We continue to believe this is a second half story, but need to see revenue growth return year-over-year given this is the third-quarter in a row of revenue estimate reductions.
We believe both revenue growth and margins are within the range of guidance given in the third-quarter earnings release and feel comfortable with our estimates for the fourth quarter.
We believed that Cisco's results would further magnify the inventory problems facing their semiconductor suppliers -- and they did, ... While revenue increased 14 percent from the previous quarter, total inventory increased 59 percent and raw materials increased 335 percent.
Contract manufacturers have seen their inventory grow 104 percent year-to-date, versus revenue growth of 52 percent, while distributors have seen a 24 percent increase in inventory in the past six months, versus a revenue increase of 15 percent.
the second quarter was the inflection point for both revenue and earnings-per-share growth.
Intel revenue and earnings per share were in line with our expectations, but consensus for 2001 will be slightly down revenue, which has not occurred since 1986,
It seems as though more aggressive pricing is not spurring much of an increase in demand, resulting in a trade-off between profitability and revenue growth,