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| But it's obviously good to have our name known more broadly in the DRAM space |
| Our solid financial results were primarily driven by the semiconductor market, led by our laser annealing systems, with semiconductor revenue increasing 17% sequentially |
| I'm proud to say we grew the business, improved profitability, and most importantly, laid the groundwork for future growth by advancing our product roadmaps |
| Granted, that's not the 45% that we hit in Q4, which did benefit from higher volume and did benefit from a favorable mix there |
| I would say that's a substantial improvement in performance |
| Revenue from our semiconductor business reached a record in 2023, outperforming WFE growth for the third consecutive year |
| Our strong results included multiple laser annealing systems for advanced DRAM devices, despite industry-wide CapEx reductions, as well as our first HVM laser annealing systems to our third leading Logic customer |
| Our team's execution allowed us to grow non-GAAP gross margin, operating income, and EPS |
| We are seeing some exciting growth opportunities in '24 in advanced packaging, particularly in high-bandwidth memory applications |
| And so, I would expect, as you said, to have – assuming success, we're successful having HBM orders late '24 and into '25 |
| So, the customers are very excited about it, and the EVALuations or the tools are under installation and proceeding quite well |
| Gross margin improved to 43.5% in 2023, from approximately 42% in the prior year |
| And as a result, non-GAAP operating income grew 10% to $110 million and diluted non-GAAP EPS increased to $1.69 |
| Veeco reported another quarter of strong top and bottom line results |
| Gross margin improved sequentially to 45%, driving non-GAAP operating income to $32 million and non-GAAP EPS totaled $0.51 |
| We've got really good visibility for the first half of the year |
| We've also been seeing advantages, or customers have been seeing advantages in even adopting at a 40 nanometer node |
| William Miller I would say we've actually had some very good success turning our EVAL systems, A, into revenue, and B, with follow-on production |
| Because LSA technology is gaining share at customers' advanced nodes as new device architectures and shrinking geometries require precise annealing to increase performance |
| Veeco's technology advantages include a lower thermal budget, high dopant activation, and pattern insensitivity to annealing |
| In 2023, we've also experienced increased demand from mature node customers as they've achieved performance benefits from adopting laser annealing technology |
| As we look ahead, there are a number of growth opportunities for our laser annealing business, including winning new memory customers, driving additional applications in logic, and introducing our nanosecond annealing technology |
| What we see, though, is really the exciting long-term growth is really driven by the ability to port this kind of core Ion Beam technology from data storage into SEMI |
| And congratulations on another solid quarter |
| We believe our unique system design and extensive go-to-market infrastructure position us well to capture share in this high-growth market |
| While we're well-positioned to take advantage of long-term growth in the cloud, we're focused on porting Ion Beam technology from data storage to the front-end semiconductor market |
| We've been in it for decades and we have a very strong position in long-term partnerships with our customers |
| So, I would say our customers are familiar, generally, with laser annealing, and so we feel pretty positive about turning that into business |
| Gross margin improvement continues as a focus, with actions targeted to achieving our 45% target model in the future |
| Veeco is the industry leader in Ion Beam technology, which has been honed over decades |
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| Traditional deposition technologies like PVD are struggling to meet performance criteria |
| That business has been soft and remains soft, even though some numbers are starting to improve |
| The year-over-year decline primarily resulted from a decrease in wet processing systems for 5G RF devices due to softness in the handset market |
| Compound semiconductor revenue came in at $87 million, a decline from the prior year, representing 13% of total revenue |
| we just finished a quarter with $174 million, so down about, 2% |
| If I look at that segmentation, by market, we're expecting, semiconductor to be down slightly in the quarter |
| GAAP net loss of $30 million included a $97 million extinguishment loss from refinancing a substantial portion of our convertible notes |
| I was on mute |
| And then we see quite a sizable fall off in the scientific number in Q1, coming in at about, $15 million or so |
| Gus Richard Well, according to Heisenberg, quantum is always uncertain |
| From a working capital perspective, our accounts receivable declined by $19 million to $103 million, while day sales outstanding for the quarter, decreasing to 53 |
| As device geometries continue to shrink, lower-resistance metals are important to maintaining device performance |
| But the photonics side, what do you see right now, especially, let's say, data communication side? There seems to be some activity, some optimism about more of the VIXO, more of the EML type of devices |
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