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| We also had great success with our custom IC development activities and we supported a wide range of customer-funded projects |
| I'm confident that together we can achieve great results |
| These are positive trends, and notably, Q4 bookings improved across all three of our end markets |
| So we think we have a strong fighting chance to achieve our targets, but there's lots of dynamics and lots of wood to chop between now and then |
| So we will continue to have a strong presence and grow our presence to make sure that we're gaining market share in that area |
| We are starting the new fiscal year in a strong position |
| However, more positively, we see growing demand in Data Center, aerospace and defense, as well as in satellite communication markets |
| Industrial and defense was a strong market for us during fiscal 2023, and revenues achieved a historic level |
| Fiscal 2023 represented our third consecutive year of growth within the IND market, with 8% year-over-year growth |
| So that will be a secular benefit to our business |
| Year-over-year, down 24%, when we look out into our fiscal '24, we think that the data center will continue to be a strong market for us |
| The second thing I'd highlight is we're definitely gaining market share in satellite communications, both in ground stations as well as on the satellite themselves with our various components |
| And we think we have leading technology that will be of great interest to the major OEMs across this space |
| Certainly, we are gaining market share in industrial and defense, 18% CAGR over the past three years |
| It's not something that's easily removed from a platform, let's say and so for that reason, it has very attractive business attributes |
| MACOM's strength in microwave and optical design, laser and detector technologies, and ruggedized packaging and subsystem manufacturing capabilities positions us for growth in this segment of the defense market |
| So we're very excited about it |
| They have a tremendous built-in customer base today that really spans our industry, and they have a real strong portfolio of high-voltage, lower-frequency process technology that today MACOM does not have |
| That said, we believe the secular growth drivers for telecom remain intact |
| So we do believe there'll be volatility over the next 24 months as things turn on and turn off, but generally speaking, we think we're well-positioned and we'll have a good '24, and we'll see how things shake out in our fiscal '25 |
| Today what we see is, certainly we saw this quarter, very strong growth, primarily from short-reach applications, and we believe that growth will continue as we're guiding 10% growth this quarter off of tremendous growth in Q4 |
| Telecom remains an attractive and diverse market and we see numerous opportunities to expand our position in this market |
| Our Data Center end market revenues grew sequentially in Q4 |
| In addition, for the full fiscal year 2023, Data Center revenues grew by 6% year-over-year, growth that was primarily driven by high data rate short reach applications |
| The Data Center market continues to provide growth opportunities for MACOM and we expect new product introductions will be the primary growth driver for us in this market |
| Our gross margin story remains intact, and expectations are to be back up into the 60% range |
| So, that segment is doing quite well, and it's our expectation that that strength will continue as we move into 2024 |
| I would say, in general, across the board, our defense business is strong |
| Our solutions have been tested with the latest generation of switch ASICs available on the market today, and our customers are pleased with the performance |
| In short, we believe MACOM will be bigger, stronger and more profitable in fiscal 2024 |
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| Our telecom end-market revenues continues to be weak |
| These could be automotive traffic sensors or industrial sensors and then the third would be our supporting the general RF and microwave testing measurement segment, where we see our major customer's demand is quite weak |
| Fiscal 2023 revenue and EPS were both down 4% year over year |
| Demand continues to be weak in telecom and to a lesser degree in certain parts of the industrial markets, and we remain negative on the near-term outlook for these markets |
| On the industrial side, I would say that there's probably three areas that I would call out as being weak |
| In telecom, it just seems that all aspects of wired and wireless infrastructure spending continues to be at low levels and obviously making it, I think, a little bit difficult for you guys to clear some of the excess inventories |
| That said, given MACOM's and Wolfspeed's RF business's current revenue levels, we anticipate modest gross margin pressure immediately following closing, as certain post-closing synergies will take time to realize |
| A notable trend is our fiscal year '23 revenue from the China market decreased, while revenue to our European-based customers grew compared to the prior year |
| So achieving a billion dollars in revenue is a question of not if, but when and when we originally put that out there, we had targeted our fiscal '25 and this was going back maybe about 18 months or two years ago and certainly, there's been a lot of headwinds in the industry that have slowed us down |
| Weakness in this market is broad based, spanning most of our larger subsegments including 5G, Metro long haul, cable infrastructure, and passive optical networks |
| As Steve noted, fiscal 2023 was down approximately 4% from a top and bottom line perspective |
| So, does it feel like the telco business is at a bottom after three to four quarters of other shipping consumption? Have things like orders started to sort of flatten out here in telco? Steve Daly So, unfortunately, I don't know the answer to that question, Harlan and you're correct that the telecom, our telecom segment has come down significantly |
| We think that certainly it's weak now and when it turns and how it turns and who turns has yet to play out |
| And with regard to the book to bill, we have challenges, as Steve had mentioned in some of his prepared remarks that we had gone through, but if you look at some of the strength that we had seen here in the current quarter, much of that was around defense as well as data center bookings that had come in and some of these are longer-term type delivery arrangements |
| For fiscal year 2023, adjusted operating income was $189.6 million compared to $211 million for fiscal 2022, resulting in a 200 basis point reduction in adjusted operating margin compared to fiscal 2022 |
| Things continue to be challenged |
| In fiscal year 2023, telecom was down 24% year-on-year |
| I&D was down 5% sequentially, Data Center was up 52% sequentially, and telecom was down 20% sequentially |
| The other thing I'll highlight is we have, while we are seeing very strong growth on the higher data rates, we are seeing a lot of weakness at the lower data rates, including the NRZ, both at 25G and 100G, whether it be AOCs or pluggable transceivers for the data center |
| While we are pleased with the recent improvement in total bookings, in certain markets, orders remained weak in Q4 |
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