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cultivate talent. Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Friday, December 19th.

I'm Bell Lynn for the Wall Street Journal.

The memory chipmaker Micron recently posted record revenue and operating income for its fiscal first quarter.

But while that's good news for the company, it could actually mean higher

prices for anyone looking to buy a new phone or PC next year. Then, after years of choppiness in

the market for new stock offerings, bankers and investors are bracing for a slate of blockbuster

IPOs in 26, and that includes some of the biggest

names in tech.

But first, it's good to be in the chips business right now, and Micron has been one of the biggest

beneficiaries of the major trends in the tech

market. But how might that translate into higher prices for consumers buying new electronics next

year? WSJ heard on the street columnist Dan Gallagher joins us now to break it down. To start, Dan

walk us through Micron's results.

Well, it was a record quarter for them in both revenue and earnings in terms of the most

amount they've ever made in a quarter. Revenue jumping 57 percent really beat Wall

Street's expectations. The real story, though, was the forecast they gave for the current

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