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2011/05/13

Actions Semiconductor Expands Product Offering with the Introduction of New Series 28 Products

ZHUHAI, China, May 4, 2011-- Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC) and multimedia digital signal processing (DSP) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced the introduction of its new Series 28 product family. Following a successful sampling program and positive customer response, the new Series 28 product family is moving into volume production with selective customers in the second quarter of 2011. With this latest product introduction, Actions is bringing a compelling product offering to the portable media player (PMP) market. With the full spec of 1080P (1920*1080 pixel) video engine plus HDMI Transmitter (HDMI Tx) built-in, Series 28 allows the user to enjoy a variety of high definition content on a portable device or through television. The flash engine has also been equipped with more features than previous generations. Like a feature rich smart phone, Series 28 can perform interactive animation, such as background wall paper, usually offered on the Android operating system. Additionally, more flash games can be enjoyed on the Series 28 platform. Together with the 32-bit central processing unit (CPU), simulated 3D graphic processing unit (GPU) and 720P digital video (DV) recording functions,…

2011/04/18

GMI Technology Announces 4th Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial Results

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for the 4th quarter and fiscal year 2010. For the quarter ending December 31, 2010 net revenue was a record US$ 109.6 million, an increase of 15% versus the same quarter in 2009, and an increase of 9% over the previous quarter in 2010. For the twelve month period ending December 31, 2010 net revenue was a record US$ 381.6 million, an increase of 12% versus 2009, with an after-tax profit of US$ 3.3 million for the year. Over the past decade GMI Technology is net revenues have increased approximately 30% per year, among the leaders in their business segment. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Chia Wen Yeh, chairman of GMI Technology said, “We are pleased with both our top line revenue growth and bottom line profitability in 2010. The worldwide economic situation was very challenging throughout the year, coupled with currency exchange challenges and a rapid erosion of memory prices. GMI Technology was able to overcome these challenges with prior operational and strategic actions taken to improve our competitiveness. In addition to our positive financial results, we added valuable new customer and vendor partnerships during the year and entered…

2011/03/28

Intersil Introduces Industry's Best ADC Driver for High Speed Applications

ISL55210 Amplifier Establishes New Standard for Low Noise and Low Distortion with 20dB Better SFDR at Half the Power Milpitas, CA – March 28, 2011 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL) today introduced the ISL55210, an ultra-low distortion, low power, differential I/O amplifier providing unmatched Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). This previously unavailable combination of high performance and low power now enables customers to implement very efficient high speed data acquisition systems and high bandwidth communications equipment. "The amplifier portion of the data acquisition channel usually limits overall system performance. With the recent breakthroughs in reduced power consumption for Intersil's new family of 12- to 16-bit, 200MSPS to 500MSPS ADCs, our new low power ISL55210 driver amplifier provides an equally compelling solution to the most demanding data acquisition requirements," said Susan Hardman, Senior Vice President of Intersil's Analog and Mixed-Signal Products Group. "Now, instead of a compromised, last minute solution, Intersil offers a driver amplifier plus ADC combination with the industry's best SFDR and SNR performance at the lowest total power." Features and SpecificationsThe ISL55210 noise is negligible with respect to the ADC, so adding gain and filtering will have virtually no impact on a…

2011/03/11

Western Digital To Acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

IRVINE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif. – Mar. 7, 2011 – Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE:6501) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion. The proposed combination will result in a customer-focused storage company, with significant operating scale, strong global talent and the industry’s broadest product lineup backed by a rich technology portfolio. Under the terms of the agreement, WD will acquire Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million WD common shares valued at $750 million, based on a WD closing stock price of $30.01 as of March 4, 2011. Hitachi, Ltd. will own approximately ten percent of Western Digital shares outstanding after issuance of the shares and two representatives of Hitachi will be added to the WD board of directors at closing. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of each company and is expected to close during the third calendar quarter of 2011, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. WD plans to fund the transaction with a combination of existing cash and total debt…

2010/12/28

GMI Technology To Join Taiwan Stock Exchange

GMI Technology Inc. (OTC, TPE: 3312) today announced that last it’s application to move to the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. (TSEC) has been approved. The 1st day of being listed on the TSEC will be December 29th, 2010. Commenting on the announcement, Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are very proud to become listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. This honor is a result of our strong performance and growth the past few years and is an exciting next step for our company. We continue to be optimistic about our continued growth and financial performance in the years ahead, despite the continued economic challenges in some parts of the world. Our strong presence in the Greater China markets will continue to be advantageous.”

2010/12/28

Actions Semiconductor Introduces New G1000 Product Family

ZHUHAI, China, January 20, 2011 – Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one of China’s leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC) and multimedia digital signal processing (DSP) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced the introduction of its new Series G1000 product family. Following an effective sampling program and positive customer response, the new Series G1000 product family successfully launched in the China market in late 2010 and is ramping up volume production with selective customers in early 2011. Actions' Series G1000 product family provides the best value and most user friendly platform for the Gaming Portable Media Player (PMP) market. G1000 is equipped with a 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) at a speed of 500 MHz per second. Together with an embedded pseudo-3D graphic processing unit (GPU), it delivers an excellent gaming effect. In addition to providing a powerful hardware capability, Actions’ G1000 also supports a time-to-market software development environment. With Actions’ user friendly Software Development Kit (SDK), the Gaming PMP system manufacturers can bundle their self-developed or licensed games efficiently. To differentiate from other Gaming PMP controller ICs, G1000 offers a customized content protection tool inside the SDK to enable system makers to protect their…

2010/12/08

Realtek RTL8111E Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller Wins ‘Outstanding IT Application/Products Award’ 2010

HSINCHU, Taiwan – December 08, 2010 – Realtek Semiconductor Corp. today announced that its RTL8111E Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller has received the 2010 ‘Outstanding IT Application/Products Award’ from the committee for the TaiwanInformation Technology Month. Representing the IT industry’s highest honor and recognition, the innovative Realtek RTL8111E was the world’s first Single-chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller to implement the power-saving IEEE 802.3az standard (Energy Efficient Ethernet: EEE). EEE defines a mechanism that allows the RTL8111E to enter a low power idle state. In this state, unnecessary TX/RX circuitry is turned off to reduce power consumption. The RTL8111E transparently returns to a Normal operating state when TX/RX operation is required. EEE reduces unnecessary waste of energy to achieve a more energy efficient Ethernet. During periods of low link utilization (no TX/RX), the whole chip power consumption can be reduced by around 80%. “Demand for environmentally-responsible products that are designed for power saving as well as high performance has increased significantly. Staying on the technology leading edge helps Realtek to design and develop competitive products to meet this growing demand”, said Realtek’s Executive Vice President Jessy Chen. “Our combination of complete feature set, high-performance, and eco-friendly power-saving features make Realtek the compelling choice for…

2010/11/26

GMI Technology Partners With Major Manufacturers On VMI (Vendor Management Inventory)

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) announced today an expansion of their business to vendor managed inventory (VMI) support for major Greater China manufacturers. The company will provide a broad range of components for integration into consumer electronics and IT products. Initial shipments started the previous quarter. Commenting on the announcement, Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are excited to enter a new business for GMI Technology We have already engaged with two of the world’s largest contract manufactures and their response to our services has been very positive. We expect to exceed five million $US in revenue from this segment in 2010, with strong growth in the years ahead.”

2010/11/05

GMI Technology Announces Record Quarterly Sales

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for the 3rd quarter of their fiscal year 2010. For the three month period ending September 30, 2010 net revenue was a record US$ 100.2 million, an increase of an increase of 26% versus the prior quarter. After-tax net profit for the three month period was US$ 735K, a decrease of 32% versus the prior quarter. For the nine month period ending September 30, 2010 net revenue was $US 272M an increase of11% versus 2009. For the same 2010 nine month period after-tax net profit was US$ 3.43M, a decrease of 25% versus the same period in 2009. Commenting on the announcement, Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are pleased with the continued strong growth in our sales revenue and net profit, especially in light of the challenging worldwide economic situation. Our net profit results were disappointing, and were adversely affected by the sharp decline in memory process and a quality issue with one of our major vendors. Despite the continued difficult worldwide economic environment, GMI Technology continues to be very optimistic about d our long term future growth, and we expect to outperform our competitors.”

2010/10/25

Actions Semiconductor Expands Product Offering with the Introduction of New Series 27 Products

ZHUHAI, China, October 21, 2010 – Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one of China’s leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC) and multimedia digital signal processing (DSP) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced the introduction of its new Series 27 product family. Following a successful sampling program and positive customer response, the new Series 27 product family is moving into volume production with selective customers in the fourth quarter of 2010. Actions' Series 27 product family has brought the portable media player (PMP) application into a new era. By utilizing this new product family, PMP products can offer an advanced and cost effective mobile entertainment platform to consumers that provide a stronger video playback function, better audio and video quality, and longer battery life in addition to a better price point when compared to mobile phones. Utilizing a triple core architecture, the Series 27 product family is equipped with a 32-bit central processing unit (CPU), a full spec 720P (1280*720 pixel) video decoder and a simulated 3D graphic processing unit (GPU). Not only does it support video decoding for many types of video formats, it also supports the fantastic Flash UI/Flash Game/Flash Player plus 720P…

2010/10/22

GMI Technology Issues Stock Dividend, Completes Capital Raise

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced the issuance of a stock dividend 1.656 New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) per share. The dividend was approved by the board of directors in June of this year. The company also announced that it has completed their capital raise via the issuance of 15 million new shares, approved by the board of directors last July. Commenting on the announcement, Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are happy to share the recent success of our company with our shareholders via the issuance of the stock dividend. We are also very pleased to complete the raise of additional capital, with the issuance of the new shares being oversubscribed due to high demand. The additional capital will enable GMI Technology to continue our strong growth by funding operations and new investments.”

2010/09/08

GMI Technology Partners with Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc.

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) continues to strengthen its broad product portfolio by partnering with Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc. (K-micro). GMI Technology will work with both existing K-micro customers and will develop new customers. Initial product line focus will be ASIC timing controllers for TV and monitor panels. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are very excited to partner with K-micro. Their strong ASIC product line complements our existing product lines and target applications very well. Based on this synergy we have already begun volume shipments of K-micro components”. “We are very pleased to add GMI Technology as a distribution partner”, stated Hitoshi Sugiyama, K-Micro General Manager. “GMI Technology’s strong engineering and sales team, market coverage, and broad customer base will enable us to significantly grow our Greater China business”.

2010/08/27

GMI Technology Increases Revenue 17% in 1st Half 2010

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for the 2nd quarter and 1st half of fiscal year 2010. For the six month period ending June 30, 2010 net revenue was a record US$ 171.8 million, an increase of 17% versus the same period in 2009. For the three month period ending June 30, 2010 net revenue was US$ 79.7 million, a decrease of 5% versus the same period in 2009. For the six month period ending June 30, 2010 after-tax net profit was US$ 2.70M, a decrease of 12% versus the same period in 2009. Commenting on the announcement, Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said “We are very pleased with the strong growth in our sales revenue year to date, especially based on the very challenging worldwide economic situation. Unfortunately our bottom line results have not been able to keep up based on a slight decline in gross profit margins due to declining market prices for some of our key product lines. We continue to benefit from our growing product portfolio and new customer design wins, especially in mainland China. Despite the continued challenging worldwide economic environment and price pressures, GMI Technology continues to be optimistic…

2010/07/28

GMI Technology Announces Capital Raise

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that their shareholders have approved to issue 15 million new shares of stock to raise capital. The issuance of new shares was previously approved by the board of directors. Capital raised to be used to fund business growth and new opportunities. Total shares outstanding will become 87 million, and the all new shares are expected to be issued by September 30, 2010.

2010/07/15

GMI Technology Named One of Top 100 Info Tech Companies in Taiwan

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that it has been named one of the top 100 Info Tech companies in Taiwan. The ranking was completed by the leading Taiwan magazine Business Next and was published in the June issue. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president, GMI Technology, said, “We are very honored to be recognized together with so many other leading Taiwanese technology companies. We are also pleased with our overall ranking of #40, which is up significantly since the last ranking due to our company’s outstanding growth the past few years.”

2010/06/29

GMI Technology Wins ESM-C Award

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that it has won an award for Best Greater China Distributor in the annual survey conducted by. The survey polled over 1000 professionals in mainland China on their assessment of over 200 distributors serving the China electronics market. ESM-C is a monthly magazine published by Global Sources with a circulation of over 36,000. They also have an on-line version at www.esmchina.com. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president, GMI Technology, said, “We are honored to be recognized by a publication of ESM-C’s reputation. GMI Technology takes great pride in providing excellent service to our broad customer base. In addition to the ESM-C award, we have recently won several additional awards from our vendors and customers. Our company will continue to strive to provide world class support to our customers in all areas.”

2010/06/17

GMI Technology Announces Stock Share Dividend

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that their shareholders have approved a stock share dividend. The dividend was previously approved by the board of directors. Total dividend payment will be 144 million NTD and will be distributed by October 21, 2010. Dividend to be issued to all shareholders on record at the time of payment.

2010/06/08

AUO to Exhibit a Full Lineup of Innovative Display Applications at Display Taiwan 2010

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) will participate in Display Taiwan 2010 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 from June 9-11 to showcase its full lineup of display products. The exhibits include 3D display technologies with panels ranging from 8 to 65 inches, the range of 46 to 65-inch power-saving LED backlit TV panels, LED backlit IT displays from 10.1 to 24 inches employing multi-touch or MVA technologies, and small and medium-sized e-paper display applications, in addition to advanced TV display technologies such as the 58" CinemaScope HDTV and AMVA5. The world's largest(*) 32" projected capacitive multi-touch LCD display and the world's first(*) 2.4” transparent AMOLED in-cell touch panel will also be shown. The wide array of innovative applications will for certain be the highlight of the event. AUO's theme for the show this year is “Innovating Life”. The aim is to offer dazzling viewing experiences through technological innovations to create an amazing and enriched digital life. “The development of digital content and cloud computing has contributed to the critical role that flat panel displays perform. As demonstrated in this show, 3D display technologies provide lifelike experiences nowhere to be found; multi-touch technologies create more…

2010/05/26

Realtek RTL8111E Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller Wins “Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010 Award”

HSINCHU, Taiwan – May 26, 2010 – One of the world’s leading IC design houses, Realtek Semiconductor Corp., today announced that its RTL8111E Single-Chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller has won a prestigious “Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010 Award”; an award recognized and given by an evaluation committee comprised of experts from the industry, academia, media, and government. The innovative Realtek RTL8111E is the world’s first Single-chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller to implement the power-saving IEEE 802.3az standard (Energy Efficient Ethernet: EEE). http://www.realtek.com.tw/press/

2010/05/18

GMI Technology Announces 47% Sales Growth

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for 1st quarter of fiscal year 2010. For the three month period ending March 31, 2010 net revenue was US$ 92.1 million, an increase of 47% versus the same quarter in 2009, and a decrease of only 4% versus the traditionally very strong previous (4th) quarter. After-tax profit for the period was US$ 1.6M, an increase of 34% versus the previous quarter and flat versus the same quarter in 2009. Earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter increased 37% versus the 4th quarter of 2009. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Lewis Lo, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are very pleased with our overall results, especially in what is typically a slow quarter in Greater China. We continue to expand our product line and enter new markets and new long term partnerships, which enabled our strong top line results. Our bottom line results were affected by the large employee bonuses we paid in Q1 for our outstanding 2009 results, but due to our much our improved expense structure and productivity we were still able to achieve very strong profitability. Despite the still recovering worldwide economic environment, and some industry wide shortages for certain technologies, GMI Technology continues to be very optimistic about the remainder of…