Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reported unaudited revenues of NT$31.17 billion (US$982 million) for 2009, representing a 41% decline from NT$52.83 billion in 2008. The Taiwan-based DRAM maker said it swung back into the black in the fourth quarter, following 10 consecutive quarterly losses.
PSC posted revenues of NT$5.515 billion in December, and saw its fourth-quarter results increase 103.7% on quarter to NT$15.34 million. It began to generate monthly profits in November thanks to stabilizing chip prices and better yields from 65nm production, according to company vice president and spokesperson Eric Tang.
Tang said PSC was able to return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2009. The DRAM producer had remained unprofitable since the second quarter of 2007.
Tang also noted PSC has ramped up DDR3 output to more than 15 million 1Gb chips a month, and the segment is ready to enter its mass shipments in the first quarter of 2010. DDR3 is expected to account for more than 75% of PSC's total DRAM shipments in March 2010, in response to customer needs.