Broadcom Inc. Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Q1 FY2023 consolidated revenue was $8.9 billion, up 16% year-over-year (vs. Q1 FY2022).
  • Semiconductor Solutions revenue: $7.1 billion, up 21% year-over-year.
  • Infrastructure Software revenue: $1.8 billion, down 1% year-over-year; core software grew 5% year-over-year.
  • Gross margins: 74%, slightly above expectations.
  • Operating income: $5.4 billion, up 17% year-over-year.
  • Free cash flow: $3.9 billion, up 16% year-over-year.

Market and Segment Highlights

Networking
  • Revenue: $2.3 billion, up 20% year-over-year.
  • Strong demand from hyperscalers deploying Tomahawk switches; continued rollout of AI-centric network architecture.
  • AI-related Ethernet switch shipments reached an estimated $200 million in 2022; expected to exceed $800 million in 2023.
  • Tomahawk 5 and “Bailey” silicon photonics platform introduced to support next‑gen AI networking needs with major power efficiency improvements.
  • Q2 networking revenue expected to grow another ~20% year-over-year.
Server Storage Connectivity
  • Revenue: $1.3 billion, up 57% year-over-year.
  • Growth driven by transition to next-generation server architectures; transition now significantly complete.
  • Q2 expected growth: ~20% year-over-year.

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Operator: Welcome to Broadcom Inc.’s First Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Ji Yoo, Head of Investor Relations of Broadcom Inc. Ji Yoo: Thank you, Operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Joining me on today’s call are Hock Tan, President and CEO; Kirsten Spears, Chief Financial Officer; and Charlie Kawwas, President Semiconductor Solutions Group. Broadcom distributed a press release and financial tables after the market closed, describing our financial performance for the first quarter fiscal year 2023. If you did not receive a copy, you may obtain the information from the Investors section of Broadcom’s website at broadcom.com. This conference call is being webcast live and an audio replay of the call can be accessed for one year through the Investors section of Broadcom’s website. During the prepared comments, Hock and Kirsten will be providing details of our first quarter fiscal year 2023 results, guidance for our second quarter, as well as commentary regarding the business environment. We will take questions after the end of our prepared comments. Please refer to our press release today and our recent filings with the SEC for information on the specific risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made on this call. In addition to U.S. GAAP reporting, Broadcom reports certain financial measures o

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