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Wednesday 5 August 2009
DRAM revenues up 27% in 2Q09, says DRAMeXchange
DRAM revenues grew 27.1% sequentially to US$4.04 billion in the second quarter of 2009, when the average price at the contract market went up by 23%, according to DRAMeXchange, which...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Winbond set to exit standard DRAM business, to add GDDR line
Winbond Electronics plans to lower its sales proportion from standard DRAM to 10% in 2010, and gradually phase out the business, according to company president Tung-Yi Chan. The Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Elpida ASP up 27% in fiscal 1Q09
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced a net loss of 44.4 billion yen (US$470 million) for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to a loss of 60.9 billion yen in the prior quarter...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
PTI, FATC to see growing sales proportions from DDR3
Memory packaging and testing houses Powertech Technology (PTI) and Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC) are expected to see growing sales contributions from the DDR3 segment...
Monday 27 July 2009
PSC to receive NT$450 million loan from ASE
IC packaging and testing house Advanced Engineering Semiconductor (ASE) has announced that its board of directors has approved a NT$450 million (US$13.7 million) loan to DRAM maker...
Friday 24 July 2009
ProMOS terminates partnership with Hynix
ProMOS Technologies issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on July 23 stating that its agreement with Hynix Semiconductor on 54nm DRAM manufacturing has been terminated...
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers may gain access to state funds along with TMC
Officials from the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under Taiwan's economics ministry on July 21 met with local DRAM makers to spell out requirements to access state funds. The...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers to keep capex low for 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers are expected to keep their capex budgets low for 2009, even as the industry recovers from a prolonged slump, according to market watchers. Nanya Technology and...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Elpida reportedly developing die-shrink 50nm process without expenditure on new tools
Elpida Memory has been quietly developing a technology based on its existing 65nm equipment for DRAM production, to enable a die shrink to 50nm, industry sources have claimed. The...
Monday 13 July 2009
DRAM maker PSC does not rule out future partnership with Taiwan Memory, says paper
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has softened its attitude towards the government-led Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) project, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Friday 10 July 2009
Nanya and Inotera unlikely to secure NT$20-30 billion fund from government, says official
The goal of establishing Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) should not be seen as an opportunity for local Taiwan DRAM chipmakers to apply for government funding, according to Taiwan's Economic...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Heavy debts may force PSC to exit DRAM business, says paper
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), which has just received the nod from bondholders for resetting the conversion price for its ECBs due June 17, 2009, still has debts worth...
Monday 6 July 2009
PTI sales recovery continues in June, upbeat about 3Q09
Memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has posted a sequential revenue growth of 4.4% in June with a narrower on-year drop. Sales for the second quarter...
Friday 3 July 2009
Winbond remains open to Taiwan DRAM industry consolidation, says chairman
Winbond Electronics still remains open to the ongoing consolidation in Taiwan's DRAM industry, according to company chairman Arthur Chiao.
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Elpida says partnership with PSC remains strong despite its withdrawal from PSC board
Elpida Memory has stated that its current relationship with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) remains the same, despite its exit from PSC's board of directors.