What is the company's gross margin for 2021-Q3 
, more applications and a higher burden that's put on the smartphones in 5G.
And that's all good stuff for us. It gives us the opportunity to come in with our solutions all the way from TC-SAW to bulk acoustic wave, assembly and test, packaging in-house in our own fabs. So we're really excited about it. So we do see continuous growth in content, but the content is getting harder.
It's not more things. It's more complex things. And so, you need to have an architect that could bring this together and make it easier for our customers to assimilate. That's what we do.
So every year, it's not just phone to phone, the phone -- the technology and the complexity within the device is rising. And that, for us, is very, very good, and it limits the competition, and it puts us in a great position to delight the customer. So we look forward to that. And overall, 5G penetration at a high level is still very low right now globally.
There's a lot of room to move from here. And there's a lot of upgrades that haven't yet commenced. So we're looking forward to it, but the technology is not stagnant. It continues to get tougher and tougher, higher bar and opportunities for just a few players like Skyworks to execute.
Tristan Gerra -- Robert W. Baird -- Analyst
Great. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Our last question comes from Kevin Cassidy of Rosenblatt Securities. Sir, your line is open.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
Thank you. Thanks for taking my question. I just wanted to understand a little more about your order visibility. Are you getting orders that are -- do they have to be scheduled now into the fourth quarter or even going out to the fourth calendar quarter, that would be -- or the first quarter of calendar 2022?
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Yes. Well, I mean, in general terms, the ability to get that demand through has been impeded, right. We discussed through the call today. I would say that Skyworks uniquely, with our own fabs, our own assembly and test and assets, we're a manufacturer, as well as a developer of technology.
So we should be able to do better than peers that are more fabless. But at the same time, we're all dealing with this global chip shortage as we say. And so, that is an impediment to demand. We talked a bit about that, and hopefully, that can be unstuck to some level, but we are working with our customers closely.
We're doing a -- our teams are working very hard to resolve any impediments in demand execution. And we certainly think that it will abate over time, but it does play through in the current quarter and into the second half of it.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
OK. Great. And just to make sure I understand that. So if your customer isn't getting the full bill of material, they're asking to hold up deliveries, they're not building inventory of your product waiting for other products?
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Yes, somewhat that's true. It just depends on how it's going. Sometimes our parts are ready, and we're not holding anybody up, but someone else is holding us up, right? So it's kind of a -- everything has to be complete for an end product to ship. So anything in the food chain that goes sour, it could be an impediment.
But I think we'll navigate our part and we do see some -- the cloud is kind of clearing here in the next couple of few quarters and we should benefit from that.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
OK, great. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's question-and-answer session. I'll now turn the call back over to Mr. Griffin for any closing comments.
Sir, please go ahead.
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Thanks, everyone, for participating today. We look forward to talking to you at our upcoming conferences in the quarter. Thank you.
Operator
[Operator signoff]
Duration: 57 minutes
Call participants:
Mitch Haws -- Investor Relations
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Pre
, more applications and a higher burden that's put on the smartphones in 5G.
And that's all good stuff for us. It gives us the opportunity to come in with our solutions all the way from TC-SAW to bulk acoustic wave, assembly and test, packaging in-house in our own fabs. So we're really excited about it. So we do see continuous growth in content, but the content is getting harder.
It's not more things. It's more complex things. And so, you need to have an architect that could bring this together and make it easier for our customers to assimilate. That's what we do.
So every year, it's not just phone to phone, the phone -- the technology and the complexity within the device is rising. And that, for us, is very, very good, and it limits the competition, and it puts us in a great position to delight the customer. So we look forward to that. And overall, 5G penetration at a high level is still very low right now globally.
There's a lot of room to move from here. And there's a lot of upgrades that haven't yet commenced. So we're looking forward to it, but the technology is not stagnant. It continues to get tougher and tougher, higher bar and opportunities for just a few players like Skyworks to execute.
Tristan Gerra -- Robert W. Baird -- Analyst
Great. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Our last question comes from Kevin Cassidy of Rosenblatt Securities. Sir, your line is open.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
Thank you. Thanks for taking my question. I just wanted to understand a little more about your order visibility. Are you getting orders that are -- do they have to be scheduled now into the fourth quarter or even going out to the fourth calendar quarter, that would be -- or the first quarter of calendar 2022?
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Yes. Well, I mean, in general terms, the ability to get that demand through has been impeded, right. We discussed through the call today. I would say that Skyworks uniquely, with our own fabs, our own assembly and test and assets, we're a manufacturer, as well as a developer of technology.
 So we should be able to do better than peers that are more fabless. But at the same time, we're all dealing with this global chip shortage as we say. And so, that is an impediment to demand. We talked a bit about that, and hopefully, that can be unstuck to some level, but we are working with our customers closely.
We're doing a -- our teams are working very hard to resolve any impediments in demand execution. And we certainly think that it will abate over time, but it does play through in the current quarter and into the second half of it.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
OK. Great. And just to make sure I understand that. So if your customer isn't getting the full bill of material, they're asking to hold up deliveries, they're not building inventory of your product waiting for other products?
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Yes, somewhat that's true. It just depends on how it's going. Sometimes our parts are ready, and we're not holding anybody up, but someone else is holding us up, right? So it's kind of a -- everything has to be complete for an end product to ship. So anything in the food chain that goes sour, it could be an impediment.
But I think we'll navigate our part and we do see some -- the cloud is kind of clearing here in the next couple of few quarters and we should benefit from that.
Kevin Cassidy -- Rosenblatt Securities -- Analyst
OK, great. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's question-and-answer session. I'll now turn the call back over to Mr. Griffin for any closing comments.
Sir, please go ahead.
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Thanks, everyone, for participating today. We look forward to talking to you at our upcoming conferences in the quarter. Thank you.
Operator
[Operator signoff]
Duration: 57 minutes
Call participants:
Mitch Haws -- Investor Relations
Liam Griffin -- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Pre