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Silicon Motion Inc. (SIMO)
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Emcee:  Elroy Type:  Moderated
Silicon Motion Inc. was acquired by Feiya Technology in September 2002 and was renamed as Silicon Motion Inc. Silicon Motion Inc. develops and manufactures embedded graphics, digital signal processing, and multimedia companion chips. The company's graphics, video, and audio applications are designed for use in handheld devices, wireless broadband terminals, LCD presentation devices, and consumer devices. In addition the company also offers flash memory and flash media reader controllers with QuickWrite™ technology. Silicon Motion was founded in 1995 and is based in Hsinchu, Taiwan and has offices in San Jose, California.
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2845SIMO's stock was about $70 when MXL offered to buy it for $93 cash per shareElroy1April 20
2844Thank you Elroy, I am having difficulty understanding why the Board of SIMO anfranklin1-April 20
2843The annual report from last year says the actual arbitration proceedings will ocElroy1April 19
2842I was looking on-line for an update on the Merger/takeover from MaxLinear, Inc.-franklin1-April 19
2841Appreciate the comment and quote from TSMCOlafB-April 18
2840From Seeking Alpha 4.17.25 Goldman Sachs has issued a stark warning about the ffranklin1-April 17
2839Here's some article commenting on sales in China: Big U.S. Tech’s Risks in Elroy-April 17
2838<i> SIMO, sells its NAND controllers to gadget/chip producers -> GadElroy2April 17
2837Wanna see the math? - Yep, with pleasure and gratitude. Pardon my English(agaiOlafB-April 16
2836<i> While gross margins are being reduced for their main buyers</i&gElroy-April 16
2835Our business is evaluating businesses and setting target prices for businesses. OlafB-April 16
2834Hmm, well lets see. SIMO is in about 30% of PCs/notebooks, and perhaps 15%-25% Elroy-April 13
2833Ah yes, of course. TSMC is their main foundry, I forget who is the other one.Elroy-April 12
2832I meant production of its controllers. They are designers, but not manufacturersOlafB-April 12
2831<i> SIMO outsources its commodity NANDs somewhere else</i> Not sElroy-April 12
2830BTW, the bargaining goes as planned... negotiation with Taiwan and Trump alreadyOlafB-April 12
2829About 85% - 90% of SIMO's business is in cell phones, PCs and chips. TrElroy-April 12
2828Never mind. SIMO isn't going down from here....... Trump exempts phones, cElroy-April 12
2827I looked at what SIMO did in the "Covid panic" of 2020. The situationsElroy1April 12
2826Hmmm. To the extent that this trade war is bad for Apple it is good for AndroidElroy-April 11
2825PC Shipments Grew Fastest in Four Years to Avoid Tariffs bloomberg.com InteresElroy1April 10
2824Interesting bits on SIMO..... The US is responsible for only 7% of the global AElroy1April 8
2823Tariff? Tariffs on SIMO controller sales will be near zero. From the 202Elroy1April 5
2822Notes from SIMO investor presentation from two weeks ago (March 17 2025) QElroy2March 31
2821Silicon Motion joins AI humanoid robotics supply chain digitimes.comElroy-March 31
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