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Monday 20 January 2014
Silicon Motion aims at 20-25% global market share for eMMC in 2014
Saloon Motion Technology, a Taiwan-based design house of NAND flash and specialty RF IC microcontroller units (MCUs), attained a global market share of 10-15% for its eMMC MCUs in...
Tuesday 15 October 2013
USB 3.0 flash drive demand disappoints
Demand for USB 3.0 flash drives has been a disappointment thus far in 2013 with the penetration rate reaching only 10%. Industry observers anticipate the penetration rate will climb...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Silicon Motion introduces SM3267 USB 3.0 controller
Silicon Motion Technology has announced that it has begun sampling its new, single-channel controller solution for USB 3.0 flash drives, the SM3267. By integrating an embedded crystal...
Friday 16 August 2013
Phison posts profit growth in 1H13 on embedded NAND flash controller sales
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, which supplies NAND-device controller ICs to customers such as Toshiba and Kingston Technology, has reported profit growth for the first half of 2013...
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Silicon Motion unveils new SATA 6GB/s SSD controller chip
Silicon Motion Technology has announced that it has begun sampling its SM2246EN ultra high-performance and low-power consumption SATA 3.1 (6Gb/s) SSD controller for clients. The chip...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Silicon Motion sees SSD and embedded controllers drive growth
Silicon Motion Technology has announced net sales for the second quarter of 2013 increased 2% sequentially with net profits rising 53% on quarter. The company credited the growth...
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Commentary: NAND flash controller industry headed for consolidation
With more NAND flash memory chips designed into embedded applications, such as eMMC devices and solid-state drives (SSD), memory controller IC firms incapable of providing technologies...
Monday 17 June 2013
Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
As more NAND flash memory chips are designed into embedded applications, Taiwan-based IC design houses have shifted their attention away from the memory controller IC segment with...
Friday 24 May 2013
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
IC design house Phison Electronics has warned several Taiwan-based backend service providers that products being shipped to Silicon Motion Technology may infringe on its NAND flash...
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Silicon Motion expects 15%-25% sequential decline in 1Q13 revenues
Silicon Motion expects its revenues to decline 15-25% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013 from US$70.6 million recored in the previous quarter. First-quarter gross margin will...
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Silicon Motion intros single-chip USB3.0 solution for Windows To Go
Silicon Motion Technology, which designs NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices, has announced what it claims is the world's first single-channel USB3.0 flash drive...
Friday 7 December 2012
Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from Samsung aggressive product roadmaps in 2013
Taiwan-based IC design houses, which have been cooperating with Samsung Electronics on product development, are expected to fare well in 2013, as the Korea-based vendor is reportedly...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Silicon Motion 3Q12 revenues and EPS hit record
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...
Friday 26 October 2012
Strong sales of Samsung LTE handsets buoy revenues at RF chip partners
Sales of Samsung Electronics' LTE smartphones have been strong, buoying revenues at RF IC suppliers, including Silicon Motion Technology, Skyworks, Anadigics and RFMD, according to...
Friday 7 September 2012
Global Unichip posts record monthly revenues
IC design service company Global Unichip has announced revenues of NT$1.12 billion (US$37.6 million) for August 2012, up 24.1% on month and 25.7% from a year earlier. The figure also...