DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has increased production to 80,000 wafers per month, up from 40,000 units in the second quarter, according to industry sources...
China-based white-box handset manufacturers are gearing up the launch of smartphones integrating 16GB NAND flash memory in the third quarter of 2009 in the face of iPhone's possible...
An upward pricing trend for both DRAM and NAND flash persisted in the spot market this week (August 3-6), backed by a positive price projection. Among all items, the growth momentum...
Spot prices of both DRAM and NAND flash enjoyed a big sequential jump this week (July 27-31) upon news that Samsung Electronics raised its DDR2 prices and Toshiba suffered from a...
Toshiba is expected to ramp up its NAND flash production to over 90% of its capacity in August, according to sources at memory card makers. Despite the increases in output, the chipmaker...
Thanks to a continued increase in the DRAM contract price in the second half of July and improving demand from module houses, spot prices for both DDR2 and DDR3 posted a big jump...
Demand for both DRAM and NAND flash remained low at the spot market this week (July 3-10). Industry players are cautious over procurement and were only willing to restock in very...
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...
Transactions for both DRAM and NAND flash remained limited this week (June 29-July 3), as many module houses/distributors conducted their mid-year inventory checks, said inSpectrum...
Sluggish demand, along with weak pricing, continued in both DRAM and NAND flash spot markets this week (June 22-26). Traders/brokers found it difficult to spur any transactions despite...
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...
Spot market activities for both the DRAM and NAND flash markets were very quiet this week (June 15-19), resulting in only a marginal change in pricing, according to inSpectrum.
The sharp price fall of effectively tested (eTT) chips drew the spotlight at the DRAM spot market this week (June 8-12) as an influx of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) chips...