1393 news items tagged NAND flash
BGA packaging for memory controller ICs hits snag on ABF substrate shortages
Wednesday 3 March 2021Backend demand for memory controller ICs has been increasingly strong promising clear order visibility for BGA and FC-BGA packaging processes at OSAT firms, but their operations are...
ESMT sees profit hike on rising specialty DRAM prices
Tuesday 2 March 2021Memory-IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) has reported net profit surged over 50% sequentially and 100% on year to NT$139 million (US$4.99 million) in January...
Kioxia breaks ground for new 3D NAND wafer fab
Friday 26 February 2021Kioxia held a groundbreaking ceremony for a semiconductor fabrication facility, dubbed Fab 7, at its factory site in Yokkaichi, Japan on February 24. The facility will be dedicated...
TSMC ranks in top-10 for capacity in main wafer sizes
Friday 26 February 2021As of December 2020, only TSMC was among the wafer capacity leaders in each of the main wafer size categories ranked by IC Insights. The Taiwan-based foundry had the most 200mm wafer...
Chip shortage likely to persist through 2022, says Silicon Motion
Thursday 25 February 2021Foundry and backend capacity constraints resulting in a global shortage of semiconductors will likely persist through 2022, according to Silicon Motion Technology, a Taiwan-based...
DRAM and flash memory supply to stay tight in 2H21, says Winbond
Monday 22 February 2021A rally in DRAM and flash memory prices will boost Winbond Electronics' memory business revenue in March and April, according to Pei-Ming Chen, president for the specialty DRAM and...
China remains largest IC market
Monday 22 February 2021China became the largest IC market in the world in 2005 and has continued to grow in size since then. In 2020, China's IC market increased to US$143.4 billion, a 9% gain from US$131.3...
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
Wednesday 17 February 2021The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
NAND vendors to enter production race for over-100-layer offerings in 2021
Monday 8 February 2021As NAND flash stacking technology continues to advance, vendors will be racing for mass production of 3D TLC/QLC (triple/quad-level cell) NAND chips with over 100 layers in 2021 after...
Top-10 IC growth categories to enjoy 2021
Friday 5 February 2021Each of the top-10 growing IC product categories tracked by IC Insights is expected to see a double-digit increase in sales, but only the top-five segments are forecast to grow faster...
SSD controller supply stays tight
Friday 5 February 2021The supply of SSD device controller ICs remains tight, which may continue to boost SSD prices despite sufficient NAND chip supplies, according to industry sources.
Global semiconductor sales increase 6.5% in 2020, says SIA
Wednesday 3 February 2021Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$439 billion in 2020, up 6.5% on year, according to SIA.
SSD adoption among notebooks to accelerate in 2021
Monday 1 February 2021Falling NAND flash prices will be driving substantially the adoption of SSDs in notebooks this year, which Micron Technology executive VP and chief business officer Sumit Sadana also...
SK Hynix posts sequential revenue and profit drops in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW966 billion (US$0.87 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW7.97 trillion for the fourth quarter of 2020, representing sequential decreases...
Macronix expects strong 1Q21
Thursday 28 January 2021Taiwan-based chipmaker Macronix International expects to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021, judging from robust demand for all its product lines including ROM, NOR...
PTI set to boost logic IC backend revenue ratio to 50% in mid-2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is gearing up to expand its business in the logic IC field in 2021 with focus placed on flip-chip packaging and bumping services,...
Winbond enjoys influx of short lead-time orders for NOR flash
Tuesday 26 January 2021A strong pull-in of short lead-time orders is filling Winbond Electronics' production capacity for NOR flash memory, according to industry sources. The orders are reportedly placed...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Samsung considers lowering NAND flash prices as early as 1Q21, sources say
Thursday 14 January 2021Samsung Electronics may initiate price cuts on its NAND flash chips as early as the end of the first quarter of 2021, which may trigger a price war among major NAND flash chipmakers,...
Value of semiconductor industry M&A agreements sets record in 2020, says IC Insights
Thursday 14 January 2021Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing...
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21
Wednesday 13 January 2021DRAM contract market prices have risen 5-10% in the first quarter of 2021, and will continue their rally in the second quarter, according to sources at memory module makers.
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
Tuesday 5 January 2021China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
Samsung, SK Hynix gearing up for EUV process manufacturing
Thursday 31 December 2020Samsung Electronics has kicked off volume production of 16Gb LPDDR5 chips using EUV-based 1znm process technology at its Pyeongtaek fab, while SK Hynix plans to install EUV exposure...
Team Group to put increased focus on gaming, industrial in 2021
Tuesday 29 December 2020Team Group will put increased focus on the gaming and industrial control segments in 2021, when market conditions will be also favorable to the memory module maker, according to the...
SSD supply constrained by chip shortages
Monday 21 December 2020The market for NAND flash memory remains oversupplied, but shortages of flash device controllers and passive components have constrained the supply of SSD and other related peripherals,...