Silicon Motion
{{Short description|American-Taiwanese electronics company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
| logo = Silicon Motion logo.svg
| logo_size = 245px
| type = Public
| native_name = 慧榮科技
| native_name_lang = zh
| romanized_name = Huirong Technology
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|SIMO}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|November 1995}}
| hq_location_city = Zhubei
| hq_location_country = Taiwan (global),
California, United States (corporate)
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl
|James Chow (chairman)
|Wallace Kou (president & CEO)
}}
| industry = {{unbulleted list|Semiconductors|Solid-state drives}}
| products = {{unbulleted list|NAND Flash Controllers|
(SSD / eMMC / Flash Card / UFD Controllers)|
Single-Package SSD Solutions|
Enterprise SSD Solutions (Shannon brand)|
Embedded Graphics|}}
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|639 million}} (2023)
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|39.9 million}} (2023)
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|52.9 million}} (2023)
| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|1.01 billion}} (2023)
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|735 million}} (2023)
| num_employees = 1,546 (2023)
| homepage = {{URL|siliconmotion.com}}
}}
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, stylized as SiliconMotion, is an American-Taiwanese company involved in developing NAND flash controller integrated circuits (ICs) for solid-state storage devices. The company has claimed to have supplied more NAND flash controllers than any other company, over five billion from 2006 through 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.siliconmotion.com/A6.1.Detail_News.php?sn=201|title=Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period Ended June 30, 2016. Taipei: Silicon Motion Technology Corp.}} They are found in commercial, enterprise, and industrial applications ranging from SSDs, eMMCs, memory cards, and USB flash drives.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gurufocus.com/news/341525/investors-can-benefit-from-silicon-motions-ssd-exposure|title=GuruFocus (July 17, 2015). Investors Can Benefit From Silicon Motion's SSD Exposure}}
Silicon Motion purchased Shannon Systems which added PCI Express solid-state drives for the Chinese data center market to its portfolio.{{Cite news|url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/180667/silicon-motion-to-boost-earnings-on-shannon-systems-buy|title=Zacks (July 6, 2015). Silicon Motion to Boost Earnings on Shannon Systems Buy.}} Controllers are marketed under the “SMI” brand, enterprise-grade SSDs under the "Shannon Systems" brand.
History
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation was formed as the combination of Silicon Motion, Inc., which was established in 1995 in Silicon Valley in the United States, and Feiya Technology Corporation, which was founded in 1997 in Taipei, Taiwan. At the time, mobile graphic chips were the main product of Silicon Motion and NAND controllers were the main products of Feiya Technology Corporation. In 2002, Concord Asia Capital (now known as Concord Venture Capital Group), mediated the merger of the two companies which was completed in August 2002.{{Cite news|title=Bryan, Ho (2011). Silicon Motion Technology Corp: Taking initiative and bouncing back from rock bottom. Taipei: United Daily News Group.}} In 2005 the combined company was renamed Silicon Motion Technology Corporation and began listing on the NASDAQ stock market under the SIMO ticker symbol.
- November 1995: Silicon Motion was established in Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
- April 1997: Feiya Technology Corporation was established in Taipei, Taiwan.
- August 2002: Silicon Motion, Inc. was combined with Feiya Technology Corporation in Taiwan. The headquarters was located in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
- June 2003: Silicon Motion was added to the stock listings of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).
- March 2005: The company decided to go public in the US. Silicon Motion Technology Corporation was established in the Cayman Islands, and transferred 100% of its stocks to its branch in Taiwan. The company terminated its application for an emerging stock transaction and withdrew the issuance of its stocks.
- April 2005: The company’s listing on the TWSE was terminated.
- June 2005: The company was listed on the NASDAQ stock market (Nasdaq: SIMO).
- April 2007: The company completed its acquisition of Future Communications IC, Inc. (FCI) for US$90 million.{{Cite news|url=http://en.siliconmotion.com.tw/A6.1.Detail_News.php?sn=41|title=Silicon Motion Technology Corp.'s acquisition of FCI, Inc. (2007). Silicon Motion Announces Closing of its Acquisition of FCI, Inc.. Taipei: Silicon Motion Technology Corp.}}
- December 2012: The company received "2012 Best Financially Managed Company (<$500 million revenue) Award" presented by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).{{Cite news|url=http://www.gsaglobal.org/about-us/gsa-award-winners/|title=GSA Award Winners : Global Semiconductor Alliance.}}
- July 2015: The company completed its acquisition of Shannon Systems for US$57.5 million.{{Cite news|url=http://ir.siliconmotion.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=191982&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2039820|title=Silicon Motion Technology Corp.'s acquisition of Shannon Systems (2015). Silicon Motion Announces Agreement to Acquire Shannon Systems.}}
- December 2016: The company received "2016 Best Financially Managed Company (<$1 billion revenue) Award" presented by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).{{Cite news|url=http://www.gsaglobal.org/2016/12/09/global-semiconductor-alliance-announces-2016-award-recipients/|title=Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces 2016 Award Recipients (Dec 9, 2016) : Global Semiconductor Alliance.}}
- May 2019: The company announced that it has completed the sale of FCI, its Mobile Communications product line, to Dialog Semiconductor.{{Cite news|url=http://en.siliconmotion.com/A6.1.Detail_News.php?sn=256/|title=Silicon Motion Completes Sale of FCI to Dialog Semiconductor (May 31, 2019) : Silicon Motion.}}
- May 2022: MaxLinear to acquire Silicon Motion.{{Cite news|url=https://investors.maxlinear.com/press-releases/detail/467/maxlinear-to-acquire-silicon-motion|title=MaxLinear to Acquire Silicon Motion (May 5, 2022) : MaxLinear Press Releases.}}{{Cite web |author1=Anton Shilov |date=2022-05-05 |title=MaxLinear Acquires SSD Developer Silicon Motion for $3.8 Billion |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/maxlinear-silicon-motion-acquisition |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en}}
- July 2023: MaxLinear scrapped the acquisition stating that Silicon Motion had failed to complete some of the acquisition closing conditions and suffered a "material adverse effect".{{cite news |last=King |first=Ian |date=2023-07-26 |title=Chipmaker MaxLinear Terminates Acquisition of Taiwan's Silicon Motion |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-26/maxlinear-terminates-acquisition-of-taiwan-s-silicon-motion |publisher=Bloomberg News}}
Products
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Embedded storage products
- SSD controllers{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-08 |date=2024-09-13 |title=Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender |publisher=tomshardware.com |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/silicon-motion-sm2508-ssd-review}}
- eMMC controllers{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-08 |date=2022-08-01 |title=Silicon Motion posts over 50% surge in eMMC and UFS controller sales |publisher=digitimes.com |url=https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20220728PD209/emmc-silicon-motion-ufs.html}}
- Ferroelectric storage
- Embedded flash controllers
- Enterprise/data center SSDs marketed under the Shannon brand{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-08 |date= |title=Silicon Motion announces agreement to acquire Shannon Systems |publisher=semiconductor-digest.com |url=https://sst.semiconductor-digest.com/2015/04/silicon-motion-announces-agreement-to-acquire-shannon-systems/}}
Expandable storage products
- Memory card controllers{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-08 |date=2021-04-07 |title=Silicon Motion Announces SM2708 SD Express Controller |publisher=anandtech.com |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16603/silicon-motion-announces-sm2708-sd-express-controller}}
- USB flash drive controllers
Embedded graphics products
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.siliconmotion.com}}
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