USB designers Skymedi and 3S see Samsung and Kingston orders drive December sales

Taiwan-based USB designers Skymedi and Solid State System (3S) turned in strong performances for December against a general seasonal decline in the IC design industry, with the former's sales hitting a company record on orders from Samsung Electronics, while the latter's were the highest since June 2007 thanks to orders from Kingston Technology, according to industry sources.
Skymedi, which the sources indicated has recently received orders from Samsung for microSD controllers, reported December sales of NT$170 million (US$5.23 million). The sources estimated that Skymedi's sales for January may set yet another record at NT$200 million.
The Toshiba-invested 3S is seeing its sales buoyed by orders for flash driver controllers from Kingston, the sources said. The designer reported NT$54 million in December sales, up 20.6% sequentially