GMI Technology (Public, TPE: 3312) is expecting a year-on-year growth of over 50% for sales volumes of Realtek LCD controllers.

Realtek Semiconductor (Public, TPE: 2379) is a key product supplier for GMI Technology The two firms have collaborated on projects that cover Realtek's full line of communication network ICs, including Network Interfaces, Switches, Gateways, Broadband Access Controllers, and wireless networking ICs. Additionally, both firms have worked together to develop solutions for the full series of PC peripherals and multimedia application ICs for applications such as Audio Codecs, Card Reader Controllers, Clock Generators and LCD Controllers.

One important GMI Technology offering is that of Realtek's LCD Controller for 15"/17"/19" display panels. In addition to helping fulfill parts demand for Realtek products, GMI Technology also provides firmware Design-in services for downstream customers. In 2005, Taiwan-based customers utilizing these services represented a large proportion of GMI Technology is sales revenue for Realtek. On average, GMI Technology shipped over 500k LCD controllers per month.

"GMI Technology sees fantastic potential in the Mainland market for Realtek products, and in 2006, we expect to ship an average of more than one million Realtek LCD Controllers per month for the Greater China market," said Stone Lin, Senior Business Manager at GMI Technology "We have become Realtek's largest distributor for products of this type. In addition to promoting existing applications, GMI Technology plans to develop even more solutions from our vendor partners such as a new LCD TV solution using Realtek's LCD Controller, Xuguang's TV Tuner, and Techwell's video controller to create more business opportunities for 2006."