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Tower’s got a very full calendar
Tower Semiconductor says it signed Silicon Photonics, or SiPho, contracts worth $1.3 billion with its largest customers. The kicker: this revenue is slated for 2027, so the company just gave investors a bigger peek into tomorrow’s pipeline.
Why this matters
If you own a foundry stock, you care about one thing almost as much as growth: how much of that growth is already spoken for. Tower also said it received $290 million in customer prepayments for capacity, which is basically customers saying, “Please make room for us now.” That can help fund buildout and reduce some of the usual semiconductor whiplash.
The investor takeaway
This isn’t just a big number for the press release wall. It suggests Tower’s SiPho business is gaining real traction with big customers, and the prepayments give the company extra financial cushion while it scales capacity.
Big picture: in semis, long-term contracts are the closest thing to a seatbelt. They don’t eliminate risk, but they sure make the ride less bumpy.