14 DAY TRIAL // Even with all the concerns about dropping demand in Europe and other regions, Gigabyte succeeded, so far, in scoring higher revenues, on-year, for the January-August 2010 period, though August registered a sizable drop both sequentially and compared to 2009.
The uncertain condition in several regions of the world may have led to DRAM price drops and other unfortunate developments, but Gigabyte appears to be holding its own either way.
Just recently it was revealed that DRAM contract quotes had once again fallen because of weakening demand for PCs.
Back at the start of last month, even the spot prices of NAND Flash memory chips saw their prices decline, because of client reluctance to pay said high prices.
Later, in the second half of the same month, NAND pricing finally fell below the $1 per gigabyte threshold, setting the stage for a potential revenue record in Q3.
This decline in PC sales has, of course, reflected in Gigabyte's performance during the month of August, when it only succeeded in scoring revenues of NT$3.76 billion.
NT$3.76 billion is the equivalent of roughly US$17.54 million and, according to a report published by Digitimes, is lower both sequentially and on-year,.
Compared to August 2009, that sum is 5.82 percent lower, whereas the sequential decline was of 9.65 percent, showing that, indeed, demand is dropping.
In terms of shipments, the hardware makers managed to reach 250,000-300,000 sold video boards, leaving the total for the January-August period at 1.65 million.
Also, during those same eight months, Gigabyte shipped 12.5 million motherboards, 1.5-1.65 million of which were sent out in August.
That said, the company's combined revenues for those eight months are of NT$34.06 billion, a sum which, surprisingly, is 15.65 percent higher than the one registered during the same period of 2009.
What remains to be seen is if shipments continue to decline even now that the back-to-school season has arrived.