Winbond Electronics' net profits jumped by 222% sequentially to NT$1.24 billion (US$39 million) in the second quarter of 2010, reflecting the company's efforts to improve product mix and raise production efficiency, according to the memory chipmaker.
Winbond revealed that niche memory products including NOR flash, specialty DRAM (SDRAM), mobile RAM and GDDR accounted for 98% of its total second-quarter revenues. Commodity DRAM made up the remainder, sliding from 10% in the first quarter.
Winbond noted that revenues generated from its NOR flash business rose by about 60% sequentially in the second quarter, buoyed by higher ASPs. The company also added that a shift to 90nm process technology helped boost its output for the memory.
Sales of SDRAM chips increased 30% on quarter in the second quarter, helped by growing shipments of 65nm products, Winbond said. Meanwhile, those of mobile RAM also expanded by 30% sequentially in the quarter.
As for GDDR, Winbond kicked off mass production for GDDR3 and GDDR5 chips in the second quarter, the company indicated. Sales generated from the segment went up about 20% from the first quarter.
Winbond posted a 25% gross margin in the second quarter, compared with 17% in the first quarter.