Marvell Technology, Inc. Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Q4 revenue: $1.43 billion, up 1% sequentially and year-over-year, above midpoint of guidance.
  • FY24 revenue: $5.5 billion.
  • Q4 non-GAAP gross margin: 63.9%, up 330 basis points sequentially.
  • Q4 non-GAAP EPS: $0.46, up 12% sequentially.
  • Strong operating cash flow: $547 million in Q4; second consecutive quarter above $500 million.
  • Board approved $3 billion repurchase authorization, raising total available to $3.3 billion.

Business Segment Performance

Data Center (54% of Q4 revenue)

  • Q4 revenue: $765 million, +54% year-over-year and +38% sequentially.
  • AI-driven optics were the largest contributor; AI revenue grew from 3% of FY23 revenue to over 10% of FY24 revenue.
  • AI-related revenue in Q4 exceeded $200 million.
  • 800G PAM4 optics remained primary growth engine; 1.6T PAM4 shipments expected late 2024.
  • Cloud-optimized AI silicon programs begin shipping in Q1 FY25 with a substantial ramp expected in the second half.
  • Cloud-optimized silicon expected to exceed $200 million quarterly run rate exiting FY25 (above previous $800M annual run-rate target).

Carrier Infrastructure (12% of Q4)

  • Q4 sequential decline; further ~50% sequential decline expected in Q1 FY25.
  • Cyclical weakness and inventory digestion; no structural revenue losses implied.

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Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Marvell Technology Incorporated Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Ashish Saran, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Ashish Saran: Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Marvell's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 earnings call. Joining me today are Matt Murphy, Marvell's Chairman and CEO; and Willem Maintjes, 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. Earlier today, we announced our accelerated infrastructure for the AI ERA Investor event, which will be held in New York on April 11. Please refer to our press release for mor

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