RF Mobile Business Growth Expectations, SiPho Market Share and Growth Expectations, Capacity Expansion and Utilization, Tariff Impact and Customer Concerns, and RF Mobile Market Recovery are the key contradictions discussed in
Ltd.'s latest 2025Q2 earnings call.
Strong Revenue and Profit Growth:
- Tower Semiconductor reported
revenue of
$372 million for Q2 2025, with a
net profit of
$46.6 million.
- The company expects
third quarter revenues to be $395 million and targets a
$40 million-plus revenue increase for the fourth quarter.
- Growth was driven by increased demand in RF infrastructure, particularly in Silicon Photonics and Silicon Germanium technologies.
RF Infrastructure and Capacity Expansion:
- RF infrastructure represented
25% of Tower's Q2 2025 revenue, with
over $90 million in revenues, up from
14% in the same period of 2024.
- The company is expanding capacity for Silicon Germanium and Silicon Photonics, with significant capacity increases expected by the end of 2025.
- The capacity expansion is aligned with growing customer demand, particularly in data center and AI expansions.
Power Management and Image sensor Growth:
- Tower's power management segment showed strong contributions, and the image sensor segment is expected a
20% revenue increase in the second half of 2025.
- Growth in power management is attributed to increased power requirements in AI processors, and image sensor growth is driven by increased demand in machine vision.
- New activities are expected to fuel future growth, including collaborations with automotive imager providers and OLED on silicon suppliers.
RFSOI Recovery in Mobile Segment:
- The RFSOI business in the mobile segment saw a
20% increase in Q2 over Q1 and is expected further increases close to
30% in Q3 over Q2.
- This recovery is attributed to inventory correction from strong 2024 growth and share gains by customers increasing their market share.
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