Nuvoton Technology Holds Investor Conference for the fourth quarter of 2013.
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (TWSE: 4919) and its headquarters, Winbond Electronics Corporation (TWSE: 2344), held a conference call today (24) to report the Q4 operating results in 2013 and their prospects in Q1, 2014. The operating revenue in the fourth quarter was about NT$1.526 billion, with net income totaling around NT$24 million and earnings per share of NT$0.12. For all of 2013, the operating revenue was about NT$6.809 billion, with net income totaling around NT$259 million and earnings per share of NT$1.25.
Nuvoton pointed out that the fourth quarter is the traditional off-season for consumer electronics and foundries industries. In the meantime, due to the impact from the annual maintenance of foundry plants, the revenue of the fourth quarter was down from the previous quarter. In addition, the relatively weak consumption of personal computers led into the revenue down from a year ago. However, thanks to the apparent efficacy of product mix optimization, the net profit margin in this quarter rose from the previous quarter and the same quarter last year.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, Nuvoton gradually completed the development of many new products and hosted activities such as the tour seminar of 32-bit Microcontroller based on the ARM® Cortex™- M0 and M4 processors in China and Taiwan. The number of seminar participants reached the new record. Meanwhile, the promotion of the ARM® Cortex™-M0 Nano 112 Ultra-low Power MCU Series over the IoT (Internet of Things) experienced significant progress as well. In addition, Nuvoton also released Sensor Hub for Window 8.1 and Android devices, bringing much fun to consumers while using tabs and convertible laptops.
In the first quarter of 2014, Nuvoton will not only devote to promoting the ARM® Cortex™-M4 32-digit MCU Series Products, but also release brand-new Voltage Level Shift Chips for servers and data centers. At the same time, the brand-new 20W Audio Amplifier Chips will keep occupying the multimedia application market.
Nuvoton indicated that the first quarter would still be the traditional off-season for consumer electronics and foundries industries; however, the industries’ condition will be very likely to get better. While facing the ever-changing external environment, Nuvoton will still insist on the concept of innovation as its operating guideline and keep gathering resources in areas set up for growth on the basis provided by the stable products.
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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 and Israel to strengthen regional customer support and global management. For more information, please visit www.nuvoton.com
Spokesperson:
Hsiang-Yun Fan
Tel: +886-3-5770066 ext. 3118