Winbond, Macronix enjoy revenue growth in April

Winbond Electronics saw consolidated revenues for April 2010 grow 10.2% on month to NT$3.46 billion (US$109 million), while Macronix International Company (MXIC) reported a sequential 2.1% growth in revenues to NT$2.29 billion for the month. The revenue increases were buoyed by strong sales of their NOR flash businesses.
Winbond, which has adjusted its product mix to include niche DRAM and NOR flash chips, generated revenues of NT$2.71 billion in April. The sales, excluding logic IC subsidiary Nuvoton Technology, were 10.9% higher than NT$2.45 billion in March.
Revenues from Winbond's core business totaled NT$9.72 billion for the first fourth months of 2010, signaling a recovery compared to NT$4.56 billion during the same period of 2009.
Winbond spokesperson Wilson Wen recently said the company may achieve record revenues generated from its NOR flash products in May. Sales of Winbond's NOR flash product segment increased 30% sequentially and 149% on year in the first quarter of 2010, when the company posted its second straight quarterly profits.
Macronix, which also supplies mask ROM chips for game consoles, saw revenues from NOR flash exceed those from ROM products for the first time in 2009. Sales of Macronix's NOR flash business jumped 108% on year in the first quarter of 2010, contributing 63% to its overall revenues.
Memory IC design house Eon Silicon Solution, which focuses on NOR and other multi-chip package (MCP) memory solutions, also benefits from the tight NOR flash market driven by the demand side. Eon has announced revenues of NT$599 million for April 2010, a monthly record.