Nuvoton Technology Holds Investor Conference for the first quarter of 2013
Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. - April 26, 2013 - Nuvoton Technology Corp. (TWSE: 4919) Today (26), with the parent company, Winbond Electronics Corp.(TWSE: 2344), held a joint Investor Conference to report the first quarter operation result and forecast economic condition of the second quarter of 2013. The consolidated revenue of the first quarter of 2013 was approximately NT$1,639 million, an increase of 2% from the previous quarter. The net income was NT$ 66 million with EPS NT$ 0.32 , an increase of 60% from the previous quarter.
According to Nuvoton Technology, although the performance of PC industry was under expectation in the first quarter of 2013, the growing shipment of 32-bit MCU and the consumer IC industry step into the peak season, the revenues of the first quarter of 2013 grew over the previous quarter and remained equivalent compared to the first quarter of 2012. Also, the gross margin upgraded compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year. Nuvoton Technology launched a series of innovative product applications during Q1 2013 to uphold the innovation and energy on product and technology, the new products included ARM® Cortex™-M0 Nano Series for Medical Equipment and IOT, Audio Enhancement IC for Wireless Hi-Fi Speaker and TV, Voltage Level Shift IC for Cloud Computing and 24-bit Stereo Audio CODEC.
Consumer electronics industry and foundry business are going to entry the 2Q traditional hot season. Nuvoton Technology said, in the coming quarters, the major focus of observation will be the market reaction of the launch of Intel® Haswell CPU. In the second quarter of 2013, Nuvoton Technology will launch the following products: New ARM® 9 SoC with H.264 Support, New Generation EC/eSIO/SIO for Intel® Haswell CPU in 2013, New Power IC and Voltage Level Shift IC for MB and Server, and Audio Enhancement IC with Power Amplifier. It will help customers to simplify the circuit design, reduce costs and enhance the added value of their products.
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About Nuvoton
Nuvoton Technology Corp. was established as a spin-out of Winbond Electronics’ Logic business group, starting operation in July, 2008 and IPO in September , 2010. Nuvoton Technology focuses on the R&D and sales in logic ICs, and leads in market shares of audio, microcontrollers, computer and cloud related application ICs. Nuvoton owns a six-inch wafer fab, featuring in special niche process. Besides in-house IC products, the wafer fab also provides part of its capacity for foundry services. Nuvoton Technology provides high cost performance products for its customers by means of flexible technology innovation capabilities, full product solutions and excellent integration of technology synergy. Nuvoton offers superior services based on existing solid foundation and continues to realize its vision: "Be an indispensable partner to industry leaders." Nuvoton values the long-term relationship with its partners and customers; the company has established subsidiaries in the USA, China and Israel to strengthen regional customer support and global management. For more information, please visit/sites/nuvoton/
Spokesperson:
Hsiang-Yun Fan
Tel: +886-3-5770066 ext. 3118