Nuvoton Technology Corporation (TSE: 4919) and its parent company, Winbond Electronics Corporation (TSE: 2344), held a joint investor conference today (2) to announce 2H’17 operating results and 2018 future prospects. The consolidated revenue in 2H’17 was NT$ 4.706 billion, an increase of 11% compared to the same period in 2016. Net income after tax in 2H’17 was NT$ 349 million and earnings per share after tax was NT$ 1.69.

Nuvoton’s main products have achieved solid results in the target areas in 2H’17, including continuous stable shipments of NuMicro Arm® Cortex® - M0 based 32-bit microcontroller for selected and multi-market applications, NuMicro Arm® Cortex® - M4 based 32-bit microcontroller and microprocessor SoC for industrial control, ultra-low power audio CODEC for tablet and laptop, EC for Chromebook and TPM 2.0 for PC. Besides, 3rd generation BMC products, support Intel Purley server platforms, integrating highest performance duo-core Arm® Cortex® A9 processor entered mass production. The significant growth in revenue in 2H’17 compared to 2H’16 was mainly due to the increasing shipments from NuMicro Arm® Cortex® - M0 microcontroller, NuMicro Arm® Cortex® - M4 microcontroller, microprocessor SoC, TPM2.0, EC and BMC. As for foundry services, GaN on Si products are under customer verification testing. Regarding the new products, promoting NuMicro Arm® Cortex®-M based microcontroller continuously applying on HMI, industry control, and multi-market, and developing high performance Arm® Cortex® M4 based audio microcontroller for game consoles and smart speakers.

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About Nuvoton

Nuvoton Technology Corporation (NTC) was founded to bring innovative semiconductor solutions to the market. NTC was spun-off as a Winbond Electronics affiliate in July 2008 and became public in September 2010 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Nuvoton Technology focuses on development of analog/mixed signal, microcontroller, cloud and computing products and has strong market share in Industrial, Consumer and Computer markets. Nuvoton owns a wafer fab, featuring customized processes for analog, power and MCU products. Besides in-house IC products, the wafer fab also provides part of its capacity for foundry services. Nuvoton Technology provides products with a high performance/cost ratio for its customers by leveraging flexible technology, advanced design capability and integration of digital and analog technologies. Nuvoton values long term relationships with its partners and customers and is dedicated to continuous innovation of its products, processes and services. The company has established subsidiaries in the USA, China, Israel and India to strengthen regional customer support and global management. For more information, please visit http://www.nuvoton.com

Spokesperson:
Hsiang-Yun Fan
Email: HYFan@nuvoton.com

Tel: +886-3-5770066 ext. 33118

News Contact:
Peggy Lee
Email: PCLee@nuvoton.com

Tel: +886-3-5770066 ext.32017