Last update: Tuesday 30 October 2012 [27 news items]
Silicon Motion 3Q12 revenues and EPS hit record
Oct 30, 11:24
Revenues at Silicon Motion Technology climbed to a record US$77.1 million in the third quarter of 2012, up 11% on quarter and beating company guidance of 5-8% growth. The firm also...
Silicon Motion 3-bit per cell controller sales receive boost in 4Q11
Feb 4, 15:25
Silicon Motion Technology saw sales of 3-bit per cell (TLC) NAND flash controllers grow substantially to account for almost 50% of its overall controller revenues in the fourth quarter...
Silicon Motion raises revenue forecast
Nov 3, 01:00
Memory controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology has reported record revenues for the third quarter of 2011, while raising its revenue growth forecast for the full year for...
Adata, Phison break into supply chain for ultrabooks
Oct 13, 01:10
Adata Technology's 6Gb/s mSATA SSDs reportedly have been selected by Asustek Computer for use in its new Zenbook-series ultrabooks, marking a milestone for the Taiwan-based memory...
Memory controller maker Phison reports strong earnings for 1H11
Newswatch - Aug 25, 11:05
NAND flash controller IC maker Phison Electronics has announced net profits of NT$448 million (US$15.43 million) for the second quarter of 2011, bringing total net earnings for the...
Phison posts NT$4.18 in 1Q11 EPS
Apr 14, 01:15
Phison Electronics, which supplies memory controller ICs as well as NAND flash-based products, has announced revenues slid 1.8% sequentially to NT$7.71 billion (US$266 million) in...
Micron reportedly taps Phison, Skymedi for eMMC NAND
Dec 30, 01:35
Micron Technology is looking to work with memory controller IC suppliers Phison Electronics and Skymedi for its managed NAND portfolio that supports the eMMC standard for mobile devices...
Phison, 3S November revenues down slightly on-month
Dec 10, 01:55
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S), which design and makes controllers for NAND flash memory integrated into products such as flash memory cards and disk...
Phison seeing orders rebound, says chairman
Oct 28, 01:45
Memory controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has seen orders start picking up in October, as falling prices for NAND flash chips appeared to stimulate demand, according to company...
NAND flash prices more reasonable to spur demand, says Phison chairman
Sep 1, 11:32
Phison Electronics has seen a strong rebound in NAND flash demand recently, and believes prices may have fallen to a level acceptable to its clients, according to company chairman...
Phison reports July revenues up
Aug 11, 14:36
Memory controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has announced revenues for July 2010 grew 17% on month to NT$2.82 billion (US$88.987 million), thanks to price stabilization of NAND...
Memory controller IC vendors post mixed results for May
Jun 11, 13:49
Memory controller IC designers Skymedi, Solid State System (3S) and Phison Electronics have posted mixed results for May 2010.
Silicon Motion set to deliver controllers for 20nm NAND flash
Feb 5, 15:09
Silicon Motion Technology has seen the majority of controller chips it is shipping are for 40nm and 30nm NAND flash, according to company president and CEO Wallace Kou. The NAND flash...
Memory controller maker JMicron eyes 100 million in 2010 shipments
Jan 13, 16:29
JMicron Technology expects its overall controller IC shipments to surpass 100 million units in 2010, from around 70 million shipped in 2009. The memory controller IC specialist said...
Silicon Motion 3Q09 sales up 14% sequentially with narrower loss
Oct 30, 15:22
Silicon Motion Technology, a fabless design house specializing in low-power IC solutions for consumer electronics devices, has announced net sales for the third quarter of 2009 increased...
Phison cuts into RIM supply chain, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 19, 11:43
NAND flash controller IC designer Phison Electronics is shipping solutions for secure memory cards in small volume, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Transcend to increase investment in flash controller IC designer
Jun 17, 11:24
Memory module maker Transcend Information plans to increase its stake in Alcor Micro by subscribing to part of the seven million new shares to be issued by the NAND flash controller...
Skymedi supplies eMMC for HTC, Nokia and Garmin, sources say
Jun 15, 12:05
Taiwan's Skymedi, a memory controller IC maker, has recently cut into the supply chains of High Tech Computer (HTC), Nokia and Garmin with its eMMC products, according to industry...
Memory controller IC maker Skymedi steps into SSD segment
May 14, 11:59
Taiwan's Skymedi has stepped into the SSD segment, joining counterparts JMicron Technology, Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology. The NAND flash controller design house...
IC distributor WPG expected to outperform domestic peers in April
May 6, 14:55
WPG Holdings is expected to manage a 10-15% sequential revenue growth in April with strong sales of products from Intel, MediaTek, Texas Instruments (TI) and Analog Devices (ADI),...
Uphill NAND flash price trend may end in May and June, says Phison
Apr 29, 10:51
NAND flash contract prices may hold flat in May and June, as the momentum of price growth is likely to be limited, according to Khein Seng Pua, chairman of Phison Electronics.
Flash design specialist AboUnion taps SSD controller market
Mar 20, 17:12
Taiwan's AboUnion Technology, a memory IC design house specializing in NAND flash applications, is eyeing the market for solid-state drive (SSD) controllers, according to the company...
Silicon Motion announces 3Q results
Nov 3, 11:51
Silicon Motion Technology has announced financial results for third-quarter 2008. Third-quarter net sales decreased 7% sequentially to US$45 million. GAAP net income increased 313%...
NAND flash controller IC design houses post mixed results in 1H08
Aug 29, 11:52
Major NAND flash controller IC design houses have posted mixed financial results for the first half of 2008. As prices for of NAND flash keep heading south, fellow controller IC design...
SSD in new Eee PC to support SATA interface
Aug 22, 16:10
Asustek Computer is said to be bringing a true solid-state disk (SSD) drive to its Eee PC lineup as the company will use an SSD that supports a serial ATA interface and SLC NAND,...
Phison: NAND flash industry trough may last another quarter
Aug 20, 11:21
High inventory of NAND flash among leading NAND flash players has led to a series of price cuts from August but demand is still expected to be suppressed through the entire third...
Kingston rumored to be investing in NAND flash controller maker 3S
Aug 8, 01:00
Kingston Technology is said to be planning to subscribe to new shares issued by Solid State System (3S) – a NAND flash controller design house that is invested in by Toshiba...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
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