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Janardan Menon
I just wanted a clarification on the silicon carbide. These -- you said you've recorded some more orders for customers beyond the beta tools. Are these also for additional beta tools? Or have you taken orders for a production tool at this stage already? Felix J Grawert, 'President Member of the Executive Board'
So some orders go beyond beta tools where -- but at some orders about the tool and the automation capability is then later to be proven once the betas are completed. Janardan Menon
Okay. So I mean, just to know how we can sort of figure out how your progression of silicon carbide orders will go through, I mean, is it that getting 1 or 2 orders now, but once your -- the larger silicon carbide chip companies out there finish their qualification, you will see a substantial pickup in orders and that could be by around Q4. Is that the way we should think about this? Felix J Grawert, 'President Member of the Executive Board'
I would not want to give an exact timing on this. It's clear that all the customers are first getting one tool on their shop floor, be it in form of a beta, be it in form of some order. The tool is then being brought into all the full specifications being tested. Then the tool is being run for a certain period of time by the customer, where the customer is gaining full experience what the tool can deliver not only in the laboratory test environment but really in a regular high-volume production environment. And once that phase within our customers is completed, then we are targeting to expect larger volume orders from the customer, yes? And I think if you add these steps, I think, some maybe the Q4, others maybe in 2020, yes? It really depends on the high-volume qualification process of the customer. He is talking orders - not turnover.
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