2010-05-07

Monthly Sales Announcement - April 2010

  

Ralink Technology (TAIEX: 3534) Monthly Sales Report – April, 2010

Issued by: Ralink Technology
Issued on: 2010/5/7

 

Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 7, 2010 – Ralink Technology Corp. (TAIEX: 3534) today announced that the total revenue for April 2010 reached NT$ 606.5 million, up 4.4% MoM and up 72.0% YoY. Aggregated revenue from January to April of 2010 was NT$ 2,283.8 million, up 90.9% from the same period of last year.

 

Given a strong demand across all main product lines, the company stated that the unit shipment growth in the second quarter is expected to increase sequentially. Inventory level is relatively low due to capacity constraints on the foundry side which however, also help to decelerate the ASP decline in the meantime.

 

The company just reported that the gross margin of the first quarter was 43.3% and expected that the gross margin in the second quarter to maintain steady to slightly up due to the change of the product portfolio and new product launch.

 

Ralink Technology is scheduled to demonstrate a range of new wireless technologies at the 2010 Computex Taipei from June 1st to June 4th, including multiple 1080p60 HD video streams over Wi-Fi, Wireless DLNA Blu-Ray DVD and HDTV Media adaptor, Bluetooth 3.0 for mobile PCs and “Wi-Fi direct” for P2P consumer electronics applications.

 

Sales Report, April 2010 (in NT$K)    

About Ralink Technology

Ralink Technology Corporation is a leading innovator and developer of wireless chipset solutions. Ralink products are recognized for the superior throughput, extended range, low-power consumption and consistent reliability required for Wi-Fi, mobile and embedded applications. These feature-rich chipsets have a high level of chip integration, enabling customers to build smaller and more sophisticated mobile wireless products cost-effectively. Ralink’s patented MIMObility™ technology extends Wi-Fi applications from traditional PC networking to a range of digital multimedia and handheld devices including cell phones, PDAs, cameras, print servers, HDTV and video game consoles. Ralink customers can look forward to continuous improvements in speed, bandwidth and reliability, with IEEE 802.11n solutions for next-generation high-performance Wi-Fi. Ralink Technology was founded in 2001 with headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan and an R&D center in Cupertino, California. For more information, visit Ralink at www.ralinktech.com.

 

Ralink, Ralink Technology and MIMObilityTM are Ralink’s registered trademarks; all other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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