Intel raised its guidance for the second quarter on the back of strong demand for business PCs, pushing shares in the world’s biggest chipmaker by sales up by more than 5 per cent in after-hours trading.

受益于商用个人电脑(PC)的强劲需求，英特尔提高了今年第二季度的业绩预测，这一消息推升英特尔股价在盘后交易中大涨逾5%。以销量计，英特尔是全球最大芯片制造商。

Demand for the PCs – the market that Intel’s chips dominate – is stabilising as companies begin to spend more on new computers, even as consumers continue to move towards tablets and smartphones.

PC需求正在企稳。尽管消费者在继续向平板电脑和智能手机转移，但企业正开始扩大新电脑支出。英特尔芯片主宰仍主宰着这个市场。

Intel shares rose 5.2 per cent to $29.42 after it said it expected $13.4bn-$14bn in sales in the three months to the end of June, increasing the lower end of its guidance by 7 per cent. The average analyst estimate had been $13bn.

英特尔表示，预计在截至6月底的三个月里，公司销售额将达到134亿美元至140亿美元，高出原本预测的低端7%。分析师的平均估测原本为130亿美元。

Intel also raised its forecast for gross margin in the quarter by 1 percentage point to 64 per cent, driven by higher volume of PC sales.

受益于PC销售的增长，英特尔还将今年第二季度的毛利润率上调1个百分点，至64%。

The company also said that it expected revenue to increase in the full year, though it did not say by how much.

该公司还表示，预计今年全年收入将会增长，不过没有透露增幅会有多大。

“Intel now expects some revenue growth for the year as compared to the previous outlook of approximately flat. The change in outlook is driven mostly by strong demand for business PCs,” the company said.

它说：“现在的预测是，今年收入将出现增长，而之前的预测为收入持平。这一前景的变化主要受益于对商用PC的强劲需求。”