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Call Start: 10:00 January 1, 0000 10:36 AM ET KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) Annual JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference May 14, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Bren Higgins - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Jordan Krawitz - Mark Asset Management Harlan Sur Good morning, and welcome to JPMorgan's 53rd Annual Technology Media and Communications Conference. My name is Harlan Sur. I'm the semiconductor and sem ...

Uniti Group (UNIT) 2025 Conference May 14, 2025 08:00 AM ET Speaker0 One. Thanks for joining us. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Nick Del Deo. I come with Digital Infrastructure at MoffettNathanson, and I'm thrilled to be kicking off our twenty twenty five media Internet and communications conference. It's our it's our twelfth one of these over the years. Joining us. This is our commercial fiber panel, and I'm thrilled to have two phenomenal speakers with us. To my left is Dave Schafer, the founder, ...

Cogent Communications (CCOI) Conference May 14, 2025 08:00 AM ET Speaker0 One. Thanks for joining us. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Nick Del Deo. I come with Digital Infrastructure at MoffettNathanson, and I'm thrilled to be kicking off our twenty twenty five media Internet and communications conference. It's our it's our twelfth one of these over the years. Joining us. This is our commercial fiber panel, and I'm thrilled to have two phenomenal speakers with us. To my left is Dave Schafer, the fou ...

Core Insights - HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) is a crucial technology for AI servers and is expected to be widely adopted in the autonomous driving market in the future [1] - China's HBM industry is developing, with HBM2 and HBM2E currently in mass production, and HBM3 and HBM3E expected to achieve breakthroughs by 2026E/2027E [1] - SK Hynix is the global leader in the HBM market, holding a 55% market share, followed by Samsung at 41% and Micron at 3% [1] Group 1 - SK Hynix launched the world's first TSV-based HBM product in 2013 and has since introduced several generations of HBM products, including HBM2, HBM2E, and HBM3 [1] - In April 2023, SK Hynix completed functionality verification of a 12-layer HBM3 product (24 GB), and in August 2023, it launched the high-performance 8-layer HBM3E product [1] - The company plans to start mass production of the 12-layer HBM3E product (36 GB) in October 2024 and is developing a 16-layer HBM3E product with a capacity of 48 GB [1] Group 2 - SK Hynix's HBM stacking technology has evolved from TC-NCF and MR-MUF to Advanced MR-MUF, with significant developments in wafer-level packaging (WLP) and TSV technology since around 2000 [2] - The 12-layer HBM3 and HBM3E products utilize Advanced MR-MUF technology, and the upcoming 16-layer HBM3E product will also employ this technology [2] Group 3 - Both Samsung and SK Hynix have established their own HBM supply chains, with Samsung relying on Japanese and Korean equipment suppliers, while SK Hynix partners with HANMI Semiconductor and others [3] - HANMI Semiconductor holds approximately 65% of the global TCBonder market and nearly 90% in the HBM3E TCBonder sector, indicating a strong position in the supply chain [3]

尽管市场整体增长强劲，但供应链的波动风险不容忽视。例如，美国对中国HBM出口的限制导致中国 客户提前囤货，间接推高了2025年一季度NVIDIA和AMD的出货量。与此同时，HBM4的技术升级（更 大晶粒尺寸和更多TSV穿孔）导致前段制造成本增加，预计其价格将比HBM3e溢价15%。不过，2026年 三大供应商新产能释放可能引发价格竞争，尤其HBM3e等成熟产品价格或面临下跌压力。 供应商竞争格局 申请入围"中国IC独角兽" 半导体高质量发展创新成果征集 这是一篇Trendforce上价值2万刀的报告，短短13页的报告，就敢收费2w刀，我也是花了很大的成本才 买到的，心在滴血。 我们还买了Trendforce的其他报告，后面的文章都会讲到。我们本文把报告的内容总结一下。我们还下 载到了最新的HBM市场的详细表格数据，对我们做投资决策很有帮助。 市场概况与需求驱动 2025年全球HBM（高带宽内存）消耗量预计达到16.97B Gb，年增长率达162.2%，较上一季度预测值小 幅上修，主要得益于NVIDIA与AWS的AI芯片需求超预期。其中，NVIDIA凭借Blackwell平台GPU的快 速迭代占据70%的市场份 ...

Core Viewpoint - FormFactor reported strong first-quarter 2025 results, with non-GAAP earnings surpassing estimates and a positive outlook for the second quarter, despite some revenue declines in specific segments [1][2][9]. Financial Performance - Non-GAAP earnings for Q1 2025 were 23 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 21.05% and increasing 27.8% year over year [1]. - Revenues reached $171.4 million, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.79% and showing a year-over-year increase of 1.6%, although there was a sequential decline of 9.6% [1][2]. Segment Revenue Details - Probe card revenues were $136.6 million, down 0.1% year over year, primarily due to lower DRAM and Flash revenues [2]. - Foundry and Logic revenues accounted for 49.8% of total revenues at $85.3 million, down 1.7% year over year [3]. - DRAM revenues increased by 6.5% year over year to $48.9 million, while Flash revenues fell 40% to $2.4 million [3]. - Systems revenues rose 8.7% year over year to $34.8 million [3]. Geographic Revenue Performance - Revenues from Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore increased significantly, with growth rates of 36.8%, 51.8%, 21.2%, and 29.2% year over year, respectively [4]. - Conversely, revenues from the United States, South Korea, China, Europe, and the rest of the world saw declines of 12%, 14.8%, 12.8%, 11.4%, and 25.9% year over year, respectively [4]. Operating Results - The gross margin improved by 50 basis points year over year to 39.2% [5]. - Non-GAAP operating expenses decreased by 4% year over year to $50.2 million, with operating expenses as a percentage of revenues down 170 basis points to 29.3% [5]. - The non-GAAP operating margin increased by 220 basis points year over year to 9.9% [5]. Balance Sheet & Cash Flow - As of March 29, 2025, cash and cash equivalents, along with marketable securities, totaled $299.0 million, down from $360 million as of December 28, 2024 [6]. - Cash generated from operating activities was $23.5 million, a decrease from $35.9 million in the previous quarter [6]. - Free cash flow for the first quarter was $6.3 million, down from $28.8 million in the prior quarter, attributed to reduced operating cash flows and increased capital expenditure [7]. Future Outlook - FormFactor anticipates second-quarter 2025 revenues of $190 million (plus-or-minus $5 million), which is a 6.10% decline from the year-ago quarter [10]. - The company expects a non-GAAP gross margin of 40% (plus-or-minus 1.5%) and earnings of 30 cents per share (plus-or-minus 4 cents), indicating a 22.86% decline from the year-ago quarter [11]. - The company remains optimistic about long-term growth, driven by trends in advanced packaging, high-bandwidth memory, and co-packaged optics [9].

FormFactor (FORM) Q1 2025 Earnings Call April 30, 2025 04:25 PM ET Company Participants Stan Finkelstein - VP of Investor RelationsMike Slessor - President and Chief Executive OfficerShai Shahar - Chief Financial OfficerCraig Ellis - Director of ResearchTom Diffely - Director Of Institutional ResearchDavid Duley - Managing PrincipalBrian Chin - Director Conference Call Participants Charles Shi - Managing Director - Senior AnalystNone - AnalystChristian Schwab - Senior Research AnalystDavid Silver - Managing ...

FormFactor (FORM) Q1 2025 Earnings Call April 30, 2025 04:25 PM ET Company Participants Stan Finkelstein - VP of Investor RelationsMike Slessor - President and Chief Executive OfficerShai Shahar - Chief Financial OfficerCraig Ellis - Director of ResearchTom Diffely - Director Of Institutional ResearchDavid Duley - Managing PrincipalBrian Chin - Director Conference Call Participants Charles Shi - Managing Director - Senior AnalystNone - AnalystChristian Schwab - Senior Research AnalystDavid Silver - Managing ...

LIVERMORE, Calif., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FormFactor, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORM) today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 ended March 29, 2025. Quarterly revenues were $171.4 million, a decrease of 9.6% compared to $189.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, and an increase of 1.6% from $168.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Foundry & Logic first-quarter demand increased low single digits sequentiallyExperienced reduction in DRAM as export control ...