575 news items tagged Micron
Backend firms to see robust demand for specialty DRAM through 3Q21
Tuesday 6 April 2021Backend houses including Powertech Technology (PTI) and ChipMOS Technologies have seen demand for specialty DRAM chips surge in the last 1-2 months, and are expected to enjoy robust...
DRAM contract prices to rise further in 2Q21
Friday 26 March 2021DRAM contract prices will register a larger sequential rise in the second quarter after rising 5-10% in the first quarter, according to industry sources.
NAND flash prices to see single-digit rise in 2Q21
Thursday 18 March 2021NAND flash prices are expected to register single-digit sequential increases in the second quarter of 2021, and then rise further modestly through the second half of the year, according...
Micron to shift resources from 3D XPoint to CXL memory
Wednesday 17 March 2021Micron Technology has announced updates to the company's portfolio strategy to further strengthen its focus on memory and storage innovations for the data center, with plans to cease...
Semiconductor materials and equipment vendors gaining presence at STSP
Monday 15 March 2021The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) Administration is enlisting more semiconductor upstream materials and equipment vendors to further strengthen the core IC manufacturing ecosystem...
DRAM probe card demand ramping up
Friday 12 March 2021Major memory probe card vendors in the US and Japan have seen a surge in demand from DRAM suppliers, with delivery lead times for their orders already extended to around 20 weeks...
DRAM, NOR flash prices to rise through 2H21
Friday 5 March 2021DRAM and NOR flash memory prices are expected to rise through the second half of 2021, as growth on the supply side fails to catch up, according to industry sources.
TSMC sees revenue per wafer surge
Thursday 4 March 2021TSMC was the only pure-play foundry manufacturing ICs using both 7nm and 5nm process nodes, which boosted its overall revenue per wafer significantly in 2020, according to IC Insig...
Automotive memory demand promising
Wednesday 3 March 2021Memory chipmakers and related controller suppliers have stepped up their deployments in the automotive field, looking to grasp new business opportunities.
TSMC ranks in top-10 for capacity in main wafer sizes
Friday 26 February 2021As of December 2020, only TSMC was among the wafer capacity leaders in each of the main wafer size categories ranked by IC Insights. The Taiwan-based foundry had the most 200mm wafer...
SK Hynix strikes 5-year deal with ASML for EUV equipment supply
Thursday 25 February 2021SK Hynix has signed a 5-year contract worth KRW4.75 trillion (US4.3 billion) with ASML to procure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, local media reports in South Korea...
Micron launches low-power memory qualified for automotive safety applications
Thursday 25 February 2021Micron Technology has begun sampling its automotive low-power DDR5 DRAM (LPDDR5) memory that is hardware-evaluated to meet the most stringent Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)...
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
Wednesday 17 February 2021The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
NAND vendors to enter production race for over-100-layer offerings in 2021
Monday 8 February 2021As NAND flash stacking technology continues to advance, vendors will be racing for mass production of 3D TLC/QLC (triple/quad-level cell) NAND chips with over 100 layers in 2021 after...
SSD adoption among notebooks to accelerate in 2021
Monday 1 February 2021Falling NAND flash prices will be driving substantially the adoption of SSDs in notebooks this year, which Micron Technology executive VP and chief business officer Sumit Sadana also...
Micron delivers 1α DRAM technology
Friday 29 January 2021Micron Technology has announced volume shipments of 1α (1-alpha) node DRAM products.
R&D spending by semiconductor companies to hit another record high in 2021
Wednesday 20 January 2021Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 4% in 2021 to US$71.4 billion after rising 5% in 2020 to a record high of US$68.4 billion,...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Global semiconductor market rises above US$120 billion in 3Q20, says Omdia
Thursday 7 January 2021The semiconductor market generated revenue of over US$120 billion in the third quarter of 2020, up 10.8% sequentially, according to Omdia.
Samsung, SK Hynix gearing up for EUV process manufacturing
Thursday 31 December 2020Samsung Electronics has kicked off volume production of 16Gb LPDDR5 chips using EUV-based 1znm process technology at its Pyeongtaek fab, while SK Hynix plans to install EUV exposure...
Longsys preps for IPO
Thursday 24 December 2020Memory module firm Longsys Electronics has filed an application for its A-shares IPO and expects to trade on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).
SSD supply constrained by chip shortages
Monday 21 December 2020The market for NAND flash memory remains oversupplied, but shortages of flash device controllers and passive components have constrained the supply of SSD and other related peripherals,...
San Fu positive about semiconductor chemicals sales in 2021
Thursday 17 December 2020Taiwan-based San Fu Chemical, dedicated to offering specialty chemicals for semiconductor and optoelectronics sectors, is positive about its 2021 business prospects thanks to robust...
Micron expanding India team
Wednesday 16 December 2020Micron Technology, optimistic about India's IT sector, is ready to establish a center of excellence and expand industry-academia collaboration there, according to media reports.
Chipmakers to ramp up 176-layer 3D NAND chip output in 2H21
Tuesday 15 December 2020Chipmakers including Micron Technology and SK Hynix have introduced the availability of their 176-layer 3D NAND flash chips, and are expected to ramp up the chip output for UFS and...
- Micron outlook beats expectations as memory chip prices rise (Apr 1) - Reuters
- Micron, Western Digital looking at possible deals for Kioxia (Mar 31) - Wall Street Journal
- Micron increases revenue and earnings forecasts (Mar 3) - MarketWatch
- Micron forecasts second-quarter revenue above estimates (Jan 8) - Reuters