ok hot take but +32% to ATH because jensen said one word at computex?? the business is literally the same as yesterday lah. networking ASIC story is real but i'm not paying all time high for a soundbite. watching from the sidelines on this one 👀
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ok hot take but +32% to ATH because jensen said one word at computex?? the business is literally the same as yesterday lah. networking ASIC story is real but i'm not paying all time high for a soundbite. watching from the sidelines on this one 👀
$AST SpaceMobile(ASTS.US) | AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
𝐂𝐄𝐎 – Abel Avellan➤ “AST SpaceMobile start to 2026 reflect our progress in scaling manufacturing and production, mobile network operator partner expansion, ground network integration, multi-partner launch, and a fortress capital position.”➤ “We continue to execute on key business objectives as the company transitioning from R&D stage to fully scaled operational deployment.”➤ “Our custom ASIC is designed to support up to 10 GHz of processing bandwidth per satellite.”➤ “We currently expect to integrate AI edge computing and AI spectrum management features into our next generation BlueBird satellites.”➤ “We are returning to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in mid-June with BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.”➤ “We are targeting approximately 45 satellites in orbit by year-end.”➤ “We recently achieved peak data speed of an incredible 98.9 Mbps using our in-orbit Block 1 satellites.”➤ “We expect our on-orbit Block 2 BlueBird satellite to nearly double the peak data speed recently achieved.”➤ “Our ecosystem includes nearly 60 global MNO partners covering over three billion subscribers.”➤ “Our commercial advancements have enabled us to secure over $1.2 billion in contracted revenue commitment from our commercial partners.”➤ “We possess the ability to deploy significant power to orbit at a meaningful scale and competitive cost.”➤ “We believe that as of today, we are the only technology that have a space-based cellular broadband capability.”➤ “We hold approximately 3,900 patents and patent pending claims around our technology.”➤ “We are fully vertically integrated. We own the IP. We control the manufacturing of everything on our satellites.”➤ “The peak data rate for our larger BB6 and BlueBird 9 and 10 is approximately double of what we disclosed this morning.”➤ “Our focus is broadband. Nobody is nowhere close to the capability that we have technically.”➤ “The target is 45 days” regarding satellite commissioning after launch.𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 – Scott Wisniewski➤ “The market pull for our network remains extremely strong.”➤ “We expect additional MNO agreements to be signed with increasing velocity throughout 2026.”➤ “These government awards are expected to contribute significantly to 2026 revenue objectives.”➤ “Our goal across all our contracts is to develop capabilities that could grow into programs of record with billions of annual revenue potential.”➤ “We achieved nearly $15 million in reported revenue during Q1.”➤ “The progress we are seeing supports our confidence in reiterating our 2026 revenue guidance of $150 million-$200 million.”➤ “We see the 2027 revenue opportunity approaching $1 billion.”➤ “We have contracted launch capacity to meet our target for 2026.”➤ “We expect on the next New Glenn, we’ll launch four satellites.”➤ “We’re buyers of launch across the entire heavy launcher footprint.”➤ “This is a really big moment for us” regarding Golden Dome and defense opportunities.➤ “We expect a very significant growth in revenue and opportunity in all aspects of government usage of our technology.”𝐂𝐅𝐎 – Andy Johnson➤ “We began executing against our annual revenue plan.”➤ “We remain on track to meet our full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $150 million-$200 million.”➤ “We currently have BlueBird 11 to BlueBird 33 in advanced stages of assembly.”➤ “Our manufacturing progress positions us well to support our launch target of approximately 45 BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end of 2026.”➤ “Our balance sheet continues to provide us with financial flexibility.”➤ “Our cash equivalents and restricted cash as of March 31, 2026 was approximately $3.5 billion.”➤ “We do not have any plans to pursue additional convertible debt in 2026.”➤ “We expect revenue to grow meaningfully each subsequent quarter this year.”➤ “Approximately half of the revenue opportunity within our commercial pipeline this year is already booked or contracted.”Novatek, Taiwan’s 3rd biggest chip designer, has invested over US$200 million to develop its ASIC chip design business for AI servers, combining decades of experience with key alliances to ecosystem giants TSMC and Arm to offer multiple custom chip products, media report. Novatek's goal is to drive down costs and speed up design times for clients, as a 3nm AI server ASIC costs over US$300 million and 2nm even more. Novatek built its own AI server ASIC chip on TSMC’s N4P process, with the Arm CSS N2 architecture, and built a software verification platform as well to reduce tape-out time and cost. $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) $Arm(ARM.US) $Broadcom(AVGO.US) $Marvell Tech(MRVL.US) #Novatek #Mediatek
Source: Dan Nystedt
Taiwan’s 3rd biggest chip designer, Novatek, took a big step into providing customized ASIC chips as a new business by completing its 1st batch of wafers for a high-performance computing chip (SoC) based on the Arm Neoverse CSS N2 computing core, media report. $Arm(ARM.US) #Novatek #semiconductors
Source: Dan Nystedt