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Wednesday 29 September 2010
Macronix announces mass production of 75nm NOR flash memory in 4Q10
Leading non-volatile memory supplier Macronix International has announced that it has skipped the 90nm process node and moved directly to a 75nm technology, ahead of schedule. The...
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Macronix to mass produce 75nm NOR flash chips in 4Q10
Macronix International has announced plans to skip the 90nm manufacturing process node for NOR flash memory, and move directly to a 75nm technology. The company said it is now sampling...
Friday 17 September 2010
Macronix signs NT$18 billion syndicated loan
NOR flash and mask ROM chipmaker Macronix International has obtained a syndicated loan worth NT$18 billion (US$564 million) from 15 banks, to fund the smooth operation of its new...
Thursday 9 September 2010
Winbond August revenues down on month as NOR and SDRAM sales slow
Winbond Electronics saw revenues slide 2.7% on month to NT$2.92 billion (US$91 million) in August 2010, as demand for NOR flash and specialty DRAM (SDRAM) memory has slackened recently,...
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Macronix August sales buoyed by mask ROM orders
Macronix International has reported NT$2.70 billion (US$84.5 million) in August 2010 revenues, up 10.3% sequentially to beat market expectations. Revenues from January through August...
Wednesday 1 September 2010
NOR flash designer Eon posts NT$3.88 EPS for 1H10
Eon Silicon Solution has posted an EPS of NT$3.88 (US$0.121) for the first half of 2010 on 22.75% average gross margin. Net profit came to NT$289 million and revenues reached NT$2.59...
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Spansion and TI ink foundry deal
Spansion has entered into a foundry services agreement with Texas Instruments (TI), which recently acquired two wafer fabs and equipment from the NOR flash maker's former subsidiary...
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Commentary: Honeymoon ends early for Taiwan NOR flash suppliers
Major Taiwan-based NOR flash suppliers, including Macronix International and Winbond Electronics, saw their earnings receive a boost during the first half of 2010, benefiting from...
Friday 13 August 2010
Powerchip sees foundry order visibility through 2011, says paper
Powerchip Technology has seen contract orders for specialty DRAM (SDRAM), LCD driver ICs and other non-DRAM products continue to grow, according to a recent report by the Chinese-language...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Macronix announces equipment purchase
Macronix International has announced an equipment purchase worth 76.44 million euro (US$100.72 million) from ASML, which supplies lithography systems, via a company filing with the...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Winbond revenues up in July, but Macronix down
Winbond Electronics' revenues grew 1.5% on month to about NT$3 billion (US$95 million) in July 2010, whereas peer Macronix International saw revenues decrease 5.3% sequentially to...
Friday 6 August 2010
Winbond 2Q10 net profits soar over 200%
Winbond Electronics' net profits jumped by 222% sequentially to NT$1.24 billion (US$39 million) in the second quarter of 2010, reflecting the company's efforts to improve product...
Thursday 5 August 2010
NOR flash prices to lose momentum in 2H10, says Macronix CEO
Miin Wu, chairman and CEO of Macronix International, expects to see a balance in supply and demand for NOR flash chips in the third quarter quarter of 2010. Prices for the memory,...
Monday 2 August 2010
Winbond adds investment in US subsidiary
Winbond Electronics, a maker of NOR flash and niche DRAM memory, has announced a plan to add US$12.45 million of investment in its US-based subsidiary Winbond International.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Macronix to spend NT$30 billion on 12-inch fab over two years, says president
Macronix International will invest a total of almost NT$30 billion (US$936 million) in its recently-acquired 12-inch wafer fab at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), northern Taiwan in...