Friday, January 5, 2007
Taiwan players of the DRAM business ended last year with strong profits due to the steady rises in DRAM prices,capacity expansion and their migration to 90nm processes.
According to local industry sources, adding that profits of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), ProMOS Technologies, Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, taken together, exceeded NT$30 billion (US$920.5 million) in the fourth quarter of 2006.
PSC reported NT$11.38 billion in revenues for December 2006, with profits for the fourth quarter expected to amount to NT$11-11.5 billion. The company's profits for the entire 2006 are expected to reach NT$22-25 billion.
ProMOS posted NT$7.82 billion in revenues for December 2006, and its fourth-quarter profits are estimated to total NT$8.5-9 billion. Its 2006 profits should total NT$14.5-15 billion.
Nanya Technology and Inotera, both members of the Formosa Plastics group, respectively made NT$7.5-8 billion and 4.5-4.6 billion in profits in the fourth quarter, according to estimates by sources at the companies. Nanya's and Inotera's profits for last year respectively amounted to NT$20.5-21 billion and NT$15.8-16.1 billion, the sources said.
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