Power chip designer Potens Semiconductor Corp (博盛半導體) yesterday said it is cautiously optimistic about its business prospects next year, citing an improving global economy, as well as rising demand for power semiconductors for vehicles, and for artificial intelligence (AI) PCs and servers.
“Semiconductor demand is highly correlated to the world economy. As we are not seeing major headwinds for the economy, we expect next year to be a better year than this year,” Potens spokeswoman Jessie Peng (彭卓蘭) told a news conference in Taipei. “We are holding a cautiously optimistic attitude toward next year.”
Potens is a chip designer focused on developing power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) used in a broad range of applications including electric vehicles (EV), servers and green energy devices.
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The company said that its new high-end power MOSFETs used in vehicles, and AI PCs and servers would help drive revenue growth.
The company started shipping low volumes of power MOSFETs used in AI servers this year and expects shipments to increase gradually next year, Potens chairman Menq Meng (孟祥集) said.
Potens has secured orders from two of the world’s four major cloud service providers to supply server MOSFETs, indicating that it is capable of competing with global peers, Mega Securities Co (兆豐證券) said.
The company later this quarter plans to roll out new advanced power MOSFETs used in AI PCs — called driver MOS integrated drive ICs, which are for central processing units and graphic processing units, it said.
Another major growth area is power MOSFETs for EVs and gasoline-powered vehicles, the company said, adding that it ships its products through tier-one auto component suppliers.
Its products are in Asian vehicles and in one of five premium European car brands, it said.
The company generated NT$1.06 billion (US$32.61 million) in revenue in the first three quarters of the year, little changed from NT$1 billion in the same period last year.
The consumer electronics segment was its biggest revenue source, contributing 43 percent of overall revenue in the period, while industrial devices was second at 26 percent and the auto segment third at 15 percent, the company said.
Net profit soared about 64 percent to NT$201.48 million in the nine-month period from NT$122.97 million in the same period last year.
Earnings per share jumped to NT$35.85 from NT$28.3, while gross margin rose to 35.85 percent from 28.3 percent.
Potens is scheduled to debut its shares on the Taipei Exchange next month.
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