Keith D. Jackson
Analyst · Craig Ellis with Caris & Company
Thanks, Don. Now for an overview of our end markets. During the first quarter of 2012, our end market splits were as follows: The automotive end market represented approximately 26% of sales. The consumer electronics end market represented approximately 22% of sales. Industrial, military, aerospace and medical end markets represented approximately 20% of sales. Computing end market represented approximately 18% of sales. And the communications end market, which includes wireless and networking, represented approximately 14% of sales. On a direct billing basis, no individual ON Semiconductor product OEM customer represented more than 5% of first quarter sales. Our top 5 product OEM customers during the first quarter were Continental Automotive Systems, Delta, Hella, Panasonic and Samsung. On a geographic basis, our contribution from sales in Asia, excluding Japan, represented approximately 55% of revenue. Our sales in the Americas represented approximately 16% of revenue. Sales in Japan represented approximately 15% of revenue, and sales in Europe represented approximately 14% of revenue during the quarter. Looking across the channels, direct sales to OEMs represented approximately 60% of first quarter 2012 revenue. Sales through the distribution channel were approximately 33% of first quarter revenue and the EMS channel represented approximately 7% of revenue. Now I'd like to provide you with some details of other progress we have made. As previously -- discussed previously, we expect to fully recover our planned production capacity that was lost as a result of the Thailand flood during the second quarter through the use of our global manufacturing network and significant efforts of our employees. In addition, we have received approximately $50 million in insurance proceeds over the last 2 quarters, which we will have used to restore our production capacity and capabilities at other locations within our global manufacturing network. Our overall manufacturing-related program integration activities also remain on track. As anticipated, our SANYO Semiconductor Gunma wafer facility will close this quarter and our SANYO Semiconductor Gifu wafer facility is on track to close by the beginning of the third quarter of 2012. Further, we anticipate completing the shutdown of our Aizu wafer facility later this year. These wafer factory closures should improve the efficiencies and cost effectiveness of our overall manufacturing network. In the beginning of the second quarter, we also took steps to invest in higher growth segments of our business with the completion of an approximately $8 million purchase of a building and workforce in Vietnam to expand our integrated power module capabilities to service white goods such as air conditioners, washers and refrigerators. Now I'd like to discuss some of our end market and product line results from ON Semiconductor's business units. In the automotive end market, we achieved sales of just under $200 million in the first quarter of 2012, up sequentially from the fourth quarter of 2011. New vehicle launches utilizing ON Semiconductor's solutions for LED lighting, park assist and start-stop applications helped drive strong results. Specifically, we saw a ramp up in our Park Assist ASIC for a key European auto manufacturer and share gains in IGBTs and SmartFETs at top-tier automotive customers in Korea and China. During the first quarter, we also secured several key automotive design wins at top-tier accounts, including a multiyear powertrain MOSFET win, a start-stop alternator ASIC win and a linear voltage regulator for LED front headlamp win. Our design momentum continues to strengthen within the automotive market, and we are looking for another strong year of performance within this segment and our -- with our ability to service up to $90 of content per vehicle. Sales in the computing end market decreased slightly in the first quarter but were much better than normal seasonality. After 3 quarters of reduced sales levels, we are beginning to see a recovery in the overall computing supply chain, which was negatively impacted by the inventory correction in the second half of 2011, as well as the flood in Thailand. We're seeing new design wins, gaining traction in several areas for our mixed signal ASICs and MOSFETs, including 3D projection, HDD, gaming, commercial desktop and the server markets. We also see positive momentum building for our power system and Vcore solutions within Ivy Bridge platforms at key notebook customers and anticipate growing our share versus the prior Sandy Bridge platform. Looking forward, we expect to see sequential growth in the computing end market driven by our expansive product line, as well as the recovery in the overall computing supply chain. We are also excited about the design momentum we're seeing in the communications end market. In particular, we're gaining traction with leading global smartphone manufacturers for our autofocus and image stabilization solutions. These solutions originate from the SANYO Semiconductor Products Group and represent another example of the growing opportunities to cross-sell our product lines. Overall, as we move through the second quarter, we believe we have passed the bottom of the current semiconductor cycle. Our backlog entering the second quarter was higher than it was entering the first quarter and customers are beginning to provide more visibility with their forecasts. We're also very well positioned with our energy efficient solutions portfolios in our focused end markets and look to drive improved revenues as economic conditions and customer demand improves in the second half of this year. Now I'd like to turn it back over to Donald for other comments and our forward-looking guidance. Donald?