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| Well, Meta, the pipeline that we see today really supports our base scenario that second-half orders and revenue will be modestly higher than the first half, and this is seen through some improvement in our six-month funnel that Neil mentioned in his prepared statements and we've called out in various other earnings calls as well |
| So, we're quite pleased by the assets we have in the company and by our ability to go and solve customers' emerging challenges even beyond the traditional segments we serve |
| As certain markets continue to normalize from post-pandemic spending levels, our aerospace, defense and government, and network and data center businesses grew, highlighting the benefit of our diverse end-market exposure |
| Customer engagement and collaborations on next-generation themes remained strong |
| In many ways, we collaborate with all of the players that have been on record, and we have a relationship with them so that we can offer a good workflow experience for customers |
| Our base-case scenario is for a modest first-half to second-half improvement in orders and revenue |
| Third, Keysight continues to be well-positioned for outperformance into a market recovery |
| So, we feel good about the cash flow generation capabilities as we navigate this near-term downturn in our markets |
| So, first of all, we had a very favorable mix within the quarter in Q1, not just because ESI was in at $67 million or $68 million of revenue on software, but even within the Keysight classic portion of the business, we were north of 66%, so very favorable in the core as well |
| Along with our existing EDA business, the addition of ESI further expands our software solutions for simulation and emulation, a market with favorable growth attributes as the virtualization of design and prototyping increases |
| So, we feel very good about where we are focused on from a portfolio perspective and our ability to drive long-term organic growth |
| First quarter orders were $1.2 billion, revenue $1.3 billion, and earnings per share of $1.63 were above our guidance, and we generated strong cash flow |
| Gross margins across the business was strong, and including ESI, we achieved a record 67%, demonstrating the differentiation of our solutions |
| Operating margin was 28%, reflecting expense discipline and cost actions that we have taken over the past quarter and last year |
| And then, for us, it's very exciting because there is a lot of tools that we can deploy our IP because we have the total stack to help engineers train the AI ML models better |
| So we're getting strong validation around our investments with our customers |
| So, new interface standards are good for our CXL PCIe Gen-7 and the Ultra Ethernet Consortium are playing into it |
| We were still able to use our backlog to deliver revenue -- a stronger revenue -- I mean at least an upside revenue and strong profitability |
| So, profitability, I'm pretty encouraged by the strong gross margins we're maintaining even on declining top-line right now, that's a function of the software and services content, and just the discipline which we run our business |
| We would expect the wireline business to largely continue to perform well because the drivers on AI continue to remain robust |
| This results in software and service upgrades that contributed to higher gross margins in the quarter |
| I would say, at the highest level, the customer engagements that we have are remaining strong |
| They saw strong renewal activity as expected with some good upsizing of transactions and other things that drove that revenue nicely |
| Orders for 400 gig and 800 gig solutions, both in R&D and manufacturing, grew double-digits |
| Given the current market conditions, these results reflect the Keysight team's strong execution and resilience of our financial model |
| We are operating under continuing resolution in the US, which we're expecting that budget to be signed this quarter, which is favorable for us in terms of the RDT and E-Line items that are getting bipartisan support to progress through this election year |
| I think as far as the ESI question goes, I think we're quite positive, incrementally positive about the opportunities that we have to grow our -- grow the ESI business in Keysight's environment |
| We're actually quite pleased with the performance and the resilience of our software business even through these times |
| At the same time, we saw strong demand for Keysight's proprietary interferometer system, driven by industry progression in EUV technology |
| So, all of that really creates a real good bed of technologies for us to service through our platforms |
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| Turning to the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group, revenue was down, reflecting ongoing normalization from outsized demand in the prior year |
| Second, orders were $1.2 billion as the demand environment remains constrained |
| The Electronic Industrial Solutions Group generated revenue of $420 million, down 5% or 19% on a core basis |
| Commercial communications revenue of $544 million declined 14%, while aerospace, defense and government revenue of $295 million was down 5% |
| Our Communications Solutions Group generated revenue of $839 million, down 11%, or 12% on a core basis |
| Ongoing capacity normalization and cautious spending continued to weigh on the consumer electronics and manufacturing portions of the market |
| Customer spending remains cautious as market conditions, particularly in manufacturing, and regionally in China were weaker |
| But Asia continues to remain weak, especially which is impacting the EISG business and some of the wireless business in that region as it continues to normalize from the peak spending levels |
| Orders of $1.220 billion declined 6%, or 12% on a core basis |
| You've seen unit volumes drop for both conventional and EV demand |
| Assuming $60 million from ESI in the January quarter and then about $25 million in the April quarter, the decline in organic revenue on a sequential basis is only 2% |
| Despite the improved industry outlook for overall fab investments, foundry customers continued to push out large projects due to delays in construction and production timelines |
| I think manufacturing continues to be challenging |
| I mean, just looking at the 2Q guide, to me, it implies that the organically the business is -- or the core business is down a bit and there is some ESI revenue sequentially declining as well |
| I mean I think areas of relative weakness, Satish talked about Asia and China specifically continues to be challenging |
| It was a little lower than that in Q1, and it was because of the continued headwinds incrementally worse in semi and manufacturing |
| And we've talked about the downside model that contemplates 300 basis points to 400 basis points of operating margin decline when revenues are down 10% |
| But again, if we go back and look at the situation as we take it a step back, last year was the first year where orders declined double digits |
| I think to get to the midpoint of guidance, they're down 600 basis points, 700 basis points year-over-year |
| So, while even in this environment, the volumes are down especially the manufacturing production-related volumes with the RAN markets down |
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