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Thursday 23 April 2009
DRAM maker Rexchip reportedly migrates to 65nm
Rexchip Electronics, a DRAM-manufacturing venture between Elpida Memory and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), has just converted almost all of its 12-inch chip production...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
DRAM contract prices going up, says DRAMeXchange
DRAM contract prices have trended upward in the second half of April, data gathered by DRAMeXchange have shown. Average prices of 1GB DDR2-667 and 2GB DDR2 modules have gone up to...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
ProMOS may sell 12-inch fabs to Taiwan Memory, sources claim
ProMOS Technologies will likely spin off its 12-inch wafer fabs to assist in establishing Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), which has been identified as a government-led project to overhaul...
Monday 13 April 2009
Elpida CEO to visit ProMOS and Winbond for partnership talks
Yukio Sakamoto, president and CEO of Elpida Memory, will pay another visit to Taiwan this week looking to forge trilateral cooperation with ProMOS Technologies and Winbond Electronics,...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Micron and Nanya pull out of Taiwan Memory
Micron Technology and Nanya Technology, along with their joint venture Inotera Memories, have announced that they will not participate in the formation of Taiwan Memory Company (TM...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Worldwide semiconductor revenues contract more than 5% in 2008, Gartner says
Worldwide semiconductor revenues went down 5.4%, or a decrease of US$14.5 billion, to US$255 billion in 2008, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner Dataquest. The...
Monday 6 April 2009
Numonyx to enhance partnerships with China and Taiwan
Flash memory maker Numonyx, a joint venture between Intel and STMicroelectronics, regards the Asia Pacific market as a key revenues contributor, according to company president and...
Friday 3 April 2009
Taiwan Memory to secure IP from Elpida, targeting mobile DRAM
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will secure key IP rights from memory chipmaker Elpida Memory to jointly develop new DRAM chips used inside mobile phones, according to John Hsuan. TMC...
Friday 3 April 2009
Taiwan Memory to buy 10% stake in Elpida, sources claim
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will initially purchase a 10% stake in Elpida Memory, in exchange for the Japan memory chipmaker's patent rights, industry sources familiar with the TMC-Elpida...
Thursday 2 April 2009
PTI welcomes Taiwan Memory-Eplida partnership, share prices jump
Powertech Technology (PTI), a major memory backend supplier for chipmaker Elpida Memory, has expressed welcome to news that the Japanese client has been selected as a technology partner...
Thursday 2 April 2009
Taiwan Memory not focusing on capacity, says economics minister
Taiwan's economics minister Chii-ming Yiin has reiterated that the formation of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) does not intend to build any wafer plants, but to develop a technology-independent...
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Taiwan Memory to be DRAM IP company; still in talks with Micron
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will position itself as an IP company that will initially outsource production to local DRAM chipmakers, John Hsuan said today following confirmation that...
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Elpida chosen as technology partner of Taiwan Memory
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest DRAM chipmaker, has been selected as a strategic technology partner of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC). Details of the collaboration have...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Announcement of Taiwan Memory partner postponed
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said on March 30 that the partner of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) has not been decided yet, dismissing speculation that an announcement concerning...
Monday 30 March 2009
Commentary: Rising chip prices may undermine Taiwan Memory
Taiwan downstream DRAM makers are saying that the leading DRAM vendors, Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology and Elpida Memory, are no longer tolerating low...