Alliance Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ALSC), despite an overall drop in revenue, continues to make headway into the analog and mixed signal markets. For its latest quarter, its first quarter ended June 25, 2005, the company reported a 49 percent sequential gain in analog and mixed signal sales. The company reported that for its first quarter, analog and mixed signal revenue represented 64 percent of total sales, compared to 59 percent of total sales for the prior quarter, and 39 percent of total sales for the first quarter of its fiscal 2005 year. For the first quarter of fiscal 2006, Alliance had total sales of $5.911 million, versus $7.136 million for the same quarter last year. Given the percentages, this works out to analog and mixed signal sales of $3.783 million for the latest quarter, compared to $2.783 million for the year ago quarter, a gain of about 36 percent – indicating that its last quarter analog and mixed signal sales were $2.539 million. Alliance reported that the growth in analog and mixed signal revenue for its first quarter was attributed to high growth in the LCD display market.

Alliance also noted that in its first quarter it introduced 15 new analog and mixed signal products. Those products include electromagnetic inference reduction, clocks, and system monitors (CPU supervisors), which accounted for ten of the fifteen new products. The company also sampled zero delay buffers and fan out buffers and introduced a EMI compliant Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) controller. The PWM controller is based on Alliance’s Spread Spectrum Modulation technology.

With the announcement, N.D. Reddy, Alliance’s CEO, noting large customers, expressed confidence in the company’s Analog and Mixed Signal business, "We are confident in the long-term prospects of the Company and believe the Analog and Mixed Signal business unit will be a strong growth driver moving forward, particularly in the high growth LCD market where we have been designed into the products of the largest players such as Samsung and LG. Our System Solutions business is still in its early stage of growth, however we continue to sample new connectivity and controller products to several key OEM customers. As newly introduced products move through their life cycle from customer evaluation to full production, we expect revenue growth from this business unit in the coming quarters. Overall, we remain focused on increasing market penetration with our current product portfolio and introducing next-generation solutions."

Alliance Semiconductor, at one time, generated the majority of its product revenue from DRAM memory chips. The importance of those chips to the company’s total revenue has significantly diminished since their high point several years ago.