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Monday 13 July 2009
NAND flash contract prices down on slow demand in 1H July, says DRAMeXchange
Contract quotes for mainstream multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash chips trended downward by up to 5% in the first half of July 2009, industry sources citing data gathered by DRAMeXchange...
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Samsung said to be subsidizing DRAM operations with NAND flash profits
Samsung Electronics has made efforts to provide NAND flash prices that maintain profitability in contrast to its DRAM pricing strategy, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The...
Thursday 2 July 2009
DDR3 contract prices to grow on launch of ultra-thin notebooks, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for DDR3 chips seen in more ultra-thin notebooks are expected to rise 5-10% in July, according to DRAMeXchange. The research firm expects promotions of Intel-based...
Thursday 25 June 2009
NAND flash contract prices to turn soft in July, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for mainstream 8Gb and 16Gb MLC NAND flash chips have stayed flat at an average of US$3.52 and US$4.06, respectively, in the second half of June, according to data...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
DRAM contract prices stay flat in 2H June, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for DDR2 and DDR3 modules have stayed flat in the second half of June, following low- to mid-single-digit percentage gains in the first half, according to DRAMeXchange...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
SSD penetration in PC market remains low
The replacement from traditional hard drives to solid state drives (SSDs) will not take off in 2009, as the ratio of SSDs used in PCs remains low due to higher per GB costs, according...
Thursday 18 June 2009
DDR3 contract prices to continue growth momentum in 2H June, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for DDR3 are expected to continue growing in the second half of June, thanks to increased demand on the launch of ultra-thin notebooks, according to DRAMeXchange....
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Contract prices up for DRAM in 1H June, but down for NAND flash
Contract prices for DDR2 and DDR3 modules went up 2-5% and 4-5%, respectively, in the first half of June, data gathered by DRAMeXchange has shown. But for NAND flash, contract prices...
Friday 5 June 2009
DRAM makers May sales continue sequential growth, but suffer double-digit drops on year
DRAM chipmakers Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) continued to see sequential revenue growth in May 2009, thanks to stabilizing DRAM...
Monday 1 June 2009
Taiwan touch panel production value to increase 36% in 2009, says DRAMeXchange
Taiwan touch panel production value is estimated to increase 36% to NT$32 billion (US$989 million) in 2009 and to NT$49.8 billion in 2012 with a CAGR of 16.9% because of surging popularity...
Tuesday 26 May 2009
NAND flash pricing down in late May as demand falls
Spot quotes for 16Gb MLC NAND flash chips slipped below the US$4 mark recently due to an inventory pileup at downstream suppliers early in May. The pileup was caused by a sudden fall...
Thursday 21 May 2009
NAND flash prices drifting lower in May-June, say Taiwan makers
NAND flash chip prices, which should have peaked due to huge supply cuts earlier in the second quarter, will likely begin drifting lower in May-June as current demand growth is too...
Monday 18 May 2009
PSC to cautiously resume DRAM production, expects Windows 7 to lift demand
Memory chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) is set to resume production at a gradual pace, but still believes that a level of DRAM chip shortages is likely to occur...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Micron unseats Hynix in NAND flash ranking in 1Q09, says DRAMeXchange
Micron Technology of the US moved into the world's top-three NAND flash chipmakers in the first quarter of 2009, overtaking Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, according to a recent research...
Tuesday 12 May 2009
NAND flash contract prices continue to rise in 1H May, says DRAMeXchange
Average contract prices for NAND flash have continued its rally for the first half of May, data gathered by DRAMeXchange show. The upward price trend was as a result of suppliers'...