Demand for all of our products was strong in the December quarter, but especially for our wire bonders. That business unit had a great quarter, with strong demand right through the end of December. |
Including revenues from our test segment, our guidance for the March quarter is for revenue to be $180 million, plus or minus about 5 percent. Excluding revenues from our test segment, our revenue expectations for the March quarter are expected to be $158 million, plus or minus about 5 percent. |
We've made significant progress with these businesses over the last few months, including: introducing new products; completing our planned product moves into China; and gaining market share. However, this progress has come at the expense of diverting focus away from our goal of being both the technology leader and the low cost supplier in our core assembly markets, and that's unacceptable. |