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| Three, we've separated the structure of the company into two entities to increase shareholder value by maximizing the valuation of each segment, strengthening business performance management and enhancing flexibility to respond to changes in the business environment |
| On a positive note, we secured two new smartphone design wins for our low voltage MOSFET family, which grew more than 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter for that product family |
| In addition, the separation allows the following benefits; one, increase shareholder value by maximizing the valuation of each business |
| I am extremely proud of the progress we've made in our automotive business as revenue for the full year 2023 up over three times compared to 2022 |
| Third, starting early this year, we began operating on the new structure that streamlines our go to market strategy, strengthens the potential for increased shareholder value and also improve transparency for investors |
| We are excluding on a strategy to penetrate this vibrant market with feature rich OLED standard products, and I'm pleased to say we've made tremendous progress so far |
| We've laid the groundwork for success by establishing a China dedicated entity and by building strong working relationship with Chinese panel makers and leading smartphone OEMs |
| In summary, our Power business, our product portfolio is getting stronger as we continue to focus on rolling up our next generation power products to maintain our momentum of design ins and wins |
| I'm confident that the results of our strategy will become apparent beginning later this year with more significant revenue growth expected in 2025 |
| These new MOSFETs offer excellent design, flexibility, efficient heat dissipation and low resistance characteristics |
| This initiative demonstrates our strategies to expand into new high growth markets with new product offerings that showcase our ability to innovate across segments |
| This move strengthens our market presence and fosters valuable relationships within the industry |
| These new products will provide the foundation to fill out Gumi Fab, achieve better margin and help us get back to profitability |
| We continue to focus on execution in Q4, we developed and launched new power products and saw strong momentum in our design win activities |
| Three, enhance flexibility in business portfolio and increase strategic responsiveness to environment changes |
| As we benefit from these strategic initiatives in our China operations, we are optimistic about the trajectory ahead for our Display business |
| So those will drive to fill the fab with a better margin and better performance |
| This will position us well to compete for high-end industrial and auto one markets as well as serves our existing markets such as consumer, computing and communications better |
| The separation allows a foundation for more efficient and transparent business structure that can fuel sustainable growth through strategic financing and investment |
| This resulted in a design win with obtaining pilot production PO as a second source supplier |
| Third party research from China securities estimates, global affordable handsets are projected to grow over 50% a year-over-year, the next few years, and rich over a 100 million units by 2027 from just approximately 15 million units today |
| That's like 60% better than before |
| We are confident that the strategies outlined will put us on a path to achieve a sustained recovery over the next two years |
| Additionally, we will be introducing a new line of commodity products by end of the first quarter to improve fab utilization |
| PAS revenue to grow double-digits year-over-year, as compared with PAS equivalent revenue $151.3 million in 2023 |
| Two, strengthen business performance management by establishing independent and responsible management systems |
| We currently expect double digit revenue growth in both the newly organized MSS and PAS businesses |
| MSS gross profit margin to be in the range of 40% to 43%, which includes the positive impact of expected one-time non-recurring engineering revenue |
| The strategy builds upon 20 years of OLED driver success primarily in Korea and follows the industry's dramatic shift to China production |
| So we now have more than two dozen of design aims and wins and automotive and we are still having the momentum |
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| Total revenue in Q4 was $50.8 million, down 17% sequentially and down 16.7% year-over-year |
| Our Power business results were down 20.5% sequentially, primarily due to the ongoing inventory correction in industrial end markets, particularly in China's e-bike market and the solar sector |
| Moving on to our Power business, Q4 revenue was $36 million, down 22.3% year-over-year and 20.5% sequentially |
| Compared to the same period last year, gross margin decreased 370 basis points from 26.4%, primarily as a result of unfavorable product mix, lower fab utilization and higher fab costs |
| Gross margin in Q4 was 22.7%, down from 23.6% in Q3, mainly driven by lower fab utilization |
| Beginning with our display business, Q4 revenue was in line with our expectation at $5.2 million down 30.8% year-over-year and 18.3% sequentially |
| Gross margin for the consolidated company is expected to be in the range of 17% to 20% for the year, severely impacted by the ideal capacity when the transitional foundry service revenue winds down |
| During the quarter, our OLED business was impacted by slower design progress than expected due to longer OEM evaluation cycles |
| Q4 adjusted EBITDA was negative $10 million |
| This anticipated decline is significantly impacting our factory utilization rating Gumi, which is negatively impacting our product gross margin for the Power business |
| PAS gross profit margin to be in the range of 15% to 18% due primarily to the expected decline in Transitional Foundry Services revenue |
| Sequentially, our Power business was impacted by an ongoing inventory correction in industry land markets, particularly e-bike and solar |
| We also saw weakness in consumer TV and peace power |
| So once we kind of replace the foundry product, you've seen the negative margin |
| As we've said previously, this fab transition will depress gross margins until we can adequately replace the legacy Transitional Foundry Services business with higher margin power products |
| Our major markets, such as consumer, computing and communication, already underwent a major inventory correction over the last year |
| Consolidated gross profit margin between 17% to 20% due to idle capacity expected from the phase out of Transitional Foundry Services |
| Modest revenue from those devices began in May '23 and is expected to continue for a few years, given longer automotive cycles |
| This compares to a negative $2.7 million in Q3 and negative $4.8 million in Q4 last year |
| Q4 operating loss was $15.9 million |
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