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title: "Silvaco's record TCAD bookings rest on a Micron note that converts at a discount"
description: "Silvaco reported record TCAD bookings and guided Q4 revenue to a record $22 million. The 10-Q filed an hour later shows total bookings down 15 percent and a balance sheet built on a discounted customer note and stock sold above the market."
publisher: "The Inference"
section: "Chips"
published: 2026-11-05T17:10:45.450Z
modified: 2026-11-05T17:10:45.450Z
canonical: https://theinference.org/article/silvaco-s-record-tcad-bookings-rest-on-a-micron-note-that-converts-at-a-discount
language: en
keywords: "Silvaco Group, Earnings, Guidance, TCAD, EDA"
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# Silvaco's record TCAD bookings rest on a Micron note that converts at a discount

> Silvaco reported record TCAD bookings and guided Q4 revenue to a record $22 million. The 10-Q filed an hour later shows total bookings down 15 percent and a balance sheet built on a discounted customer note and stock sold above the market.

[Silvaco Group](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/silvaco-group) told two stories on November 4 [1]. At the close, the $197 million chip-design software company reported record TCAD bookings and guided fourth-quarter revenue to a record $22 million [1]. At 5:01 p.m [2]. Eastern its 10-Q landed on EDGAR, and it shows what the record is standing on [2]. The stock finished down 4.7 percent at $5.82 [3].

## The record sits inside a shrinking total

[Total gross bookings](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026070138/0001628280-26-070138-index.htm) were $19.3 million, down 15 percent from a year earlier [1]. The records are lines inside the smaller pool: TCAD, the process-simulation software at the company's core, booked $10.3 million, up 89 percent, on a new tier-one customer for its fab-technology co-optimization product, and IP bookings rose 193 percent on Mixel, an IP designer bought for $22.5 million in 2025 [2][4].

Revenue fell 13 percent to $16.3 million, [a $0.04 per-share loss against an expected penny of profit](https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/earnings-silvaco-group-nasdaq-svco-releases-quarterly-earnings-results-misses-expectations-by-005-eps-2026-11-04/), as EDA software revenue dropped 56 percent and IP contract milestones slipped into the fourth quarter [1][3][4].

## The cash behind the guide came from lenders and share sales

[Operations consumed $17.3 million over nine months; financing supplied $21.2 million](https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/SVCO/10-q-silvaco-group-inc-quarterly-earnings-report-edc2b5a5b2e7.html) [2]. The $22.0 million cash balance rests on 1,460,737 shares sold at an average $7.98 under a $35 million at-the-market program, a price the stock has since fallen 27 percent below, and on a $10.0 million convertible note that [Micron](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/micron), a customer, bought on August 6 at 8 percent interest [2].

Shares outstanding are up 10.5 percent this year, to 34,196,912 [2]. [The note converts by August 7, 2028](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001943289), or a change of control, at the lower of 90 percent of the market price or 115 percent of the pre-issue close: at the November 4 close the 90 percent leg implies roughly 1.9 million shares, about 5.6 percent of the company, a count that moves with the stock [2].

Micron is also first in line, since [the agreement bars more than $50 million of new debt](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVCO/pressreleases/3728186/silvaco-signs-convertible-note-financing-with-micron/) unless it is subordinated to Micron's claim [5]. A further $14.1 million of the cash, 64 percent, sits above federal insurance limits at two banks [2].

## The guide leans on milestones the company does not control

Guidance is $22.0 million of fourth-quarter revenue, plus or minus 10 percent, against $53.2 million of remaining performance obligations, 59 percent of it due within a year [1][2]. The milestones that slipped in the third quarter were deal-specific and outside the company's control, [chief financial officer Chris Zegarelli said on the call](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/silvaco-group-inc-svco-q3-130844089.html); without them, Q3 would have closed near breakeven [6].

The new tier-one customer is, in chief executive Walden Rhines' words, among the 10 largest companies in the world or the U.S., and it is unnamed and unpriced [6]. Management's counter is real: operating expenses are down almost a quarter after a restructuring that shed 85 jobs, and [Q3 operating cash burn narrowed to $0.8 million](https://scanx.trade/stock-market-news/companies/silvaco-group-q3fy26-results-bookings-jump-193-yoy-revenue-guides-22/55379143), the least since the 2024 IPO [1][2][4][7].

*Chart: **Silvaco's guided Q4 would top every quarter in its public history** Line chart of Silvaco quarterly revenue from Q1 2024 through guided Q4 2026, showing the Q3 2026 dip and the guided record quarter*

*Quarterly revenue as reported in SEC filings; Q4 2026 is company guidance of $22.0 million, plus or minus 10 percent. [1][8]*

The next reading is the fourth-quarter print. Land the $22 million and the record is earned. Miss it, and 2026's most durable product was the paper sold to get through the year: shares issued at $7.98, and a note that converts at a discount.

## Takeaway

Silvaco's record TCAD bookings and $22 million Q4 guide rest on a shrinking bookings total and a balance sheet propped up by discounted shares and a customer convertible note from Micron; the Q4 print decides whether the record is real.

## Sources

1. [SEC EDGAR, Silvaco Group Form 8-K with Q3 2026 earnings release (Exhibit 99.1), November 4, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026070138/0001628280-26-070138-index.htm)
2. [StockTitan, Silvaco Group 10-Q quarterly report text for the period ended September 30, 2026, filed November 4, 2026](https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/SVCO/10-q-silvaco-group-inc-quarterly-earnings-report-edc2b5a5b2e7.html)
3. [MarketBeat, Silvaco Group Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPS, November 4, 2026](https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/earnings-silvaco-group-nasdaq-svco-releases-quarterly-earnings-results-misses-expectations-by-005-eps-2026-11-04/)
4. [Tickeron, Silvaco (SVCO) Delivers Record Q3 Bookings Despite a Revenue Timing Shift, November 5, 2026](https://tickeron.com/blogs/silvaco-svco-delivers-record-q3-bookings-despite-a-revenue-timing-shift-29026/)
5. [The Globe and Mail (TipRanks), Silvaco Signs Convertible Note Financing with Micron, August 7, 2026](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVCO/pressreleases/3728186/silvaco-signs-convertible-note-financing-with-micron/)
6. [GuruFocus via Yahoo Finance, Silvaco Group Inc (SVCO) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights, November 5, 2026](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/silvaco-group-inc-svco-q3-130844089.html)
7. [scanx.trade, Silvaco Group Q3FY26 Results: Bookings jump 193% YoY, revenue guides to $22 million, November 5, 2026](https://scanx.trade/stock-market-news/companies/silvaco-group-q3fy26-results-bookings-jump-193-yoy-revenue-guides-22/55379143)
8. [Silvaco Group quarterly figures from its SEC filings, retrieved November 5, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001943289)


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