The German company is now expecting a revenue of 15.1bn, plus or minus 400mn.

Thats down from the previous forecast of 16bn, plus or minus 500mn.

The decline stands, however, at 12% year-on-year.

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

Revenue in the first quarter of 2024 also decreased by 11% compared to the last quarter of 2023.

Jochen Hanebeck, Infineons CEO, attributes this years more conservative earnings forecast to a prevailing difficult market environment.

This includes the automotive sector, consumer electronics, and the decarbonisation industry three of Infineons key markets.

Amid aslowdownfor the chip market, Infineon is joining a growing number of semiconductor companies struggling with profit drops.

Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou

Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

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