Micron Technology, Inc.

Thank you for standing by and welcome to Micron's third quarter 2025 financial call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you'll need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you'd like to remove yourself from the queue, simply press star 1-1 again. As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Satya Kumar, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, and welcome to Micron Technologies' fiscal third quarter 2025 financial conference call. On the call with me today are Sanjay Mehrotra, our chairman, president, and CEO, and Mark Murphy, our CFO. Today's call is being webcast from our investor relations site at investors.micron.com, including audio and slides. In addition, the press release detailing our quarterly results has been posted on the website. along with the prepared remarks for this call. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding our future financial and operating performance, including our guidance, as well as trends and expectations in our business, market, industry, and regulatory and other matters. These statements are based on our current assumptions, and we assume no obligation to update these statements. Please refer to our most recent financial report on Form 10-K and our other filings with SEC for more information on these risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Today's discussion of financial results is presented on a non-GAAP financial basis unless otherwise specified. The reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures can be found on our website. We encourage you to visit our website at micron.com throughout the quarter for the most current information on the company, including information on financial conferences that we may be attending. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. I'll now turn the call over to Sanjay.

Thank you, Satya. Good afternoon, everyone. Micron's strong competitive position and solid execution delivered record revenue in fiscal Q3, with revenue, gross margin, and EPS all exceeding the high end of our guidance ranges. Data center revenue more than doubled year over year and reached its record level, and consumer-oriented markets had strong sequential growth. We generated substantial free cash flow in the quarter, even as we continue to make strategic investments critical to sustain long-term growth. I'm thankful to all our Micron team members for their focus and execution, which made these results possible. In fiscal Q3, DRAM revenue reached a new record driven by a nearly 50% sequential growth in HBM revenue. We remain the sole supplier in volume production of LPD RAM in the data center, In NAND, we achieved a new quarterly record for market share across data center SSDs as well as client SSDs in calendar Q1. For the first time ever, during calendar Q1, Micron has become the number two brand by share in data center SSDs according to third party data. Looking ahead to fiscal Q4, we see a robust demand environment and expect to grow revenue by 15% sequentially to a record $10.7 billion at guidance midpoint. In June, we have completed a strategic reorganization of our business units around key market segments to capitalize on the tremendous AI growth opportunity ahead. As high-performance memory and storage becomes increasingly critical to enabling AI-driven innovation, this new structure enhances Micron's ability to engage more deeply with customers by shifting more resources to AI-focused opportunities across our portfolio. We are making excellent progress on our 1Gamma DRAM technology node, with yield ramping ahead of the record pace we achieved on our 1Beta node. We completed several key product milestones during the quarter, including the first qualification sample shipments of 1Gamma-based LP5 DRAM. Micron One Gamma DRAM leverages EUV, and the node provides a 30% improvement in bit density, more than 20% lower power, and up to 15% higher performance compared to One Beta DRAM. We will leverage One Gamma across our entire DRAM product portfolio to benefit from this leadership technology. In NAND, we reached a record high mix of QLC bits in the quarter. We started qualifications for new high-performance SSD products based on our G9 2TB QLC NAND, and we continue to ramp our G9 node at a pace consistent with demand. We are making disciplined investments in our global operations network to add to supply in line with demand over time. Two weeks ago, with support from the Trump administration, Micron announced plans to invest approximately $200 billion in the U.S., which includes $150 billion in manufacturing and $50 billion in R&D over the next 20-plus years. As part of this $200 billion investment plan, Micron plans to invest an additional $30 billion beyond previously announced plans, which includes building a second leading-edge memory fab in Boise, Idaho, expanding and modernizing our existing FAB in Manassas, Virginia, serving the automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets, and bringing advanced packaging capabilities to the U.S. to support our long-term HVM growth plans after we have established sufficient DLAM wafer scale in our U.S. operations. We are pleased with the strong endorsement we received for our technology, products, and investment plans from our customers and ecosystem partners as part of this announcement. Our first IdahoFAB, ID1, achieved another key construction milestone in June. We expect first VNAM wafer output at ID1 to begin in the second half of calendar 2027 with customer qualifications to follow. The second IdahoFAB, ID2, will benefit from manufacturing economies of scale with ID1 and add to R&D co-location benefits with greater efficiencies and faster time to market. To meet anticipated demand, ID2 will begin production before the first New York fab. We expect to begin ground preparation in New York later this year, following the completion of state and federal environmental reviews. Turning to our end markets, In data center, we expect the CY25 server market to grow mid-single digits percentage in units, largely driven by significant growth in AI servers. In fiscal Q3, data center DRAM revenue reached a new record for the fourth consecutive quarter, driven by strong growth and shared gains in HVM and robust performance by our industry-leading portfolio of high-capacity DEMs and low-power server DRAM products. We are executing well on our HBM ramp and product development roadmap. Our yield and volume ramp on HBM3E12Y is progressing extremely well, and we expect shipment crossover in FQ4. We expect to reach HBM shares similar to our overall DRAM shares sometime in the second half of calendar 2025. At AMD's Advancing AI event earlier this month, We announced that Micron's HBM3E 36 gigabyte 12 high has been designed into AMD's Instinct MI355X GPU platform. We are now shipping HBM in high volume to four customers, spanning both GPU and ASIC platforms. As generative AI workloads grow in size and complexity, the performance demands on HBM continue to rise. Micron's HPM4 leverages our well-established 1-beta DRAM technology, along with an internally developed and manufactured advanced CMOS logic-based die to deliver bandwidth exceeding 2 terabytes per second per memory stack, over 60% higher performance than the previous generation. Additionally, Micron's HPM4 offers a 20% lower power consumption compared to the already industry-leading power performance on our HBM3E 12 high product, setting new benchmarks in power efficiency for this product category. The expanded interface for HBM4 facilitates rapid communication and a high-throughput design that accelerates the influence flat performance of large language models and chain-of-thought reasoning systems. Micron has delivered samples of HBM4 to multiple customers and expects to run volume production in calendar 2026 aligned with our customers' plans. We are exceptionally well positioned for the ramp of HBM4. Building on the success of our HBM3 eRamp, we have high quality field proven technology and have executed a robust and significant ramp in our HBM manufacturing capacity. We have deep relationships with practically every major customer of HBM and have earned their trust with our execution, delivering the world's lowest power, highest performance HVM. Our portfolio of high-capacity DEMs and low-power server DRAM solutions delivered another record revenue quarter. Micron has pioneered the adoption of LP DRAM for servers, and we continue to maintain our sole source position for LP in server. Together, our high-capacity DEM and LP server products have already generated multiple billions of dollars in revenue in fiscal 2025, reflecting a remarkable five-fold growth compared to the same period in the previous year. During calendar Q1, for the third consecutive quarter, Micron achieved a record for data center SSD market share, driven by our portfolio of differentiated products enabled through vertical integration. In fiscal Q3, our data center 9550 performance SSD, which is on the NVIDIA GB200 NBL72 recommended vendor list, completed additional customer qualifications at multiple OEMs. Micron's 9550 SSDs provides an industry-leading performance and energy-efficient Gen5 data center storage solution for AI server systems. We continue to qualify additional customers and ramp revenue for our 6550 ION 60 terabyte capacity SSDs. Turning to PC, we expect PC market units to grow in the low single-digit percentage range in calendar 2025. In the quarters ahead, key catalysts for growth include the increasing adoption of AI-enabled PCs and the Windows 11 upgrade cycle. Micron is focused on bringing differentiated high performance products to the PC market. Our strong SSD portfolio resulted in Micron achieving a record high client SSD market share in calendar Q1. Tomorrow, we will be announcing our new G9 QLC two terabyte based SSD, featuring our proprietary adaptive light technology, which enables 4X faster light performance. This technology expands the addressable market for QLC SSDs by delivering performance equivalent to TLC NAND for most consumer use cases. Turning to mobile, we expect smartphone units to grow low single digits in calendar 2025. AI adoption remains a key driver of DRAM content growth for smartphones, and we expect more smartphone launches featuring 12 gigabyte or more compared to 8 GB of capacity in the average smartphone today. Micron is focused on providing solutions to the high-end smartphone segments, leveraging our leading 1 Beta and 1 Gamma technology nodes for LP5X DRAM and G8 and G9 technology nodes for our UFS4 NAND products. During the quarter, we began shipping qualification samples of the industry's first LP5X memory-built on the One Gamma node, offering a wide range of capacities and industry-leading speed grades for 2026 flagship smartphones. Micron's One Gamma LP5X DRAM is engineered to accelerate AI applications in high-end devices, delivering over 25% faster recommendations across several use cases while reducing power consumption by 20%, all in an ultra-thin form factor ideal for mobile. In NAND, we secured a key customer design win and ramped high volume production of our G9-based UFS4 products. The strength of our mobile portfolio was further recognized through top quality awards from seven smartphone OEMs during the quarter. Turning to automotive, industrial, and consumer embedded markets. We expect increasing adoption of L2 and L3 ADAS features and AI-enabled in-vehicle infotainment systems to drive memory and storage content growth, as well as higher bandwidth requirements. Micron is positioned for long-term success in the automotive market with new product introductions, such as the industry's first one-beta dual-channel LP5 D-LAM with high-speed 9.6 gigabits per second support. which achieved production readiness during the quarter. In industrial, we are seeing a resumption in our growth as customers increase their investments for the adoption of AI, including in key areas like factory automation. Micron is driving price improvements with a market backdrop of constrained D4 and LP4 supply and low distributor channel inventory. Now turning to our market outlook. Customer inventory levels have been healthy overall across end markets, and there may have been some tariff-related pull-ins by certain customers. Our customers continue to signal a constructive demand environment for the remainder of this calendar year, and we remain agile to adjust to any unforeseen demand changes that may occur due to macro conditions or the evolving tariff-related situation. We expect CY25 industry DRAM BIT demand growth to be in the high teens percentage range and industry NAND bit demand growth to be in the low double-digit percentage range. We expect Micron's bit supply growth to be below industry bit demand growth for non-HVM DRAM and NAND. Over the medium term, we anticipate industry bit demand growth of mid-teens scattered for both DRAM and NAND. As previously communicated, Our efficient node conversions will result in 10% structurally lower NAND wafer capacity ending fiscal 2025 versus the end of fiscal 2024 levels. Additionally, given NAND technology transitions provide a significant increase in overall bit output, Micron plans to manage our node conversions at a measured pace consistent with our demand. Recent press reports have discussed the end of life of D4 and LP4 products. Micron's leading edge DNAM nodes, such as 1-beta and 1-gamma, are focused on the latest generation products, such as D5, LP5, and HVM, and are not utilized to produce D4 and LP4. D4 and LP4 products are largely produced in our 1-alpha DNAM node. Micron had sent EOL notices for these products to customers in high-volume segments like mobile, client, data center, and consumer several months ago, with final shipments occurring in two to three quarters from now. This EOL process is similar to prior transitions from one generation of memory to another and consistent with history. Micron intends to support its longevity customers with long-term and relatively low-volume requirements in segments like automotive, industrial, defense, and networking with supply of these 1-alpha DRAM products for several years. In the near term, customers in the high-volume segments are starting to see increasing shortages of D4 products. We are now on allocation for these products and are working with customers to try and support their high-priority near-term demand. Default revenues are low single digit percentage of our revenues in second half of fiscal 2025. We anticipate LP4 shortages may also increase as a result of EOL. In closing, Micron's record Q3 revenue performance and strong Q4 outlook are the results of our strategic focus and consistent execution. As AR drives unprecedented demand for high performance memory and storage, Micron is exceptionally well-positioned to capitalize on this transformative era. Our leadership in technology, highlighted by progress in HBM, 1Gamma DRAM, and G9 NAND, alongside disciplined global manufacturing investments, supports our path to sustained growth. We are confident that our strategic direction, innovation capabilities, and the execution by our exceptional team will continue to create meaningful value for our shareholders customers, and employees. We are on track to deliver record revenue with solid profitability and free cash flow in fiscal year 25 while we invest to build on our leadership to addressing growing AI-driven memory demand. I will now turn it over to Mark for our financial results and outlook.