Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) Q2 2021 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon. My name is Chris and I will be your conference operator. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Applied Optoelectronics Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. Today, all participants have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the Q&A session, you may press star then 1 on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Lindsay Savarese, Investor Relations for AOI. Ms. Savarese, you may begin. Thank you. I'm Lindsay Savarese, Investor Relations for Applied Optoelectronics. And I'm pleased to welcome you to AOI's second quarter 2021 financial results conference call. After the market closed today, AOI issued a press release announcing its second quarter 2021 financial results and provided its outlook for the third quarter of 2021. The release is also available on the company's website at ao-inc.com. This call is being recorded and webcast live. A link to the recording can be found on the investor relations section of the AOI website and will be archived for one year. Joining us on today's call is Dr. Thompson Lin, AOI's founder, chairman, and CEO, and Dr. Stephan Murray, AOI's chief financial officer and chief strategy officer. Thompson will give an overview of AOI's Q2 results, and Stephan will provide financial details and the outlook for the third quarter of 2021. A question and answer session will follow our prepared remarks. Before we begin, I would like to remind you to review AOI's Safe Harbor Statement. On today's call, management will make forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements inv...