LandMark Optoelectronics, a maker of GaAs- and InP-based epitaxial wafers, expects its shipments of 25G single-line photonic chips and 100G modules for datacenters and 5G base stations to achieve momentum on the finish of the second quarter or early within the third quarter of 2019, in response to firm sources.
The manufacturing ramp-ups of latest merchandise will come about one quarter not on time, however shipments of latest units can be accelerated within the second half in step with the continued deployments of 5G infrastructure, stated the sources.
The firm is prone to kick off quantity manufacturing of custom-made silicon photonics units for a minimum of to 5-6 shoppers in 2019, with their mixed orders to account for 10-20% of LandMark’s whole gross sales within the second half of the yr, stated the sources.
LandMark has additionally managed to increase the clientele of its shopper VCSEL 3D sensing merchandise to incorporate these in Japan, along with the earlier focus on smartphone markers in China, the sources added.
Related 3D sensing merchandise will account for 5-10% of the corporate’s whole revenues in 2019, the sources estimated.
Meanwhile, LandMark has additionally begun trial manufacturing of 400G modules with quantity manufacturing slated for the second half of 2019.
The firm noticed its income sink 29.3% on quarter to NT$446 million (US$14.43 million) within the first quarter of 2019, with a gross margin of 44.5%. Net income for the primary quarter reached NT$79 million or NT$0.87 per share.
