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Analog Devices • Frequency Electronics • LGL • Exar • Cypress Semiconductor • Quicklogic • DSP • Marvell Technology • INPHI • MaxLinearManagement Discussion
- We operate in two industry segments and engage primarily in the design, development, manufacture and sale of semiconductor products as well as the licensing of our SuperFlash and other technologies. We sell our products to distributors and OEMs in a broad range of markets, perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and generally require no collateral. In certain circumstances, a customer's financial condition may require collateral, and, in such cases, the collateral would be typically provided in the form of letters of credit.
- The decrease in net sales in the three months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2022 was primarily due to adverse economic conditions, including slowing economic activity, increasing business uncertainty, persistent inflation and higher interest rates. The increase in net sales in the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was primarily due to our ability to satisfy our backlog of customer orders as more capacity became available during the first and second quarters of fiscal 2024. Additionally, semiconductor industry conditions have resulted in increased costs throughout our supply chain, which we have been generally passing on to our customers in the form of price increases. Our price increases were implemented at various times and in various amounts throughout fiscal 2023 with respect to our very broad range of customers and products. These price increases also contributed to the increase in net sales during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2022. Due to the complexity of the implementation of the price increases and the changes in product, geographic and customer mix, we are not able to quantify the impact of the price increases on our net sales. Due to the size, complexity and diversity of our customer base, we are not able to quantify any material factor contributing to the changes other than the net demand fluctuations in the end market we serve. See our "Business and Macroeconomic Environment" discussion above for further information on our business outlook.
- •increasing semiconductor content in our customers’ products through our TSS product portfolio.