MediaTek asks component suppliers to increase 3Q09 inventories

MediaTek has requested component makers, including Yuantonix and Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT), to make sure they have sufficient inventories to meet strong handset chip demand in the third quarter, according to industry sources.

MediaTek's third-quarter handset chip order volume has increased 20% from the second, and it has asked its component suppliers to build up inventories of power amplifiers (PAs), pseudo SRAMs, SDRAMs, LCD driver ICs, CMOS sensors and LED driver ICs, the sources said.

MediaTek's subsidiary Yuantonix is expected to see its PA shipments hit a record in the third quarter, the sources said. ESMT has just cut into MediaTek's handset chip supply chain with its memory products, the sources added.

Shipments of Pixart Imaging's CMOS sensors and Richtek Technology's LED driver ICs to MediaTek will also grow in the third quarter, the sources noted.

MediaTek handset chip component suppliers

Products
Suppliers

PA
Yuantonix, Skyworks

Pseudo SRAM
ESMT, MemoCom

CMOS sensor
Pixart, OmniVision

LED driver IC
Richtek

LCD driver IC
Novatek, Orise, Sitronix, ILI

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