Japan-based NAND Flash and SSD makers Kioxia indicates that economic uncertainty and persistent inventory clearance in end customers have significantly dented NAND Flash demand. Consequently,...
Memory chipmakers including major ones have come under intense inventory pressure, prompting suppliers engaged in the industry supply chain to be cautious about shipment pull-ins...
The Japanese government has set its semiconductor development policy based on two major principles - security and revitalization, shifting from relying entirely on domestic companies...
Samsung Electronics reportedly is quietly reducing NAND flash production by lowering capacity utilization for the chips to 90% in response to sluggish demand, after resisting doing...
Western Digital Corp. has restarted talks with Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp. in a deal that could unite two technology storage providers, according to people familiar with the matt...
With the memory sector experiencing a severe downturn, market attention has been refocused on whether Samsung Electronics will announce production cuts by the end of 2022 or in early...
China's largest memory maker Yangtz Memory Technologies (YMTC) will be deterred from entering mass production of its 232-layer 3D NAND flash and developing more advanced chips after...
Japan's newly founded advanced chips manufacturing company Rapidus aims to develop 2nm chips mass production technology through cooperation with mainly the US and foray into the foundry...
The global NAND flash industry generated US$13.71 billion in output value in the third quarter of 2022, down 24.3% sequentially, according to a recent TrendForce report. The industry...
Apple has quietly suspended plans to purchase 128-layer NAND flash from Chinese supplier Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) for iPhones targeting the China market, and reportedly...
Memory makers such as Micron Technology and Kioxia are expected to see their business operations undermined by sharp declines in end-market demand for consumer electronics devices...
Spot market sales for NAND flash are coming to a standstill despite sharp price falls in the past months, and long-term agreement (LTA) fulfillment rate by clients has hit a low of...
The memory industry is being greatly affected by the cyclical fluctuations of the economy, but automotive and industrial control applications have become the mainstay for NOR and...
Global NAND flash makers are on track to start a new round of competition in producing 3D NAND chips with over 200 layers after Micron Technology announced commercial production of...
Kioxia has introduced an industrial-grade series of its 3D flash memory BiCS FLASH. Sampling commenced earlier this year, with mass production expected late in the fourth quarter...