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2009/08/25

GMI Technology increases revenue 34% in 2nd Quarter 2009

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2009. For the three month period ending June 30, 2009 net revenue was a record US$ 83.8 million, an increase of 17% versus the same quarter in 2008 and an increase of 34% versus the prior quarter. After-tax net profit for the three month period was US$ 1.46M, versus a net loss of US$ 0.9M in the same quarter in 2008. For the six month period ending June 30, 2009 after-tax net profit for the six month period was US$ 3.07M, versus a net loss of US$ 1.9M in the same period in 2008. Commenting on the announcement, Weylin Wang, president of GMI Technology, said, “We are very pleased with the strong growth in both our sales revenue and net profit, especially based on the very difficult worldwide economic situation. Our strong bottom line results are largely due to the numerous restructuring actions we took in the 2nd half of 2008, including a significantly reduced expense structure and an improved product line portfolio. We have also benefited from many new customer design wins, especially in mainland China. Our operational efficiency has significantly improved with our…

2009/08/17

GMI Technology Update on Key Applications in China

GMI Technology Inc. today announced an update on several key market applications in Greater China along with the company’s recent progress in those segments. According to GMI Technology the Personal Computing segment continues to be the overall leader in terms of sales turnover. Within this segment Netbooks continue to be the fastest growing segment, and while demand has slowed recently, worldwide production will double in 2009 to over 30 million units. The majority of worldwide production will be in mainland China, including international brand OEM’s, local China brands and ODM’s (contract manufacturers). The total number of manufacturers has recently dropped significantly due to intense competition and low margins, however this will have little impact on the total production capacity. G.M.I’s sales turnover in the Netbook market will grow to tens of millions of U.S. dollars in 2009, from almost zero in 2008. The Notebook market is also showing moderate growth in 2009. This segment is losing share at the low end to Netbooks but is winning share from the Desktop PC market. As a result the Desktop PC market in China is declining but the size of the market continues to be very large. The Digital Multi Media market has two major application…

2009/08/13

Intersil Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

With Optimism for the Future, Leading Global Semiconductor Company Reflects on a Decade of Growth, Innovation, Outstanding Financial Performance, and a Unique Corporate Culture MILPITAS, CA—August 13, 2009— Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its rebirth as an independent company. On Friday, August 13, 1999, Intersil was officially spun-off from Harris Corporation and became a standalone semiconductor enterprise. Just six months after the spin-out, Intersil joined the NASDAQ and completed the largest semiconductor Initial Public Offering (IPO) at that point in history. “Thanks to their exceptional dedication and contributions, the people of Intersil have propelled this company, in a very short period of time, to become one of the most respected companies in the semiconductor industry,” said David Bell, CEO. “Over the past several years our revenue growth has consistently out-paced our peers, resulting in solid financial results, a very strong balance sheet, and a long line of technology breakthroughs. Intersil’s future is very bright, and we look forward celebrating even greater accomplishments ten years from today.” During the last decade, Intersil has established itself as one of the premier high-performance analog companies in the semiconductor industry. Today the company has approximately 1500 employees worldwide, wafer fabrication facilities…

2009/08/05

GMI Technology Increases China PC Component Shipments 50%

GMI Technology Inc. today announced that their PC component unit shipments increased 50% from the previous year. Subject components were for integration into motherboards and netbooks, and were sourced from GMI Technology is strategic partners, Intersil, Realtek and Toshiba Electronics. Commenting on the announcement, Eric Wang, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “Both GMI Technology and our vendorsare enjoying the strong growth in the mainland China PC component market recently. GMI Technology is very optimistic about our future growth in this product segment and also in the overall China electronics market. We greatly appreciate the outstanding support from our strategic vendor partners, Intersil, Realtek and Toshiba Electronics.”

2009/07/16

GMI Technology Announce China Netbook Design Wins

GMI Technology Inc. today announced that their focus on the rapidly growing netbook market in China has resulted in numerous design wins. GMI Technology is now providing electronic components to over 30netbook manufacturers based in mainland China. Components being delivered to this segment include HDD’s, WiFi modules, LAN chips, Audio IC and Power IC, and are sourced from several of GMI Technology is vendor partners. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are extremely pleased with our rapid entry to the netbook market after announcing this as a target segment only four months ago. The netbook solution is a very good fit with GMI Technology is broad product line and we plan to expand our participation to other key components. We are very optimistic about GMI Technology is future growth in the netbook segment. We greatly appreciate the outstanding support from our component strategic partners.”

2009/07/06

GMI Technology Wins ESM-C Award for Best Supply Capability

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that it has won an award for Best Supply Capability in the annual survey conducted by Electronics Supply & Manufacturing–China (ESM-C). The survey polled over 1200 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. We understand that it is critical to provide uninterrupted supply of components to our manufacturing partners to ensure that we do not impact their operations and customer commitments. 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.”

2009/06/12

GMI Technology Announces Numerous DVR Chipset Design Wins at European Brands

GMI Technology Inc. today announced that they have won numerous DVR chipset design wins at European brand DVR player manufacturers. DVR chipsets provide the core processing power for home TV recording and storage solutions. Included among the design wins are Storex,Emtec,Woxter,and Freecom. All chipsets will be sourced from GMI Technology is strategic partner, Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Commenting on the announcement, Dickson Chan, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are extremely pleased with the continued growth in our DVR chipset business. In addition to our design wins and outstanding unit shipment growth, we have achieved our objective of expanding our market to outside of Asia. DVR chipsets are a strategic focus for GMI Technology and complement our other consumer electronic product lines, and we are very optimistic about GMI Technology is future growth in this segment. We greatly appreciate the outstanding support from our strategic partner, Realtek Semiconductor Corp.”

2009/06/02

GMI Technology Announces Numerous Hard Disk Drive Notebook Design Wins in China

GMI Technology Inc. today announced that their focus in building their hard disk drive (HDD) business in China has resulted in numerous design wins. GMI Technology is now providing HDD’s to many of the leading mainland China domestic notebook manufacturers including Founder, Greatwall, Haier, Hasee, Hedy, Hisense, and Malata. All HDDs were sourced from GMI Technology is notebook HDD strategic partner, Toshiba Digital Media Network. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are extremely pleased with the continued growth in our HDD business, and are proud to be the fastest growing HDD provider in the rapidly growing Greater China market. In 2008 we quadrupled our HDD shipments in Greater China and these major design wins continue our momentum. HDDs are a strategic focus for GMI Technology and complement our consumer electronics and IT product lines well. We continue to be very optimistic about GMI Technology is future growth in the HDD segment. We greatly appreciate the outstanding support from our strategic notebook hard disk drive partner, Toshiba Digital Media Network.”

2009/05/25

GMI Technology Enters Wi-Fi Module Market

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that it has entered the fast growing market for Wi-Fi modules. GMI Technology will initially focus on providing Wi- Fi modules to the China netbook market. The company will provide Wi-Fi IC’s to a module manufacturing partner and then sell the modules to netbook manufacturers, including OEMs, ODMs and System Integrators. Shipments are scheduled to begin in the 3rd quarter. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president, GMI Technology, said,“GMI Technology has been a successful long term provider of Wi-Fi ICs to China manufacturers, and this is a natural extension of our existing Wi-Fi business. We will focus on winning new customers, to complement the strong customer base that our current Wi-Fi module manufacturing customers have. In addition we will work with those existing Wi-Fi IC customers to help them expand their module business to new markets. GMI Technology is very optimistic about the growth of the Wi-Fi market in China, and this also fits with our strategic announcement last month to focus on the exploding netbook market.”

2009/05/05

GMI Technology Announces 1st Quarter 2009 Financial Results

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for 1st quarter of fiscal year 2009. For the three month period ending March 31, 2009 net revenue was US$ 62.6 million, a decrease of 7.8% versus the same quarter in 2008, and an increase of 3.5% from the previous quarter. After-tax profit for the period was US$ 1.6M, versus a loss of US$ 1.0M in the same quarter in 2008. Commenting on the announcement, Weylin Wang, president of GMI Technology, said, "We are very pleased with our overall results, especially based on the very challenging worldwide economic situation. Our revenue was slightly better than our target and our net profit was significantly better than target. Our strong bottom line results benefited from our improved expense structure and the numerous restructuring actions we took in 2008. Despite the difficult economic environment, GMI Technology continues to be optimistic about the remainder of 2009 and our long term future growth." Detailed financials can be found on GMI Technology is website at

2009/04/30

GMI Technology Enters Netbook Market

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced that it has entered the fast growing Netbook market. GMI Technology will focus on providing a full range of key components to China Netbook manufacturers, including OEMs, ODMs and System Integrators. Shipments to initial customers have already started. Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president, GMI Technology, said,“Netbooks are the fastest growing IT and Consumer Electronics market segment worldwide, and the vast majority of Netbooks worldwide will be produced in mainland China. GMI Technology is very excited to become a leading player in this market. The key components required to produce a Netbook fit very well with GMI Technology is existing broad product portfolio, and we will selectively add new product lines to ensure we can provide our Netbook solution providers with a complete range of components. GMI Technology is very optimistic about the growth of the Netbook market segment and with our company’s participation.”

2009/04/28

GMI Technology Announces 4th Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) today announced financial results for 4th quarter and fiscal year 2008. For the 4th quarter ending December 31, 2008 net revenue was US$ 60.4 million, a decrease of 11% versus the same quarter in 2007 and a decrease of 14% versus the prior quarter. For the twelve month period ending December 31, 2008 net revenue was a record US$ 270.5 million, an increase of 11% versus 2007. The company reported an after-tax loss of US$ 602 thousand for the year compared to an after-tax profit of US$ 2.0 million in 2007. Over the past seven years GMI Technology is net revenues have increased an average of 34% per year, among the leaders in their business segment. Commenting on the announcement, Weylin Wang, president of GMI Technology, said, “While we are pleased with our top line revenue growth in a very challenging 2008 economic environment, we are disappointed in our company’s bottom line results. Our net profit in the 2nd half of the year was significantly better than in the 1st half despite a weakening economy, due to the restructuring activities we started in July. We are confident to deliver year over year revenue and profit growth early in 2009. Although we remain cautious about the future overall economic, we are optimistic about…

2009/04/28

Realtek to Demonstrate DASH Implementation at Microsoft Management Summit 2009

Realtek Showcases Real-time Management Technology HSINCHU, Taiwan and Las Vegas. –April 28, 2008 – One of the world’s leading network and computer peripheral IC providers, Realtek Semiconductor Corp., today announced that it will highlight its Ethernet products in a demonstration of DASH compliant remote network management in the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) booth #437 at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (April 27 ~ May 1, 2009) at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Realtek’s Ethernet controllers are designed to meet today’s demands not only for higher performance and lower power consumption, but also for easy remote management,” said Realtek’s Executive Vice President Jessy Chen. “Realtek is pleased to provide quality components that meet the criteria for DASH compliant remote network management”. DASH (Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware) is a suite of specifications based on the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) web services-based standard. The DASH Initiative strives to promote the DASH standard in the industry and enable vendors to implement compliant, interoperable DASH solutions. DASH compliant products, e.g., Chipset + NIC + BIOS, from different vendors will operate together to enable secure, in-band, out-of-band, and remote management of desktop and mobile systems via web-based tools based…

2009/04/21

TPO SRP-MIP Technology enables High PPI (211ppi) display at Low Power Consumption (1mW) as First in the world

TPO developed a Self-Refreshing-Pixel (SRP)-Memory In Pixel (MIP) on a 3.47-inch nHD LTPS TFT Transflective display at 211ppi resolution with 1mw power consumption in reflective mode: a full screen display. ChuNan‧Taiwan, April 21, 2009 –TPO Displays Corp. (TPO) today announced its new development based on TPO’s proprietary LTPS-based SRP-MIP technology, enabling a display with high transmittance at low power consumption for mobile devices. TPO has been exploring MIP technology since 2004 and introduced its first design for mobile phone’s sub-panel TFT display sized at 1.36-inch QQVGA TFT display in June, 2007. With further enhancements, TPO has successfully migrated this technology to mobile phone main-display with its first demo panel sized at a 3.47-inch in 640x360. The 3.47-inch nHD demo display has proved the key feature of TPO’s SRP-MIP technology- low power consumption, indicating only 1mW power consumed in MIP reflective mode at a full screen display. It has two major advantages: Firstly, it extends the battery life of a mobile device and secondly, it creates an additional benefit– a full screen display. The users of the mobile devices can enjoy full screen images in a reflective mode without sacrificing battery life. By simplifying the pixel memory circuit,…

2009/03/19

AUO Presents the World's First LEED Gold-Certified TFT-LCD Facility

Extending remarkable results of AGS and innovation in exploring and seizing unlimited green opportunities Hsinchu, Taiwan, - (March 19, 2009) AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its 8.5th generation ("G8.5") facility located in Central Taiwan Science Park is now the world's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold-certified TFT-LCD facility. The Company has also registered significant records ever since it revealed its company-wide go green program called "AUO Green Solutions" in numerous areas, including innovations, procurement, production, logistics, service, recycling and employee involvement. In addition, as one of its ongoing R&D effort in green products, AUO has led the industry to voluntarily establish an ECO-Label Index for its products in accordance with ISO 14021 standard, aiming to reach carbon balance by 2010. Including AUO G8.5 Fab, there are only four LEED gold-certified fabrications in the world, and among them, the AUO Fab is the largest in terms of facility size and is also the world's first TFT-LCD hybrid Fab which consists of both G8.5 and G7.5 lines. AUO G8.5 Fab, as been certified by LEED gold, can achieve 21% of total energy saving. As to water efficiency, the site is to reach 90%…

2009/03/09

GMI Technology Starts Shipments of OTi USB Data Bridge and Flash Disk Controller

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) announced that it has started initial shipments of Ours Technology Inc. (OTi) 2ndgeneration Data Bridge Controller. The new OTi2208 combines the functions of host-to-host data transfer with the controller for flash disk storage, and is provided with unique value-add software. Both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac operating systems are supported. Commenting on the announcement, Dickson Chan, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are excited with the design-in opportunities, both for stand-alone products and for integration into PCI card modules, of the industry leading OTi 2208. Our customers have been very receptive to integrating this new functionality and we are optimistic of the growth in this business segment in 2009 and beyond”. “We are very pleased with our continued partnership with GMI Technology”, stated David Cheng, OTi President & CEO. “GMI Technology is strong engineering and sales team, market coverage, and broad customer base will enable us to significantly grow our Greater China business”.

2009/03/03

Freescale Extends i.MX35 Family into Industrial and Consumer Markets

Advanced i.MX353/357 multimedia applications processors optimized for cost-sensitive human machine interfaces and personal navigation i.MX353 Graphic i.MX357 Graphic NUREMBERG, Germany (Embedded World 2009) – March 3, 2009 – Freescale Semiconductor is focusing a powerful combination of high performance, connectivity and graphics processing on the industrial and consumer markets with the introduction of two highly integrated i.MX35 multimedia applications processors. Optimized for computationally intensive industrial and consumer applications, Freescale’s pin-compatible i.MX353 and i.MX357 applications processors combine the ARM1136JF-S™ core with an OpenVG graphics engine, cost-effective DDR2 memory support and an array of connectivity interfaces. The i.MX353 processor targets cost-sensitive display-based systems, while the i.MX357 integrates an OpenVG 1.1-compliant graphics processing unit to address applications requiring an advanced user interface with higher levels of graphics, such as font rendering. Freescale’s i.MX353 and i.MX357 processors are well suited for a wide range of industrial applications, such as factory automation, building control and HVAC systems that incorporate sophisticated human machine interfaces (HMI). The devices also provide the optimal multimedia capabilities needed for personal navigation devices (PNDs), e-books and other portable consumer electronics applications requiring graphical user displays. “As the graphics content of industrial and consumer applications grows increasingly complex and compute-intensive,…

2009/02/23

Anpec has been Honored as the Excellent Exporters/Importers of 2007, which is Awareded by the Bureau of Foreign Trade of Ministry of Econo

Excellent Exporters/ Importers Criteria：The selection of excellent exporters/ importers for award in 2007 was based on the criterion of an annual trade performance of at least US$ 18,000,000.

2009/02/20

GMI Technology Triples DVR Chipset Shipments in Q4 2008

GMI Technology Inc. today announced record shipments of DVR chipsets. For the quarter ending December 31st, 2008 unit shipments more than tripled from the prior quarter. DVR chipsets provide the core processing power for home TV recording solutions. All chipsets were sourced from GMI Technology is strategic partner, Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Commenting on the announcement, Dickson Chan, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are extremely pleased with the continued growth in our multimedia business in the rapidly growing Greater China market. In addition to our outstanding unit shipment growth, we have significantly increased our sales revenue and profit from this segment. DVR chipsets are a strategic focus for GMI Technology and complement our other consumer electronic product lines, and we are very optimistic about GMI Technology is future growth in this segment. We greatly appreciate the outstanding support from our strategic partner, Realtek Semiconductor Corp.”

2009/02/09

GMI Technology Partners with JMicron Technology Corp.

GMI Technology Inc. (Public, TPE: 3312) continues to strengthen it’s broad product portfolio by partnering with JMicron Technology Corporation. GMI Technology will work with solution partners to design-in JMicron’s high quality IC products, including the JMF36X( PCIe to SATA) and JMF60X(SSD). Commenting on the announcement, Pete Andreyev, vice president of GMI Technology, said, “We are excited to partner with JMicron. Their leading interface technologies present numerous new business opportunities across both our consumer electronics and IT market segments”. “We are very pleased to add GMI Technology as a distribution partner”,statedJet Huang, JMicron COO & Executive VP. “GMI Technology is strong engineering and sales team, market coverage, and broad customer base will enable us to significantly grow our Greater China business”.