ACL Semiconductors Reports on Recent Chip Supply and Demand.HONG KONG Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. -- ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. Semiconductors, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ACLO ACLO Air Cadet Liaison Officer ) reports on recent memory chip supply and demand. ACLO supplies this information to Samsung HK and its other customers to provide insight into market conditions. FLASH: The flash market saw 4 Gb flash components increasing in contract price by 12% recently due to the fact that Sony and Apple are negotiating the 2nd half production plan with Samsung. Also, production of 8Gb and 16Gb is the main manufacturer's focus, leaving the 4Gb flash component (which is for the 512 MB memory card bundled into mobile cell phones) in tight supply. DRAM: DDRI market is showing tight supply and the relative shortage of the DDRI could last into the summer months as most manufacturers have switched their production lines to DDRII. DDRII prices are quite stable recently and we anticipate we will see even more market activity in June. Recent comments from Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. analysts to the memory component sector were upbeat. "Both spot and contract DRAM prices have hovered about 5% to 10% higher than our expectations through April-May. This indicates upbeat second-quarter results despite demand that has been seasonally normal at best." Further, "We expect pure-play DRAM and NAND (Not AND) A Boolean logic operation that is true if any single input is false. Two-input NAND gates are often used as the sole logic element on gate array chips, because all Boolean operations can be created from NAND gates. See flash memory. stocks to outperform in the overall tech sector. For the short-term, however, we would continue to prefer DRAM to NAND. Long term, higher growth or margin upside comes from NAND compared with DRAM," were among the highlights of the research notes provided by CFAs from Merrill Lynch in last week's report. "We are encouraged by recent supply and demand data and industry analyst's comments. Indeed the outlook for our core business remains robust," cited ACL Chairman, Alan Yang. "In addition to our longstanding leadership in memory component distribution, we also continue to seek synergistic opportunities to bolster profit margins and we look forward to making progress towards these goals in 2006." About ACL Semiconductors, Inc. ACL has been a leading distributor of Samsung and other memory chip products, including DRAM, Flash, SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory and Mask ROM products for the Hong Kong and southern China markets since 1991, and has achieved annual sales in excess of one hundred million dollars since 2004. ACL Semiconductors has been in business in Asia for the past 15 years and, during that time, has evolved as an integral part of southern China's development while serving the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) A contract manufacturer that uses its own designs and intellectual property (IP). See contract manufacturer. manufacturing base for mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, laptop computers, MP3 players and other consumer electronics worldwide. The company has more than 200 customers in Hong Kong and southern China. ACL Semiconductors, Inc. trades on the OTCBB under the symbol "ACLO." Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, the availability of components and successful production of the company's products, general acceptance of the company's products and technologies, competitive factors, timing, and other risks described in the company's SEC reports and filings. Third-party statements contained herein and information contained on any third-party Web site are not endorsed by or adopted by ACL Semiconductors, nor have ACL Semiconductors or its affiliates verified their accuracy. An online investor kit including press releases, stock charts, current price quotes, and other valuable information may be found at http://www.foothillsgroup.com. |
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