Hsinchu, Taiwan, Feb.03, 2015- Winbond Electronics Corporation today announced the financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014. On a consolidated basis including members of Winbond Electronics Corp. and Nuvoton Technology Corp. etc., net sales were NT$9.565 billion, down 4% QoQ. Gross margin was 31%. Net income for the fourth quarter was NT$1.067 billion; earning per share was NT$0.28. Consolidated sales for January through December 2014 totaled NT$37.990 billion; net income was NT$3.211 billion.
As far as memory business is concerned, revenue in the fourth quarter from Specialty DRAM accounted for 53% of net sales. The Specialty DRAM revenue was down 3% QoQ due to seasonality. Revenue in the fourth quarter from Mobile DRAM accounted for 12% of net sales, up 5% QoQ because of the demand back to normal after inventory adjustment in the third quarter. Revenue in the fourth quarter from Flash Memory accounted for 35% of net sales. Both revenue and gross margin remained stable. In addition, the bit growth of Flash was due to increasing sales of 1Gb SLC NAND Flash.
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James Wen
Finance Center Vice President
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Mandy Wang
Investor Relationship Dept.
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