A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan on March 16, prompting some companies, such as Kioxia, to halt production. The memory chip vendor has suspended part of its production...
IC Insights has forecast that NAND flash memory capital spending will rise 8% to US$29.9 billion in 2022, surpassing the previous all-time high of US$27.8 billion spent in 2018.
Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) may see its revenue hit by a cutback in orders from Kioxia in the first half of 2022, but is still on track to post an at least...
Despite the ongoing shortage of non-memory chips and components, which is unlikely to improve as a whole until 2023, memory chip vendor Micron Technology remains optimistic about...
DRAM contract prices are expected to stop falling and begin to rise in the second quarter of 2022, and NAND flash prices will be rising too, according to sources at memory module...
NAND flash vendors' cautious attitudes towards capacity expansion and a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital JV fabs in Japan will flip the market into undersupply...
Micron Technology and Western Digital have raised their NAND flash prices by about 10%, which is about to trigger increases in both spot and contract market prices, according to industry...
Kioxia has announced sampling of what the company claims is the industry's first universal flash storage (UFS) embedded flash memory devices supporting MIPI M-PHY v5.0 for a variety...
The global NAND flash industry generated US$18.48 billion in output value in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 2.1% sequentially, when the memory ASPs fell by nearly 5% on quarter,...
Western Digital has notified customers about price increases immediately for all its NAND flash devices to reflect a substantial rally in costs, according to industry sources.
Kioxia has already notified its customers about a shortfall in its 3D NAND flash shipments starting April, and has stopped offering its quotes in the spot market, following a Western...
Toshiba has provided an update on its reorganization plan disclosed in November 2021, announcing its intention to separate the company into two standalone companies - Toshiba Infrastructure...
NAND flash vendors are all poised to introduce their 200-plus-layer chip offerings between the end of 2022 and 2023, a milestone for the industry in transitioning to higher-density...
With the Japan government stepping up their support for the local IC manufacturing sector, several new wafer fabs, including a joint venture (JV) between TSMC and Sony, will be constructed...
Kioxia has announced the launch of its Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 3.1 embedded flash memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology for applications...
