Simtek Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2006 Financial Results

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 27, 2006— Simtek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SRAM):

-- 36% Product Revenue Growth Q2 vs. Q1 2006, 115% Year to Date Product Revenue Growth vs. 2005

-- Revenue Guidance Increased to $25 to $30 million, from $23 to $27 million for Full Year 2006

-- Production Qualification Approved for 1 Megabit Device with Real Time Clock

-- Loss Per Share Reduced For Six Months 2006 to ($0.02) vs. ($0.06) 2005

Simtek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SRAM), the inventor, pioneer, and world's leading supplier of nonvolatile static random access memory (nvSRAM) integrated circuits, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006.

Other highlights include:

-- Product Revenue $6.4 million for Q2 2006, $11.2 million for the first half 2006

-- Total Revenue $6.9 million for Q2 2006, $12.7 million for the first half 2006

-- Profitability Achieved for the Month of June

-- 4 Megabit nvSRAM Program with Cypress Well Underway

-- Record Design Wins Across Diverse Markets

In this and subsequent reports an accounting change has been, and will be, made in how the non-refundable advance royalty payments from Cypress Semiconductor are accounted for. The change, settled upon after consultation with the Company's independent accountants, results in adding approximately $1 million to Q1 2006 revenue and $0.5 million to Q2 2006 revenue, or $1.5 million in royalty revenue for the first six months of 2006. In this, and future reports, revenue will be reported for product sales, royalty revenue, and total revenue. Please refer to Simtek's related Form 8-K filed on July 26, 2006 for the effect on Q1 2006 financial statements.

Total revenue was $6.9 million for the second quarter of 2006, including royalty revenue of $0.5 million. Product sales for the second quarter were $6.4 million, an increase of 192% from $2.2 million in the second quarter of 2005, and an increase of 36% quarter-over-quarter compared to Q1 2006 product sales of $4.7 million. The Company reported a net loss for 2006's second quarter of $1.5 million or $0.01 per share, compared to a net loss of $2.9 million or $0.05 per share for the second quarter of 2005. Excluding the effects of stock options and amortization of acquisition related costs, the net loss was $0.9 million for the second quarter of 2006. There were no such charges in the 2005 period.

Total revenue for the first six months of 2006 was $12.7 million, including royalty revenue of $1.5 million. Product sales for the first six months of 2006 were $11.2 million, an increase of 115% from $5.2 million in the first six months of 2005. The Company reported a net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of $2.4 million or $0.02 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.9 million or $0.06 per share for the same period in 2005. Excluding the effects of stock options and amortization of acquisition related costs, the net loss was $1.4 million for the 2006 period. There were no such charges in the 2005 period.

Simtek is guiding product revenue for the third quarter of 2006 to be in the range of $7.2 million to $7.5 million. The Company's order backlog, scheduled for delivery in the third quarter, stands at $5.5 million at June 30, 2006 and represents a larger percentage of guided revenue for the subsequent quarter than in prior quarters.

The Company is raising its guidance for total revenue for 2006 from $23 million to $27 million to $25 million to $30 million, including the impact of royalty revenue from the non-refundable payments received from Cypress Semiconductor.

Based on margin improvement and increasing revenue, the Company is guiding to be profitable on a pro-forma basis for the third and fourth quarters of 2006. There is no prepaid royalty installment expected in the third quarter.

Brian Alleman, CFO stated, "Achieving production qualification of the .25 micron 256 kilobit and real-time clock version of the 1 megabit devices, which the Company announced yesterday, is the culmination of several years of investment in process R&D and product development. We believe that the Company is now in a position to ramp current customer programs into production, and to aggressively cultivate new design wins. Product revenue for the first six months of 2006 exceeded total revenue for the full year 2005 by $800,000. For the month of June, Simtek achieved what we consider to be an even more significant goal, namely reaching profitability for the month. Focused ASP management, with a favorable shift in product mix and aggressive cost reduction efforts resulted in gross margins on product sales of just over 40% for the month."

Alleman continued, "The Company continues to work on reducing product costs, particularly on the .25 micron parts. We expect to be investing in the third quarter in continued cost reductions, yield enhancements, and back end test efficiencies. We have also successfully transferred offshore the final testing of our highest volume device family. The combination of these actions is projected to increase gross margins in Q3 2006 by as much as 500 basis points over Q2 2006."

Revenue is increasing from improved ASPs, a shift in mix toward higher ASP 1 megabit devices, and from significant increases in unit volumes shipped in several product families. In the European market, the unit volume of shipment of products from Simtek GmbH to customers in Europe increased by 66% quarter-over-quarter compared to Q1 2006. Unit volume shipped on a global basis increased by 36% quarter-over-quarter compared to Q1 2006. Compared to the first six months of 2005, total unit volume shipped to customers increased by 179%.

Simtek President and CEO, Harold Blomquist stated, "Growth is coming from customers around the world and from markets as diverse as storage/RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks) subsystems, automated meter reading systems, display subsystems in multiple application areas, and networking subsystems. Shipments of our 1 megabit family increased by 293% quarter-over-quarter and is showing steady increase in demand from recently awarded programs from Fortune 50 industry leaders in the RAID, and other market segments."

Blomquist went on to say, "We believe that design wins from new and existing customers, and from current and new market segments early in the year is unparalleled in our history and continues at a brisk pace. Market acceptance of our nvSRAM technology continues to broaden. Cypress Semiconductor Corp. reported in its earnings call last week that it has begun sampling high-speed nonvolatile SRAM devices obtained through its partnership with Simtek. Simtek is pleased with its collaboration with Cypress which is expected to provide first samples of a jointly developed 4 megabit device at the beginning of 2007, and which is opening doors to new customers with high-volume programs."

Following is reconciliation* of the Pro-forma financial measures
to the most comparable GAAP financial measures:

                                                  Three
                                                  Months    Six Months
Unaudited                                         Ended        Ended
(Amounts in thousands, except per share          June 30,     June 30,
 amounts)                                          2006         2006

Loss from Continuing Operations as reported    $   (1,453)  $  (2,354)

Adjusted-GAAP items:
Amortization of Non-compete Agreement                  443                  891
Costs  associated  with  employee  stock  options                  159                  278
                                                                                              -----------------------
Pro-forma  Loss  from  Continuing  Operations            $          (851)    $    (1,185)
                                                                                              =======================

Per  Share  Data:
Loss  from  Continuing  Operations  as  reported        $        (0.01)    $      (0.02)

Amortization  of  Non-compete  Agreement                    $                -      $        0.01
Costs  associated  with  employee  stock  options      $                -      $              -
                                                                                              -----------------------
Pro-forma  Loss  Per  Share  from  Continuing
  Operations                                                                        $        (0.01)    $      (0.01)
                                                                                              =======================

*  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  Regulation  G.

Simtek  reports  net  income  or  loss  in  accordance  with  GAAP  and  
additionally  uses  pro-forma  financial  measures  which  are  adjusted  from
the  most  directly  comparable  GAAP  financial  measures  to  exclude  
charges  related  to  unusual  or  non-recurring  expenses  the  Company  may  
incur  from  time  to  time,  in  order  to  provide  additional  comparative  
information  between  periods.    Management  believes  that  these  pro-forma
measures  are  important  to  investor  understanding  of  the  Company's  
disclosures  regarding  past,  current  and  future  operating  results.

As  of  June  30,  2006  there  were  147,321,577  shares  outstanding.


                                                    SIMTEK  CORPORATION
                                CONDENSED  CONSOLIDATED  BALANCE  SHEETS
            (Amounts  in  thousands,  except  par  value  and  share  amounts)


ASSETS
                                                                                                          June          December
                                                                                                            30,                31,
                                                                                                          2006              2005
                                                                                                        ------          ------
CURRENT  ASSETS:                                                                      (Unaudited)


    Cash  and  cash  equivalents                                            $      2,265    $      1,766
    Restricted  investments                                                          1,975            2,281
    Accounts  receivable  -  trade,  net                                      3,955            1,456
    Inventory,  net                                                                          3,979            2,068
    Prepaid  expenses  and  other  current  assets                        387                699
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
            Total  current  assets                                                    12,561            8,270
EQUIPMENT  AND  FURNITURE,  net                                                      803                571
DEFERRED  FINANCING  COSTS  AND  DEBT  ISSUANCE  COSTS              143                111
GOODWILL                                                                                              992                876
NON-COMPETITION  AGREEMENT                                                        8,016            8,910
OTHER  ASSETS                                                                                        43                  20
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
    TOTAL  ASSETS                                                                      $      22,558  $    18,758
                                                                                                  ==========  ==========

                                  LIABILITIES  AND  SHAREHOLDERS'  EQUITY
                                -------------------------------------
CURRENT  LIABILITIES:
    Accounts  payable                                                              $      4,539    $      2,822
    Accrued  expenses                                                                      1,639            1,604
    Obligation  under  capital  leases                                                -                  13
    Notes  payable                                                                                558                    -
    Debentures,  current                                                                    480                240
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
            Total  current  liabilities                                            7,216            4,679
DEBENTURES,  NET  OF  CURRENT                                                      2,520            2,760
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
    Total  liabilities                                                                    9,736            7,439
Temporary  equity,  consisted  of  68,750,000  shares
  of  common  stock,  $0.01  par  value,  subject  to  
  cash  penalties  under  registration  rights
  agreements,  net  of  financing  costs  of  $667,542          10,332            8,459

COMMITMENTS  AND  CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS'  EQUITY:
    Preferred  stock,  $1.00  par  value;  2,000,000
      shares  authorized,  none  issued                                                -                    -
    Common  stock,  $.01  par  value;  300,000,000
      shares  authorized,  78,581,577  and  78,571,577  
      shares  issued  and  outstanding  at  June  30,  
      2006  and  78,170,823  and  78,160,823  shares  
      issued  and  outstanding  at  December  31,  2005,
      excluding  temporary  equity                                                    786                782
    Additional  paid-in  capital                                                50,187          48,282
    Treasury  stock,  at  cost;  10,000  shares                              (13)              (13)
    Accumulated  deficit                                                            (48,545)      (46,191)
    Accumulated  other  comprehensive  income:
            Cumulative  translation  adjustment                                  75                    -
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
            Total  shareholders'  equity                                          2,490            2,860
                                                                                                  ----------  ----------
TOTAL  LIABILITIES  AND  SHAREHOLDERS'  EQUITY              $      22,558  $    18,758
                                                                                                  ==========  ==========


                                                    SIMTEK  CORPORATION
                      CONDENSED  CONSOLIDATED  STATEMENTS  OF  OPERATIONS
                                                          (Unaudited)
            (Amounts  in  thousands,  except  share  and  per  share  amounts)

                                              Three  Months  Ended                    Six  Months  Ended
                                                          June  30,                                      June  30,
                                                  2006                  2005                    2006                  2005
                                                ------              ------                ------              ------
REVENUE:
  Product  sales,  
    net                                $    6,443          $    2,204          $    11,186          $    5,180
  Royalty  revenue                    483                        -                  1,518                        -
                                          -------------------------------------------------
    Total  revenue                  6,926                2,204                12,704                5,180
  Cost  of  sales                    4,567                1,675                  8,037                3,683
                                          -------------------------------------------------
GROSS  PROFIT                        2,359                    529                  4,667                1,497

OPERATING  EXPENSES:
  Research  and
    development  costs          1,678                1,917                  3,223                3,126
  Sales  and                                        
    marketing                          1,018                    444                  1,962                    844
  General  and
    administrative                1,083                    987                  1,782                1,274
                                          -------------------------------------------------
    Total
      operating  
      expenses                          3,779                3,348                  6,967                5,244  
                                          -------------------------------------------------
LOSS  FROM
  CONTINUING                  
  OPERATIONS                        (1,420)            (2,819)              (2,300)            (3,747)
                                          
Total  other  expense              (33)                  (50)                    (54)                (103)
                                          -------------------------------------------------
LOSS  FROM
  CONTINUING
  OPERATIONS
    BEFORE  PROVISION
      FOR  INCOME  TAXES        (1,453)            (2,869)              (2,354)            (3,850)
    Provision  for
      income  taxes                          -                        -                          -                        -
                                          -------------------------------------------------
LOSS  FROM
  CONTINUING
  OPERATIONS                        (1,453)            (2,869)              (2,354)            (3,850)
LOSS  FROM
  DISCONTINUED
  OPERATIONS                                  -                    (36)                        -                    (68)
                                          -------------------------------------------------
NET  LOSS                          $  (1,453)        $  (2,905)        $    (2,354)        $  (3,918)
                                          =================================================
NET  LOSS  PER
  COMMON  SHARE:
  Basic  and  diluted    
  Loss  from
    continuing                      
    operations                  $      (.01)        $      (.05)        $        (.02)        $      (.06)
  Loss  from
    discontinued
    operations                          (.00)                (.00)                  (.00)                (.00)
                                          -------------------------------------------------
  Total                              $      (.01)        $      (.05)        $        (.02)        $      (.06)
                                          =================================================

WEIGHTED  AVERAGE
COMMON  SHARES
OUTSTANDING:
  Basic  and  diluted    147,044,131      63,226,984      147,044,131    65,299,377
                                        ==================================================
                          
 


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