Marvell Technology, Inc. Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q2 FY2024 revenue: $1.341 billion, up 1% sequentially but down 12% year-over-year. This exceeded the midpoint of guidance.
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $0.33, slightly above guidance.
  • AI-related demand exceeded expectations and was the primary driver of the outperformance.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin: 60.3%, up 30 bps sequentially.
  • Inventory digestion in several end markets (storage, wired carrier, enterprise networking) continues to weigh on mix.

Product and Technology Highlights

  • Launch of the Orion 800G coherent optical DSP — first in the industry — produced on 5nm. Supports DCI and carrier optical transport.
  • Announcement of COLORZ 800 (800ZR module), Marvell’s 3rd-generation DCI solution, enabling 51.2T switch/router deployments.
  • 5nm multi-gig PHY platform introduced for enterprise networking; offers 10G speeds at 50% of prior power levels.
  • Brightlane 90G automotive Ethernet switch launched, nearly doubling bandwidth vs. current market solutions.

End Market Performance

Data Center
  • Revenue: $460 million, up 6% sequentially (vs. prior guidance for flat).
  • Cloud revenue grew over 20% sequentially; both AI and standard cloud infrastructure grew, with AI growing faster.

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Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Marvell Technology Incorporated Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn this conference over to Mr. Ashish Saran, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Ashish Saran: Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Marvell's second fiscal quarter 2024 earnings call. Joining me today are Matt Murphy, Marvell's Chairman and CEO; and Willem Meintjes, our CFO. Let me remind everyone that certain comments made today include forward-looking statements which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from management's current expectations. Please review the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in our earnings press release, which we filed with the SEC today and posted on our website, as well as our most recent 10-K and 10-Q filings. We do not intend to update our forward-looking statements. During our call today, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation between our GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures is available in the Investor Relations section of our website. Before I turn the call over to Matt for his comments on our performance, let me highlight several new product announ

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