjoying a surge in demand for cutting-edge chip tools. © Getty Images
RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Japanese chip tool maker Tokyo Electron said on Friday that it expects sales to grow 20% in the fiscal year ending next March, as global chip makers continue to invest in advanced technology on the back of growing demand for generative artificial intelligence applications.