DRAM makers ready to slash production
Concerns over the Taiwanese DRAM market grew with talk of manufacturers slowing production to cope with dropping prices. Reports emanating from Digitimes show that with spot market prices for 2GB DDR3...
View ArticleSlow PC demand sees Taiwan DRAM makers suffer losses
Two of Taiwan’s major DRAM players have reported losses in the first half of the year due to slowing demand for PCs. At an investor conference, the island’s second largest chip manufacturer, Nanya,...
View ArticleHynix profits drop 34 percent
Hynix Semiconductor has announced a slump in profits as the memory chip industry struggles with slow demand. The South Korean company posted second quarter results of $488 million net profits, showing...
View ArticleProMOS receives bail out from creditors
Taiwanese DRAM maker ProMOS has been given a lease of life following a bailout by bank creditors. It has been reported that the memory manufacturer has struck a deal to swap half of its debts for...
View ArticlePositive AMD forecast means smiles for Formosa
AMD is doing its bit for Taiwan. The good-ish forecasts for the chip maker means the supply chain is set for a boost. Of course, as AMD uses the huge Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC to...
View ArticleSpeculation mounts that Formosa might dump Nanya, Inotera
Nanya and Inotera are owned by massive conglomerate Formosa Plastics. So, by the way are Via and HTC.But now there's an interesting rumour reported by Taiwanese wire Digitimes.It said there is...
View Article450mm wafers set to polarise semi industry
There will be clear winners and losers in the semiconductor market once the big players adopt 450mm wafers over the next few years. And the biggest losers are set to be the Taiwanese DRAM...
View ArticleTroubled Nanya accepts boatload of dosh from Formosa Plastics
Down on its luck memory maker Nanya has accepted financial support from its parent company Formosa Plastics Group (FGP), while it levels patent infringement claims at DRAM rivals. Like most DRAM firms,...
View Article20nm 128 NAND Flash gets an airing
A NAND-Flash joint venture between Micron and Intel will be showing off the fruits of its labour on Thursday. IM Flash Technology will be lifting the kimono on 20nm 128Gb NAND Flash chips in Taiwan in...
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Samsung becomes Emperor of the DRAMurai
Korean chaebol Samsung owned 45 percent of the DRAM market revenues in the third quarter, a report from IHS said.Even though its revenues fell by 8.9 percent compared to the second quarter, it still...
View ArticleElpida to merge with Micron and Nanya
Memory makers Elpida, Micron and Nanya are so fed up with having their lunch money taken from them by South Korean rivals that they have teamed up to create a new super company. According to the...
View ArticleNanya denies Elpida and Micron tie up
Despite the company's share price soaring on the back of rumours that it was about to announce a tie up with Elpida and Micron, Taiwanese chipmaker Nanya said that it has no plans to go ahead with it....
View ArticleDRAMurai acted to keep revenues stable in Q4
DRAM manufacturers have successfully pre-empted a break in Q4 revenues at the end of last year by focusing on mobile and server memory. According to the latest DRAM Exchange report, the first-tier DRAM...
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Elpida DRAM merger would put the wind up Samsung
Elpida may well seem like a sinking ship at the moment, but analysts believe that a revitalising merger with Micron would have even Samsung worried. The Japanese DRAM maker has been flailing in the...
View ArticleDDR4 makes its debut at ISSCC 2012
DDR4 RAM is almost ready for the primetime and will be available next year, if the roadmaps presented this week at ISSCC 2012 are to be trusted. According to the JEDEC roadmap, DDR4 will make a break...
View ArticleElpida goes bankrupt
Elpida Memory has gone bankrupt as prices for its main product plunged to a record low. According a filing with Japan's finance ministry, the company owes $5.5 billion and checking down the back of the...
View ArticleElpida's bankruptcy causes business boom boon
Elpida's somewhat unsurprising bankruptcy will solidly kick up prices in the shaky DRAM industry, as competitors are forced to up their average selling prices.Elpida committed sudden seppuku earlier...
View ArticleElpida down but not out
Despite the fact that it is bankrupt, Japanese chipmaker Elpida claims that it is down but not out. According to the Japan Times, Elpida plans to craft a restructuring plan by April which could allow...
View ArticleHitachi dumps Elpida shares
Elpida is finding out who it's friends are. It's been dumped by old pal Hitachi, which has sold its 4.7 percent share in the company. The company is turning its back on Elpida after hearing that all...
View ArticleIndustry gears up for RAM shortage
It is starting to look like the IT industry will face a serious RAM chip shortage. Despite the fact that Samsung spent about $24 billion in the past two years beefing up the world's biggest maker of...
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