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Woojin Ho

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10 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

Yeah, hey, Ed.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

So really quickly, what Cisco is is the leading global provider of networking equipment for corporate as well as for data centers.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

And they've actually had a foray into cloud data centers to help power some of the AI workloads.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

Now, what happened last quarter, they got the AI orders momentum and drove a lot of the upside on sales.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

But the gross margin issue, especially given from the DRAM pricing, is a lot bigger than we had thought.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

Yeah, so we did the math for the third quarter.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

There's about 200 basis point product erosion on gross margin.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

But when we look at the fourth quarter, they're able to stabilize that.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

Now, if we think about 2027, they actually have a fairly sizable software business.

Bloomberg Tech
Memory Prices Hit Cisco, Apple Faces Siri Snags

And if software really starts ramping up, we could start seeing some gross margin stability in 2027.