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Analyst
Tore Svanberg
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q3 – 2026 Q3 (9 quarters).
- Questions
- 73on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 1%1 of 73 questions
- Companies
- 9questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 9with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 73 of 73 questions from 9 companies
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems14 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 14 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
How should we think about the segments for Q3? I mean it sounds like all markets are growing right now.
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Ranked the segments directly, leading with enterprise data and comms and naming consumer and notebook storage as the cautious areas.
you mentioned you are now sampling the 800-volt solution. When should we expect to see some revenues
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Answered the device technology question but explicitly declined to time revenue, tying it to when the data center transition happens.
Calendar 2026 Q1
hoping you could touch on 2 of the 3 things that really make MPS so unique and differentiated to handle those types of power levels
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Michael outlined three advantages: monolithic integration vs competitors' multi-chip approach, module development/testing automation since 2016, and BCD process advancing from 60nm to 40nm.
when should we start to see material revenue from that business? And could that also grow into a several hundred million dollar business over the next few years
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Michael confirmed DDR5 interface opportunity is real and expands SAM alongside existing PMIC position. Tony clarified not a 2026 revenue contributor but a strategic footprint expansion.
Calendar 2025 Q4
perhaps you could give us a little bit sense of what you're doing on the capacity front especially the next three years
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Michael confirmed aggressive capacity expansion across silicon, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, and module components. Heavy quality audits maintain high standards.
what's the company's position SSD for data center going into 2026?
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Michael noted minimal DDR4 presence but growing DDR5 business. Tony confirmed SSD/HDD uptick driven more by enterprise than consumer, with storage being data center driven.
Calendar 2025 Q3
could you just sort of let us know where we are in that journey
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Michael revealed near-term goal of 10 million modules per month with 100% automated testing including reliability test, using proprietary robotic systems.
where are we in this journey towards delivering more system-level solutions, especially talking about rack level power
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Michael quantified module revenue at way less than 1/3 of enterprise data, noting growth in the last half year. Tony added 800V solutions are 2027-2028 revenue opportunities.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I was just hoping you could give us some puts and takes of the six end markets in the September quarter
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Bernie gave unusually granular Q3 segment guidance: enterprise data +20-30% QoQ, consumer seasonal uplift, other lines up high single digits, storage/compute some caution.
Are we talking about multiple customers? Are these primarily vertical power architectures?
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Michael confirmed engagement with multiple large and small customers, calling MPS a winner. Declined to revise the $4B SAM upward but said they will get there.
Calendar 2025 Q1
I was hoping you could talk a little bit about those efforts, especially given the current tariff environment
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Michael detailed a decade-long diversification strategy including post-pandemic capacity expansion outside China, now positioning MPS well for both U.S. and China supply.
Should we infer by that, that this is sort of the low point for enterprise data this year?
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Michael confirmed increasing confidence about the second half but stopped short of forecasting magnitude, noting visibility has improved.
Calendar 2024 Q4
could you talk a little bit about the dynamics here in the March quarter, especially by segment?
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Bernie provided clear segment-level direction for Q1, noting automotive and communications as growth drivers while enterprise data will be down.
how should we think about that business throughout calendar 2025? Again, obviously, a lot of different dynamics
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Michael gave a broad directional view of flattish enterprise data for 2025 but acknowledged limited visibility into timing of customer ramps.
CRDOCredo Technology Group Holding Ltd12 questions · 8 reporting periods · 1 of 12 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q3
I was hoping you could unpack a little bit the position in Optical right now
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Bill gave broad color on the DSP, ZF Optics, and CPX opportunity and the long-term TAM, but did not break out the specific component mix within the $600M.
Calendar 2026 Q2
So which 1 within the 3 segments, skews higher? Because, obviously, 1 of them is going to have to be
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CEO declined to rank the three but said each optical category grows >80% YoY; later clarified ZeroFlap will be the largest optical contributor.
When you think about Weaver, and ALC starting to ramp in fiscal 28, how should we think about those ramps
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CEO said ALC can ramp fast like AEC/ZF optics; Weaver content per GPU can be $2,000-$3,000, so it can also ramp quickly with inference GPUs.
Calendar 2026 Q1
So maybe you could just help us on what's driving some of the use cases for AECs right now.
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Bill cited reliability and power efficiency across intra-rack and rack-to-rack links up to 7 meters, with a stronger value proposition and ASP uplift at 200 gig per lane.
Calendar 2025 Q4
the 3 areas in optical, how much of those should we assume or systems?
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Bill said ALCs and ZF optics are optical while OmniConnect is initially copper with near-package optics later, all delivered as system-level solutions.
would you have to develop some silicon photonics technology there?
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Bill said the purpose-built 112-gig VSR SerDes fits 1,200 on a max reticle die for 120 Tbps at 10-inch reach, and near-package optics will leverage the microLED work.
Calendar 2025 Q3
are the use cases gonna expand with that particular customer in fiscal twenty six
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Asked whether the largest customer is pausing or expanding in fiscal 2026; Fleming said that customer is expected to remain the largest by year-end, and by far.
hoping to get just a little bit more color on the use cases for the AEC business
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Asked for color on AEC use cases in row-scale networks; Brennan said rack densification is expanding the AEC opportunity, driven by reliability and power efficiency.
Calendar 2025 Q2
So there's clearly an 800 gig upgrade cycle going on. I guess you're still shipping some 400 gig.
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Brennan framed AEC demand across front-end, back-end scale-out and disaggregated chassis, with the 50-to-100 gig transition broadening toward the end of fiscal '26.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Will you take more of a system business model approach there as well, or should we assume
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Bill confirmed Credo will pursue the same system-level model for PCIe AECs as for Ethernet, including a full-rack AEC demonstration at GTC.
Calendar 2024 Q4
what gives you the visibility that there's not some inventory build here, especially given the geopolitical climate
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Bill said Credo has good visibility into deployments and consumption; a high consumption rate and little logistics-partner inventory suggest real sell-through.
I'm just wondering if that has sort of really driven a lot of your customers to focus so much more on using copper.
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Bill declined to link the trend to any single GPU supplier's architecture, saying customer-specific network optimization is what drives Credo's success.
ADIAnalog Devices9 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 9 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q3
should we assume that the underlying growth of the analog industry is clearly shifting upwards here
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Roche said double-digit compounded analog growth for several years is possible, citing data center SAM of $1B-$1.5B per gigawatt.
Calendar 2026 Q2
how much capacity you have internally and externally, meaning how much revenue you could generate? And how do you plan to grow that
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Puccio confirmed capacity to support $20B 2030 vision through internal and external expansion, with no trouble getting needed external capacity to date.
how are they basically approaching your business at this point? Are they worried about supply? Are they giving you more visibility
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Roche gave a thorough answer noting calm customer environment, doubled internal capacity, and increased external optionality, with some stress points but overall good shape.
Calendar 2025 Q4
how are you thinking about prioritizing your R&D spend right now? And are there any areas you would like to double down in
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Vince identified power management as the primary area for doubling down, alongside digital niches in low-power/low-latency compute and ML algorithms for base stations and consumer. Customers demanding more complete solutions.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Are you starting to see perhaps an acceleration, you know, that 15% growth target going forward?
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Vince outlined a target to double the multi-hundred-million-dollar automation business by 2030, driven by sensing modality growth, demographic pressures, and manufacturing localization trends.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I was just hoping you could talk a little bit more about that opportunity and some of the design activity that you're seeing on the robotics side
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Vince outlined content growth from hundreds of dollars in fixed arm robots to potentially thousands in autonomous/humanoid systems, with ADI positioned for sensing, edge computing, and connectivity.
Calendar 2025 Q1
given all the political turmoil, the geopolitical turmoil that's going on right now, how are you thinking strategically about that hybrid model
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Vince explained ADI has desensitized geographic concentration, invested in US and European fabs, and secured dual sourcing with partners for 95% of products by end of 2026.
any comments you can make on that conversion rate really starting to play out would be really helpful
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Vince confirmed strong new product conversion rates in ATE, automotive, and data center, with new generations capturing higher ASPs and legacy products pulled along by new anchor products.
Calendar 2024 Q4
as AI continues to move to the edge, what do you see as a differentiation here for Analog Devices?
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Vince detailed CodeFusion Studio and ADI Assure platforms as software investments that complement analog franchise. Positioned software as enabling easier customer adoption rather than a standalone business.
ALABAstera Labs, Inc. Common Stock8 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
I'm especially curious if that new software is also landing you more new customers
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Jitendra tied exceptional new-customer traction to in-network compute and HyperCast in COSMOS, now part of the orchestration layer, deepening stickiness across generations.
Calendar 2026 Q1
are you sort of feeling good about being able to continue to at least double revenues here and next year
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CFO said supply is in place through year-end with a diversified back-end supply chain despite industry supply pockets.
I understand Scorpio will be the sort of biggest product by the end of the year.
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CFO said Aries keeps growing strongly on PCIe 6 while Scorpio remains the largest and fastest-growing business.
Calendar 2025 Q4
is that also why you are stepping up your OpEx as much as you are this quarter?
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Management said software-defined fabrics let one silicon serve many customized scale-up topologies, and the influx of opportunities justifies R&D.
Calendar 2025 Q3
you now penetration into the optical scale-up market. Just curious, material revenue time lines.
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Management framed Xscale as adding fiber chip coupling for optically enabled Scorpio switches, with material optical revenue in 2028-2029.
Calendar 2025 Q2
should we sort of infer with that, that you will double the sort of run rate again as X-Series starts to ramp?
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Management walked through five growth steps and said X-Series carries much higher dollar content, a new baseline through 2026, without confirming a doubling.
Calendar 2025 Q1
If you could add any color on how diversified are the use case is going to be for Aries 6 gearbox products?
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Management explained the gearbox bridges PCIe Gen 5 and Gen 6 while retiming, adding higher ASP to the Aries retimer TAM.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Obviously, that number is now higher. Is that going to be predominantly the P Series
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Management confirmed both P and X Series contribute in 2025, with P first and X later in the year.
MCHPMicrochip Technology8 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
do you expect lead times to continue to extend as we go into the second half of the year?
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Steve said lead times are broadly expanding and within a quarter or so nothing may be available in four to six weeks as die inventory falls toward the model.
HPC—would that primarily be storage for infrastructure, or is there anything else that goes into that pillar?
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Steve clarified the High-Performance Compute pillar comprises the microprocessor, FPGA, and timing businesses.
Calendar 2025 Q2
What's sort of the new target level for that so that we can try and understand when the buybacks are going to start to pick up again
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Steve outlined two hurdles before buybacks: repay ~$350 million borrowed to cover dividends during the downturn, then reduce leverage from 4.2x to the 1.5x target. No buybacks expected near term.
when do we see more step function declines in the utilization charges
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Steve confirmed utilization improvement begins well before inventory reaches 130-150 day target, with substantial step function improvement in December quarter as wafer starts increase.
Calendar 2025 Q1
could you just talk a little bit about the linearity of that
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Eric confirmed most restructuring savings are already reflected. March quarter OpEx came in $7-8M below guidance due to early March RIF implementation.
I was just wondering if you could clarify and talk a bit more about what was behind that particular change
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Steve identified a gap in low-end 32-bit products left unaddressed during 8-bit to 32-bit transition. First products from combined group launching in early January.
Calendar 2024 Q3
what's your view on how long we're going to be in this period
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Ganesh said the shift depends on when customers feel supply risk or regain business confidence, noting these reversals can happen quickly.
is it fair to say that the company can double its quarterly revenue with basically just maintenance CapEx
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Eric confirmed theoretical capacity to double revenue at current mix without major CapEx, though future mix could require some investment.
ONON Semiconductor7 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
how much flexibility do you have with your external partners to keep ramping capacity?
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Hassane said onsemi is comfortable with external supply and still does over 60% internal manufacturing, framing constraints as a short-term catch-up not a cap.
Calendar 2025 Q3
do you have all the IP and all the building blocks right now to get there? Or is this sort of more of an opportunity
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El-Khoury said ON has the toolbox of IP and technology needed. Deploying products quickly. Doubled Treo products YoY. Same mindset across AI data center and automotive.
how many years has this been in development? Maybe back to Quinn's question, when do you start to expect some revenues here?
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El-Khoury said vGaN started from IP acquisition in 2024. Fab turned on, first products yielding, lead customers evaluating first-gen samples. Already working on second gen. Revenue expected in 2027.
Calendar 2025 Q1
how should we think about CapEx for the second half of the year?
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Trent said mostly maintenance CapEx now. Mid-single-digit percent of revenue for the full year. Lower capital intensity supports 100% FCF buyback.
could you help us a little bit where you're getting these design wins? And could we start to see already some material revenue in Treo next year?
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El-Khoury said Treo wins are broad across auto, AI, industrial, medical. On track to double products YoY. First production revenue shipping. 60-70% margin profile confirmed.
Calendar 2024 Q4
how should we sort of track the financial success of that business?
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El-Khoury will share milestones like product introductions and margin confirmation but won't provide quarterly or annual Treo-specific revenue breakouts.
should we still think about the 20 to 25 basis points in improvement per utilization?
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Trent said 20-25bps per point from current levels to low-60s utilization, then revert to 15-20bps at scale. Based on current capacity before Fabrite changes.
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TXNTexas Instruments6 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
are you starting to see more and more customers come to you, especially in this environment with those long lead times?
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Haviv said competitors' 52-week lead times create share opportunities, though share moves slowly and must be measured over time.
Calendar 2026 Q1
I was hoping to zoom in on data center and specifically power. It's a great market, great opportunity. It's also very competitive
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Haviv detailed three moats: broad portfolio (general purpose + ASSPs), supply at scale from North American fabs, and GaN/BCD technology investments. ASSP design-ins gaining momentum for H2/2027.
Are you starting to see share gains sort of pop up in your design wins since you are much better positioned with capacity now versus back then?
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Rafael confirmed share gains in Analog in 2025 with room to grow. Supply availability enabling wins back from competitors. Pricing also competitive, creating opportunity in second half.
Calendar 2025 Q3
any sort of outliers one way or the other by your end markets
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Mike said no specific outliers for Q4, noting personal electronics has the highest seasonal sensitivity. No unusual patterns expected.
I'm a little bit surprised to see the communications equipment being that strong. Is is that also tied to data center
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Haviv explained data center spans enterprise (compute), comms (optical, switches), and industrial (power delivery), totaling ~$1.2B run rate growing 50%+ YTD. Plans to break out as standalone market in Q1.
Calendar 2025 Q1
is there any regional disparity here? I mean, I'm asking the question because, obviously, you know, there's variances on the potential tariffs by region
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Haviv provided extensive detail on dual-flow manufacturing capability, disaster recovery framework, and how TI can reroute supply between US, Asia, and European fabs to optimize tariff costs.
MRVLMarvell Technology5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
What has been surprising to you the last few months as far as what 2 or 3 products are you seeing the bigger upside from
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Murphy highlighted Celestial AI integration as the biggest surprise, enabling end-to-end scale-up solutions from XPU to switch; noted combined team can offer complete system-level optical solutions.
Calendar 2026 Q1
any sense for what the mix is going to look like for fiscal '27 between 1.6, and I guess, 8 and even some 400
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Murphy confirmed 800G remains majority in FY2027 and stays strong into FY2028. 1.6T ramping hard with significant shipments already at end of FY2026. Outlook uplift partly driven by more pronounced 1.6T demand from initial customers. Declined to give exact breakout due to dynamic bookings environment.
Calendar 2025 Q4
when you gave those $500 million and $1 billion target, would that be for the PF Link products only
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Murphy confirmed targets cover all Celestial AI products including PF chiplet and future memory applications. PF chiplet will lead the revenue build in FY2028-FY2029, with everything else on the table.
Calendar 2025 Q2
there's a lot of debates out there about your SerDes technology, especially, you know, for 200 gig SerDes
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Murphy confirmed 200G SerDes performing well and showcased 400G per lane at OFC. On NVLink Fusion, positioned it as validation that custom XPUs complement merchant solutions and part of broader platform.
Calendar 2024 Q4
is there something going on in the marketplace where there's a big push now towards 3-nanometer and lower power?
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Matt emphasized need to accelerate cadence to maintain leadership during AI inflection. Framed as 30 years of industry experience, company with best available technology in growth market wins. Team is focused on best TCO, lowest power, highest performance.
NXPINXP Semiconductors4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
are you seeing any of that potentially impacting some of your customers demand, meaning they want to do more but cannot
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Acknowledged the constraint is already visible in the Q3 mobile guide and pointed to memory as the binding shortage in pockets.
I wanted to go back to the physical AI pipeline, the 1.5 billion. How broad based is that?
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Described breadth across HMI, vision and predictive maintenance use cases but did not name which application ramps first.
Calendar 2025 Q4
between VSMC and ESMC, what's the split going to be when the year is complete
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Bill confirmed majority of VSMC investments complete by end 2026, possibly small payments into Q1 2027. ESMC ramp later with payments stretching from 2027-2029. About 50% through total $3.4B investment cycle.
could you talk a little bit more about changing the way you report on geography
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Rafael explained headquarter-based reporting better reflects internal management structure and where design win decisions occur. Example: major handset maker receives products in Asia but decisions made in US.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems | 14 | 0%none of 14 questions |
| CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | 12 | 8%1 of 12 questions |
| ADI Analog Devices | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions |
| ALAB Astera Labs, Inc. Common Stock | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions |
| MCHP Microchip Technology | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions |
| ON ON Semiconductor | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| TXN Texas Instruments | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| MRVL Marvell Technology | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
- MPWRMonolithic Power Systems · 14 questions0%none of 14 questions
- CRDOCredo Technology Group Holding Ltd · 12 questions8%1 of 12 questions
- ADIAnalog Devices · 9 questions0%none of 9 questions
- ALABAstera Labs, Inc. Common Stock · 8 questions0%none of 8 questions
- MCHPMicrochip Technology · 8 questions0%none of 8 questions
- ONON Semiconductor · 7 questions0%none of 7 questions
- TXNTexas Instruments · 6 questions0%none of 6 questions
- MRVLMarvell Technology · 5 questions0%none of 5 questions
- NXPINXP Semiconductors · 4 questions0%none of 4 questions
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 9 | 11%1 of 9 questions | 6 |
| 2025 Q1 | 11 | 0%none of 11 questions | 7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions | 6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10 | 0%none of 10 questions | 6 |
| 2025 Q4 | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions | 6 |
| 2026 Q1 | 10 | 0%none of 10 questions | 6 |
| 2026 Q2 | 12 | 0%none of 12 questions | 8 |
| 2026 Q3 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
- 2024 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2024 Q49 questions · challenge rate 11% (1 of 9 questions) · 6 companies
- 2025 Q111 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 11 questions) · 7 companies
- 2025 Q28 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 8 questions) · 6 companies
- 2025 Q310 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 10 questions) · 6 companies
- 2025 Q49 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 9 questions) · 6 companies
- 2026 Q110 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 10 questions) · 6 companies
- 2026 Q212 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 12 questions) · 8 companies
- 2026 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Innovation & R&D23
- Product Launch22
- Demand18
- Revenue Growth17
- Cloud & AI15
- Supply Chain13
- Competitive Dynamics13
- Capex Investment10
- Cost Pressure3
- Margin3
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- Trade Tariffs3
- M&A2
- Capital Allocation2
- Pricing1
- Inventory1
- Geographic Expansion1