Affected by DRAM price drops, both Powerchip Technology and Rexchip Electronics saw their October 2010 revenues decline over 20% on month.

Powerchip Technology is looking to lower the capacity it allocates to make commodity DRAM, in a move to minimize the impact of declining chip prices, according to the company. The...

Elpida Memory has plotted a three-year plan to raise its competitiveness in the global DRAM market and counter the threat from Samsung Electronics, according to industry sources in...

Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories are likely to report net losses for the third quarter of 2010, which would mark the third straight quarterly losses for the two DRAM makers,...

Affected by lower DRAM prices, Powerchip Technology and ProMOS Technologies saw their revenues drop on month in September 2010.

DRAM chipmaker Rexchip Electronics has posted revenues of NT$4.612 billion (US$148.73 million) for September 2010, down 4% sequentially but up 84% on year. For the first nine months,...

Elpida Memory reportedly plans to invest about NT$3 billion (US$95.5 million) to set up an R&D center in Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times repor...

Rexchip Electronics on August 12 announced it has successfully completed pilot runs of Elpida Memory's 40nm 2Gb DDR3 product. Pilot run results for Elpida's 40nm process have met...

Rexchip Electronics has posted net profits of NT$9.09 billion (US$284.06 million), or an EPS of NT$3.09, for the first half of 2010, making it the most profitable among Taiwan's DRAM...

The lead time for ASML's latest immersion system, the NXT:1950i, has been extended to almost 12 months, prompting some Taiwan-based DRAM makers to switch to alternative products,...

Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen its utilization rate average 95%, buoyed by strong orders for memory chips, according to market watchers. The visibility of orders at the backend...

Rexchip Electronics, a joint venture between DRAM makers Elpida Memory and Powerchip Technology, reelected its board of directors at yesterday's shareholders meeting. Elpida and Powerchip...

DRAM maker Nanya Technology has revealed plans to kick off pilot runs for 12-inch wafer production using a 42nm process in June. Peer Rexchip Electronics will also start deploying...

Industry sources in Taiwan speculate ProMOS Technologies will partner with Elpida Memory for a new manufacturing plant in Chongqing, Sichuan province (China). The speculation comes...

DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories are planning to raise their capex again this year to come close to a combined total of NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion), according...