Wolfspeed (WOLF) 27 Oct 222023 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Hello, and welcome to the Wolfspeed, Incorporated First Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Earnings Call. My name is Harry, and I'll be your coordinator today. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to hand you over to Gregg Lowe, CEO, to begin. Please go ahead.

Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Quarter Conference First Wolfspeed's to Fiscal Call. XXXX Welcome and Neill for Reynolds, Wolfspeed's first CEO, report CFO, Lowe; Gregg XXXX. year results Today, will Wolfspeed's on of fiscal quarter the the is presenting that note results call, management internally. we Wolfspeed's be consistent Please non-GAAP how with will during financial today's results measures which information accordance companies. other Non-GAAP in and not by with results are be provided may GAAP not comparable to non-GAAP GAAP. prepared and should not supplement a in be accordance financial for information with Non-GAAP to statements considered substitute a the comparable of the historical directly is along our to measures reconciliation in A a posted press most metrics. Investor in GAAP summary other with release our key and of section Relations website, includes discussion statements outlook. business Today's about forward-looking our during make forward-looking statements call. may other the We Such forward-looking are uncertainties. to statements subject numerous risks and

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Thank you. line now And our your final questions open. today comes from David O’Connor of Paribas. BNP is David,

Neill, there the long my Gregg, that taking term? the question. – new RF Maybe any questions, plans Great. gross you for you’re for in as Durham Durham to longer question first kind on the fab, change my the Does margin or of kind the view for And the on points may just Good [ph] have same term? afternoon. clarification in does fab that seeing your question. three Thanks there? vein, these Is previous of of fab it that does on That’s of headwind now side. of newer the issues anything

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