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Business overview
BUSINESS Overview We design, develop and manufacture differentiated semiconductor products and solutions for the Industrial and Defense (“I&D”), Data Center and Telecommunications (“Telecom”) industries for customers who demand high performance, quality and reliability. We are headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, with operational facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We have more than 70 years of application expertise, combined with expertise in analog and mixed signal circuit design, compound semiconductor fabrication (including gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), indium phosphide (InP) and specialized silicon), advanced packaging and back-end assembly and test. We offer a broad portfolio of thousands of standard and custom devices, which include integrated circuits (“ICs”), multi-chip modules (MCM), diodes, amplifiers, switches and switch limiters, passive and active components and radio frequency (RF) and optical subsystems, which make up dozens of product lines that service over 6,000 end customers in our three primary markets.
Our products are electronic components that our customers generally incorporate into larger electronic systems, such as wireless basestations, high-capacity optical networks, data center networks, radar, medical systems, satellite networks and test and measurement applications. Our primary end markets are: (1) I&D, which includes military and commercial radar, RF jammers, electronic countermeasures, communication data links, space-related electronics and various wired and wireless multi-market applications, which include industrial, medical, test and measurement and scientific applications; (2) Data Center, which includes intra-Data Center, Data Center Interconnect (DCI) applications, at 100G, 200G, 400G, 800G, 1. 6T and higher speeds, enabled by our broad portfolio of analog ICs and photonic components for high speed connectivity customers; and (3) Telecom, which includes carrier infrastructure such as long-haul/metro, 5G and 6G infrastructure, satellite communications (“SATCOM”) and Fiber-to-the-X (FTTx)/passive optical network (PON), among others.
Certain of our products have long life cycles ranging from five to ten years, with some of our products generating revenue for over 20 years while others may have shorter life cycles of less than five years. We continue to develop new products and technologies to improve our ability to serve our primary markets. Our growth strategy is focused on expanding our addressable markets and product portfolio, strengthening our customer relationships and capturing more design wins in order to increase our market share. As we grow our portfolio and technology base, we believe our customers will select more of our components for use in their systems. Our manufacturing model consists of operating internal semiconductor wafer fabrication and assembly and test facilities supplemented with external foundry and assembly and test partners.
We operate semiconductor fabrication facilities at our Lowell, Massachusetts headquarters, and in our Research Triangle Park, (“RTP”), North Carolina, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Limeil-Brévannes, France locations. Certain of our facilities have achieved certification to the IATF16949 automotive standard, the AS9100D aerospace standard, the ISO9001 international quality standard, the ISO14001 environmental management standard and the ANSI/ESD S20. 20:2021 standard. We manufacture compound semiconductors including GaAs, GaN and InP. Our Lowell, Massachusetts fabrication facility has been accredited by the United States Department of Defense with “Trusted Foundry” status, a designation conferred on microelectronics vendors exhibiting the highest levels of process integrity and protection. In the I&D markets, a domestic 3 fabrication facility may be a requirement to be a strategic supplier, and we believe our status as a Trusted Foundry for microelectronics goods and services offers us a further competitive advantage.
We also utilize external semiconductor foundries to access additional process technologies and capacity. In aggregate, we utilize a broad array of internal, proprietary process technologies and commercially available foundry technologies, which allows us to select the most appropriate technology to solve our customers’ needs. This strategy is intended to provide us with broad access to process technology, dependable supply, control over quality, reduced capital investment requirements, faster time to market and additional outsourced capacity when needed. In addition, the know-how developed through the continued operation of our internal fabrication lines provides us with the expertise to better manage our external foundry suppliers. We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in March 2009.
Our operations are conducted through our various subsidiaries, which are organized and operated according to the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation. Research and Development Our research and development efforts aim to rapidly develop new and innovative products, process technologies and packaging techniques. The interaction of semiconductor process technology, circuit design and packaging technology defines the performance parameters and differentiation of our products. […]
Management discussion and analysis
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear elsewhere in this Annual Report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ substantially and adversely from those referred to herein due to a number of factors, including but not limited to those described below and in “ Item 1A - Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. The following section generally discusses our financial condition and results of operations for our fiscal year ended October 3, 2025 (“fiscal year 2025 ”) compared to our fiscal year ended September 27, 2024 (“fiscal year 2024”).
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal year 2024 compared to our fiscal year ended September 29, 2023 (“fiscal year 2023”) can be found in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 12, 2024. OVERVIEW We design and manufacture semiconductor products and solutions for I&D, Data Center and Telecom industries. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, we have more than 70 years of application expertise, with silicon, GaAs, GaN and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We design, develop and manufacture differentiated semiconductor products and solutions for customers who demand high performance, quality and reliability.
We offer a broad portfolio of thousands of standard and custom devices, which include ICs, MCMs, diodes, amplifiers, switches and switch limiters, passive and active components and RF and optical subsystems, which make up dozens of product lines that service over 6,000 end customers in our three primary markets. Our semiconductor products are electronic components that our customers generally incorporate into larger electronic systems, such as wireless basestations, high-capacity optical networks, data center networks, radar, medical systems, satellite networks and test and measurement applications. Our primary end markets are: (1) I&D, which includes military and commercial radar, RF jammers, electronic countermeasures, communication data links, space-related electronics and various wired and wireless multi-market applications, which include industrial, medical, test and measurement and scientific applications; (2) Data Center, which includes intra-Data Center, DCI applications, at 100G, 200G, 400G, 800G, 1.
6T, 3. 2T and higher speeds, enabled by our broad portfolio of analog ICs and photonic components for high speed connectivity customers; and (3) Telecom, which includes carrier infrastructure such as long-haul/metro, 5G and 6G infrastructure, SATCOM and FTTx/PON, among others. See “ Item 1 - Business ” for additional information. 29 Basis of Presentation We have one reportable operating segment and all intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. We have a 52 or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Friday closest to the last day of September. Fiscal year 2025 included 53 weeks and fiscal years 2024 and 2023 each consisted of 52 weeks.
To offset the effect of holidays, for fiscal years in which there are 53 weeks, we typically include the extra week in the first quarter of our fiscal year. Our first quarter of fiscal year 2025, ended January 3, 2025, included 14 weeks. Description of Our Revenue Revenue. Our revenue is derived from sales of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeter wave, optical and photonic semiconductor products. We design, integrate, manufacture and package differentiated, semiconductor-based products that we sell to customers through our direct sales organization, our network of independent sales representatives and our distributors.
We believe the primary drivers of our future revenue growth will include: • continued growth in the demand for high-performance analog, digital and optical semiconductors in our three primary markets; • introducing new products using advanced technologies, added features, higher levels of integration and improved performance; • increasing content of our semiconductor solutions in customers’ systems through cross-selling our product lines; • leveraging our core strength and leadership position in standard, catalog products that service all of our end applications; and • engaging early with our lead customers to develop custom and standard products. Our core strategy is to develop and innovate high-performance products that address our customers’ most difficult technical challenges in our primary markets: I&D, Data Center and Telecom. […]
Key risk disclosures
Risk Factors ” and elsewhere in this Annual Report and the other documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or update our forward-looking statements to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Annual Report. In this document, the words “MACOM,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and similar terms refer only to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and not any other person or entity. “MACOM,” “MACOM Technology Solutions” and related logos are trademarks of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. All other brands and names listed are trademarks of their respective owners.
PART l ITEM 1. BUSINESS Overview We design, develop and manufacture differentiated semiconductor products and solutions for the Industrial and Defense (“I&D”), Data Center and Telecommunications (“Telecom”) industries for customers who demand high performance, quality and reliability. We are headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, with operational facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We have more than 70 years of application expertise, combined with expertise in analog and mixed signal circuit design, compound semiconductor fabrication (including gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), indium phosphide (InP) and specialized silicon), advanced packaging and back-end assembly and test. We offer a broad portfolio of thousands of standard and custom devices, which include integrated circuits (“ICs”), multi-chip modules (MCM), diodes, amplifiers, switches and switch limiters, passive and active components and radio frequency (RF) and optical subsystems, which make up dozens of product lines that service over 6,000 end customers in our three primary markets.
Our products are electronic components that our customers generally incorporate into larger electronic systems, such as wireless basestations, high-capacity optical networks, data center networks, radar, medical systems, satellite networks and test and measurement applications. Our primary end markets are: (1) I&D, which includes military and commercial radar, RF jammers, electronic countermeasures, communication data links, space-related electronics and various wired and wireless multi-market applications, which include industrial, medical, test and measurement and scientific applications; (2) Data Center, which includes intra-Data Center, Data Center Interconnect (DCI) applications, at 100G, 200G, 400G, 800G, 1. 6T and higher speeds, enabled by our broad portfolio of analog ICs and photonic components for high speed connectivity customers; and (3) Telecom, which includes carrier infrastructure such as long-haul/metro, 5G and 6G infrastructure, satellite communications (“SATCOM”) and Fiber-to-the-X (FTTx)/passive optical network (PON), among others.
Certain of our products have long life cycles ranging from five to ten years, with some of our products generating revenue for over 20 years while others may have shorter life cycles of less than five years. We continue to develop new products and technologies to improve our ability to serve our primary markets. Our growth strategy is focused on expanding our addressable markets and product portfolio, strengthening our customer relationships and capturing more design wins in order to increase our market share. As we grow our portfolio and technology base, we believe our customers will select more of our components for use in their systems. Our manufacturing model consists of operating internal semiconductor wafer fabrication and assembly and test facilities supplemented with external foundry and assembly and test partners.
We operate semiconductor fabrication facilities at our Lowell, Massachusetts headquarters, and in our Research Triangle Park, (“RTP”), North Carolina, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Limeil-Brévannes, France locations. Certain of our facilities have achieved certification to the IATF16949 automotive standard, the AS9100D aerospace standard, the ISO9001 international quality standard, the ISO14001 environmental management standard and the ANSI/ESD S20. 20:2021 standard. We manufacture compound semiconductors including GaAs, GaN and InP. Our Lowell, Massachusetts fabrication facility has been accredited by the United States Department of Defense with “Trusted Foundry” status, a designation conferred on microelectronics vendors exhibiting the highest levels of process integrity and protection. In the I&D markets, a domestic 3 fabrication facility may be a requirement to be a strategic supplier, and we believe our status as a Trusted Foundry for microelectronics goods and services offers us a further competitive advantage.
We also utilize external semiconductor foundries to access additional process technologies and capacity. In aggregate, we utilize a broad array of internal, proprietary process technologies and commercially available foundry technologies, which allows us to select the most appropriate technology to solve our customers’ needs. This strategy is intended to provide us with broad access to process technology, dependable supply, control over quality, reduced capital investment requirements, faster time to market and additional outsourced capacity when needed. […]
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