435 news items tagged NOR flash
SMIC reportedly gets US license for mature manufacturing process
Monday 4 January 2021China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according...
NAND flash controller suppliers mull price hike
Wednesday 16 December 2020NAND flash device controller suppliers including Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology have stopped offering quotes for new orders, and are mulling a 10-15% price hike...
NOR flash to be in short supply with prices to rise 5% in 1H21
Monday 14 December 2020NOR flash chips supply is expected to fall short of demand by 5% in 2021, and their quotes are estimated to rise 5% in the next two quarters amid overall inventory level falling significantly,...
Winbond November revenues up, Macronix down
Wednesday 9 December 2020Winbond Electronics, a maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory, saw its consolidated revenues climb 64.5% on year in November 2020, while revenues at ROM and flash memory chipmaker...
Specialty DRAM, NOR flash prices rise in spot market
Tuesday 8 December 2020Spot market prices for specialty DRAM and NOR flash memory have begun to rise recently to reflect rising manufacturing costs, with the price rally set to persist through the second...
New ASIL-D certificate boost safety and security credentials of Winbond's W75F Secure Memory Element
Tuesday 24 November 2020Winbond Electronics Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, has announced that its W75F, the industry's first Secure Flash memory device with Common...
Macronix, Winbond stepping up automotive NAND deployments
Friday 13 November 2020To expand presence in the automotive memory market, Macronix International has disclosed plans to enter volume production of 96-layer 3D NAND memory for automotive applications in...
Driver IC backend firms see clear order visibility through 1H21
Tuesday 10 November 2020Display driver IC backend specialists including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have enjoyed a ramp-up in orders for handset-use TDDI chips, with clear order visibility...
How new secure Flash devices promise comprehensive security for IoT devices' code and data
Wednesday 28 October 2020No embedded device manufacturers would claim that the exposure of connected devices to security threats is due to vulnerabilities in the security components available on the market...
NOR flash likely to be in short supply in 2021, says Macronix chairman
Tuesday 27 October 2020The global supply of NOR flash memory will fall short of demand in 2021 if trade tensions between the US and China persist, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.
Macronix supports automotive system needs with high-density LybraFlash
Monday 26 October 2020The combination of Internet of Things (IoT), high-speed 5G communication and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has given rise to a diversity of applications for embedded systems...
Winbond ramping up NOR flash shipments for new smartphones
Thursday 22 October 2020Winbond Electronics has started ramping up its NOR flash shipments for new-generation smartphones equipped with OLED displays since August, with clear order visibility extended to...
Macronix sees September revenue surge
Thursday 8 October 2020Macronix International, a maker of mask ROM and flash memory, saw its September revenue climb 47.9% sequentially to a 12-month high of NT$4.66 billion (US$162.6 million).
Macronix second-generation 1.2V SPI NOR flash marks a new milestone with ultra-low power consumption
Monday 21 September 2020Following the successful launch of its first-generation Ultra-Low-Voltage 1.2V SPI NOR flash in 2018, Macronix is introducing the second-generation ULV 1.2V SPI NOR flash product...
Passing NIST CAVP validation, Macronix ArmorFlash takes memory security to a new level
Thursday 17 September 2020Electronics systems continue to grow in complexity as automotive electronics and a diverse range of smart applications feature ever higher levels of integration. When artificial intelligence...
New generation of wearable medical devices calls for secure, high-density non-volatile memory
Thursday 17 September 2020As the world emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, it is likely to leave lasting impacts not only on the patients who have been treated by dedicated doctors and nurses, but also generally...
Highlights of the day: NOR flash supply could be disrupted by US trade sanctions
Friday 11 September 2020The US is reportedly mulling imposing sanctions on China's largest pure-play foundry house, SMIC. Such a move could severely disrupt supply of NOR...
US ban on SMIC may result in severe shortages of NOR flash
Friday 11 September 2020A US ban on China's pure-play foundry SMIC, a supplier to GigaDevice, might lead to severe shortages of NOR flash memory, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.
Aiming for market leadership, Macronix advances to 19nm serial NAND and advocates for ECC being handled by SoC processors
Tuesday 18 August 2020The need for memory solutions in embedded systems is rapidly increasing, in line with the surging growth of Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and 5G-enabled...
Dialog announces compatibility of octal SPI NOR flash with Renesas MPU
Friday 14 August 2020Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its EcoXiP octal xSPI non-volatile memory (NVM), which was added to Dialog's portfolio through its recent acquisition of Adesto Technologies,...
China firms expand presence in high-end NOR flash market
Tuesday 4 August 2020China-based chipmakers, such as GigaDevice, have stepped up their deployments in the automotive and other high-end NOR flash market segments eyeing a more significant market share,...
Three mega-trends for a post-Covid world, and how they affect users of memory technology
Wednesday 15 July 2020Around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the strict lockdowns which governments have imposed to try to control the spread of infection, have brought short-term upheaval to every...
Winbond enhances high-density NOR flash offering
Thursday 9 July 2020Winbond Electronics has been stepping up its deployment in the high-density NOR flash field, gearing up for a boom in demand for 5G related applications, according to company president...
NOR flash ASP likely to drop in 2H20, says DRAMeXchange
Thursday 18 June 2020NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...
ChipMOS to see backend demand for display driver ICs surge in 2H20
Wednesday 10 June 2020Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects demand for display driver ICs to ramp up in the second half of 2020, thanks to the upcoming launch of new 5G phones and a surge in demand...