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remained range $XXX.X revenue December quarter. to million primarily a stronger-than-seasonal due end down roughly at as QX as reduction was sequential year-over-year follows above the XX-week was XX% basis, our a in of in Revenue shipments you robust On a which, quarter, was On which quarter. smartphone a was the throughout guidance flat. March volumes, high revenue basis, recall, a
by was products, of Fiscal from year and in of The primarily billion year applications. a shipments X% revenue $X.XX driven our reduction was general decline custom 'XX market non-smartphone ago. in a down
was non-GAAP and to of profit the profit freight gross Gross margin. efficiencies Turning the $XXX gross quarter was above end XX.X%. guidance margin range chain supply Non-GAAP margin to due expense. in was our high gross lower million, gross and and mostly
increased lower including margin points, product while was basis offset supply a On on by costs, a product points XX partially mix, driven due a year-over-year chain a basis, largely sequential basis favorable XXX basis, by freight. increased to mix. gross gross by margin favorable This less
offset for And premiums, including profit less was of full margin non-GAAP a to the year XX.X%. reduction inventory and favorable expense gross reserves. million, all fiscal chain was in as product Gross gross 'XX wafer a absence $XXX.X as partially lower well by increased supply freight costs, margin Non-GAAP this mix. our due was a of in decline year-over-year
to compensation, OpEx fourth to was employee-related quarter Now variable declined well a week sequential I'll primarily salaries basis, expenses, due million, turn for $XXX.X expenses. to million, expense due increased R&D decreased mostly $X.X operating the incentives. Non-GAAP one on lower as fewer operating as
in incentives largely R&D to lower and quarter $XX.X a year-over-year costs. $X.X an compensation. variable development income increase down was in partially an million, XX.X% operating On of increase basis, for due million was This or Non-GAAP was operating revenue. by expense product the offset
This million the increased year, million, R&D in prior year, an down increase in non-GAAP well was partially was by employee-related as offset a variable $XX lower For compensation, full incentives, from to primarily expense the development expenses. fiscal product as reduction $XXX.X operating due expenses.
operating Non-GAAP slightly fiscal year revenue fiscal at despite up XXXX 'XX. margin for came million, headwind a prior 'XX fiscal income we in full XX%, the the operating from in was experienced year result, as $XXX.X fiscal year
taxes. to Turning now
For rate our non-GAAP was tax the March quarter, XX.X%.
in the full for tax rate which year, fiscal guidance. effective with previous was was line XX%, However, roughly non-GAAP our
tax million was net $X.XX revenue income net or and per increase The the per flowed share, as from higher $XXX.X $X.XX through by line. driven I And share on non-GAAP in that income to $X.XX Non-GAAP repurchases 'XX. or fiscal quarter alluded share execution, rate the the the fiscal profitability fourth lastly, up share $XX was bottom as per decrease to was non-GAAP for year, a disciplined in full earnings million P&L. as well And earlier. our the in
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equivalents. fiscal ended $XXX to and strong, nearly Our cash cash balance we continues million remain sheet 'XX in with and
was from $XXX.X up strong was balance primarily stock offset partially the year repurchases. by flow cash from ending which cash to prior Our million due operations,
million have our on to no and continue We debt have undrawn $XXX outstanding revolver.
the Inventory days was end with quarter 'XX. inventory in XXX the QX of $XXX.X XX The quarter million balance at ended days the million, of up $XXX.X and down was approximately fourth of we sequentially days inventory. from
half fiscal QX with year. as capacity elevated launches of the expect our begin continue accordance commitments in our support In seasonal we fiscal to calendar of wafer fulfill demand ahead customer be we inventory in agreement prior product purchase build increase and second the to expected 'XX, with inventory is to long-term GlobalFoundries. from 'XX, ahead, Looking in quarter we to as the
cash margin in $X.X Turning from resulting XX%. now quarter in CapEx Cash March million, the free roughly flow. flow cash million for non-GAAP the to and $XXX.X was roughly of operations was quarter flow
was to XX%, and free flow CapEx margin fiscal ending period of compared 'XX. operations $XX.X flow in XXX of free point the basis a in For March XX-month million, resulting quarter, flow roughly was cash $XXX.X improvement cash margin cash from roughly the in non-GAAP XX% million
at price share $XX.XX. repurchase the $XX buyback in average million front, shares utilized to we stock common approximately an of QX, On our XXX,XXX of
an to as the $XXX million returned million at average of X.X price we For we year, repurchased fiscal shares of cash shareholders $XX.XX. full
in $XXX.X repurchase At QX of its 'XX, authorization. the remaining company the share fiscal had end million
to long-term provide benefit return stock form capital forward. believe the in to continue we to expect which of We going will shareholders repurchases a
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