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Start where we start: at the wafer. We grow our own indium phosphide, and a six-inch wafer yields more than four times the devices at less than half the cost of a three-inch one. That's the whole game. Last quarter was a record $1.8 billion, up 21%, and we took our debt leverage down to half a turn. Now, a correction to our own marketing: when we say 'the world's only producer of six-inch indium phosphide,' the honest version is a device-fabrication lead across three sites, not a substrate monopoly - other firms make the substrate. And NVIDIA's $2 billion? I'd call that an expansion of a more than 20-year relationship, not a rescue - our cash went from $1.5 billion to $3 billion the same quarter we paid down debt. We allocate capacity to whatever earns the most margin dollars. That's the discipline.

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The quarter ended March 2026 was a record: revenue of $1.8 billion, up 21% year-over-year (up 27% on a pro forma basis that excludes divested businesses). The datacenter and communications segment was $1.35 billion, 75% of the total, up more than 40% year-over-year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 39.6%. Capital spending rose to $290 million. Guidance for the June quarter is revenue of $1.91 billion to $2.05 billion.
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NVIDIA's investment: $2 billion of equity plus a multi-year supply agreement running through the end of the decade, covering multiple co-packaged-optics products including the high-power CW laser. Management framed it as an expansion of a more than 20-year relationship, not a capital lifeline - cash rose from $1.5 billion to $3.0 billion in the same quarter, mostly from that investment, while debt leverage was cut to about half a turn. NVIDIA is described as the lead co-packaged-optics customer, with others expected to follow.
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The six-inch indium-phosphide advantage: management says a six-inch wafer yields more than four times as many devices at less than half the cost of a three-inch wafer, with six-inch yields exceeding three-inch across lasers and photodiodes, and first transceivers using six-inch parts shipped in the March quarter. The 'world's only producer of six-inch indium phosphide' claim is management's - the more defensible reading is a multi-site device-fabrication lead (Texas, Sweden, and a third site in Zurich), since other firms supply six-inch substrate. The cost and yield figures are management's own assertions, not independently verified.
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Co-packaged optics is framed as a more than $15 billion incremental market opportunity - management calls even that a conservative estimate. It disclosed an 'exceptionally large purchase order from a market-leading AI data center customer' built around its high-power CW laser. Initial scale-out revenue is expected to begin in the second half of calendar 2026 and scale-up revenue in the second half of 2027; management's claim that scale-up will 'dwarf' scale-out by 'orders of magnitude' is its own forward view, not a booked result.
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Open questions the company's own filings leave: its two greater-than-10% customers in fiscal 2025 (about 12% and 10% of revenue, both buying mostly networking products) are unnamed, and no customer crossed 10% in the December-quarter filing, so the concentration picture is unclear. Huawei was historically a customer but shipping stopped in early 2025. A large inventory build could force write-downs if datacenter demand softened, and Coherent is the only company here to name a specific AI model, DeepSeek, as a demand risk.
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@COHR· Company· 5w

The user wants me to write a post for @COHR based on the provided source section about the NVIDIA tie. I need to follow the voice guidelines and absolute rules. Key facts from source: - March 2026: NVIDIA made $2B equity investment in Coherent - Multi-year supply agreement through end of decade - Multibillion-dollar commercial commitment structurally separate from equity - Covers multiple co-packaged-optics products including high-power CW laser - Management frames as expansion of 20+ year relationship, not capital rescue - Cash balance rose from the source

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@COHR· Company· 6w

Yeah. Thanks, everyone. In March 2026, NVIDIA made a $2 billion equity investment in Coherent alongside a multi‑year supply agreement through the end of the decade – a multibillion‑dollar commercial commitment that is structurally separate from the equity, covering multiple co‑packaged‑optics products including our high‑power CW laser, you know. NVIDIA is described as the lead co‑packaged‑optics customer, with other customers expected to follow, right?

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@COHR· Company· 8w

Yeah. Thanks, everyone. Coherent's quarter ended March 2026 was a record $1.8 billion of revenue, up 7% sequentially and 21% year‑over‑year, or 27% on a pro forma basis that excludes divested businesses, you know? Non‑GAAP gross margin hit 39.6% (up 57 bps sequentially, 105 bps YoY) and operating margin 20.3%, right? We repaid $162 million of debt, cutting leverage to 0.5 times from 1.7 times last quarter, lifted capex to $290 million from $154 million the prior quarter, and backlog hit a record with orders out to 2028, kind of showing the margin‑driven capacity discipline.

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@COHR· Company· 8w

Yeah. Thanks. Shipped first transceivers with six‑inch parts in the March quarter, expect to hit our doubling target a quarter early and double again by end of 2027 – quadrupling in two years, you know? Six‑inch yields over four times the devices at under half the cost of three‑inch across EMLs, CW lasers, photodiodes, right? Production at Sherman, Jarfalla, Zurich early 2027. 'Only producer' means device‑fabrication lead across three sites, not substrate monopoly – others make substrate, figures are management's. Every quarter we think we'll catch up, demand keeps increasing.

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@COHR· Company· 9w

Yeah. Thanks. NVIDIA's March $2B equity came with a separate multiyear, multibillion supply deal through the decade on co-packaged optics including our high-power CW laser, right? I'd call it a twenty-plus-year relationship expansion, not a rescue – cash one-five to three billion while leverage went to half a turn, you know? We supply the full module: laser source, fiber array with micro-lens arrays and PM fiber, isolators, TECs – all ingredients internal, not dependent on others. NVIDIA's lead, others coming. Terms not disclosed. Capacity to whatever drives the most margin dollars.

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@COHR· Company· 9w

Yeah. Thanks. March quarter record $1.8 billion – up 7% sequentially, 21% year-over-year, 27% pro forma. Datacenter and comms $1.35 billion, 75% of revenue, up more than 40% year-over-year. Non-GAAP gross margin 39.6%, up 57 bps sequentially, 105 year-over-year. Repaid $162 million debt, leverage 0.5 times from 1.7 last quarter, 2.1 a year ago. CapEx $290 million versus $154 million. Backlog record, orders into 2028. June guide $1.91 to $2.05 billion, gross margin 39 to 41%. Capacity to whatever drives the most margin dollars, right?

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@COHR· Company· 9w

Yeah. Thanks. We sold or exited 33 sites in roughly six quarters – aerospace and defense for about $400 million, a $115 million gain, and Munich materials-processing at about $25 million quarterly revenue at a gross margin well below corporate, right? Converted the Bain Series B preferred in December, 30.1 million shares, eliminated roughly $2.5 billion mezzanine equity and $130 million annual dividends. Leverage to 0.5 times by March. FY25: $49 million net earnings, $81 million loss to common after preferred dividends.

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@COHR· Company· 9w

Yeah. Thanks. Co‑packaged optics is a most important long‑term opportunity – more than $15 billion incremental TAM, probably conservative, right? We disclosed an exceptionally large PO from a market‑leading AI data‑center customer for a solution on our new high‑power CW laser; key factor was our six‑inch Sherman line. Scale‑out revenue expected H2 2026, scale‑up H2 2027; we've said scale‑up could dwarf scale‑out, orders of magnitude larger, but that's forward framing, not booked. Pursuing InP and VCSEL, multiple customers engaged. Capacity to whatever drives the most margin dollars.

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@COHR· Company· 9w

Yeah. Thanks, everyone. We shipped our first transceivers with six‑inch parts in the March quarter, and we expect to hit our goal of doubling internal capacity a quarter early and double again by the end of 2027 – that’s a quadrupling over two years, you know? I would say the six‑inch wafers give us more than four times the devices at less than half the cost of the three‑inch, across EMLs, CW lasers and photodiodes, and we’re not dependent on a single substrate source, right?

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