DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday posted its weakest monthly revenue in five months after prices dropped 2.6 percent sequentially amid widespread weakness in the chip industry.
Revenue contracted 1.48 percent to NT$4.09 billion (US$131 million) last month, compared with NT$4.15 billion in October, according to a company statement. Last month’s figure is the lowest since June after declining for a third month.
Shipments were little changed from October, the chipmaker said.
On an annual basis, revenue grew 10.7 percent from NT$3.7 billion last year.
The Taoyuan-based chipmaker in October said that the blended average selling price would fall by 3 to 5 percent sequentially this quarter because of sluggish demand for chips used in consumer electronics, such as set-top boxes, while shipments would remain flat.
Separately, Inotera Memories Inc (華亞科技), a DRAM joint venture between Nanya and US memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc, said revenue fell 1.9 percent to NT$6.59 billion last month.
That represented 2 percent annual growth from NT$6.45 billion.
The revenue decline was also seen in other chip companies.
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE, 日月光半導體), the world’s top chip tester and packager, said revenue shrank 4.8 percent to NT$25.25 billion last month from October’s NT$26.52 billion.
Compared with NT$21.97 billion last year, last month’s revenues expanded 14.9 percent.
ASE is expected to post 12 percent sequential growth in consolidated revenue, mostly fueled by a 3 percent quarterly increase from its system-in-package business.
Macronix International Co (旺宏電子), which counts Japanese video game console maker Nintendo as one of its major clients, said revenue plunged 20.4 percent to NT$1.9 billion last month from NT$2.39 billion a month ago. That translated to a year-on-year decline of 0.1 percent from NT$1.9 billion.
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