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Wednesday 21 January 2009
Timing crucial to DRAM consolidation, says A-Data chairman Simon Chen
Digitimes recently talked to Simon Chen, chairman of A-Data Technology, about the Taiwan government's bailout program for the island's fragile DRAM industry. According to Chen, the...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Micron CEO to pay another visit to Taiwan this week
Micron Technology chairman and CEO Steven Appleton plans to pay another visit to Taiwan this week to meet with executives from Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, according to...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Elpida introduces x32-bit 1Gb XDR DRAM
Japan-based DRAM chip supplier Elpida Memory has introduced what it claims is the industry's first 1Gb XDR DRAM based on an x32-bit configuration. The new XDR product runs at up to...
Thursday 15 January 2009
Commentary: Tech transfer emerging as the key to Taiwan DRAM makers winning government cash
The Taiwan government's requests that Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies resubmit their applications for bailout funding with clearer assurances that...
Thursday 15 January 2009
Micron hopes to unite non-Korean DRAM players in an alliance
Micron is hoping to form an alliance to unite DRAM players from the US, Japan and Taiwan arranged as three parent companies and five sibling companies, according to sources at DRAM...
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Taiwan MOEA still asking DRAM makers to revise their bailout applications as the deadline approaches
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday (Jan 13) invited DRAM makers Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies to a talk about the withdrawal...
Thursday 8 January 2009
Elpida said to be switching camp from PSC to ProMOS
Japan's Elpida Memory seems to be moving in a different direction in the DRAM industry integration, switching its alliance from Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) to ProMOS...
Thursday 8 January 2009
DRAM price increase of 11% may slowdown cooperation between Taiwan-makers, Elpida and Micron
Following an 11% single day increase in the price of 1Gb DDR2 eTT chips on January 7, some sources at DRAM makers have pointed out that the price rise is due to Samsung Electronics...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
Taiwan government should invest in Elpida and Micron, says A-Data chairman
The Taiwan government should consider injecting investment into the overseas partners (Elpida Memory and Micron Technology) of local DRAM makers which have developed advances in key...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
Taiwan MOEA: Government bailout works only if DRAM makers build IP base
Chen Chao-Yih, administrator of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) bureau, recently said that the fundamental problem that local DRAM makers must confront amid the current...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
DRAM maker PSC chairman forgoes salary
Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), has announced that he will forgo his salary until the company returns to profits, in yet another cost-cutting measure...
Monday 5 January 2009
ProMOS receives loan repayment extension, says paper
ProMOS Technologies has been allowed to extend repayment on a NT$50 billion (US$1.5 billion) loan for six months, becoming the first among Taiwan's DRAM makers to be given repayment...
Wednesday 31 December 2008
PSC includes Elpida in proposal for bailout funds, but not its technology
Taiwan DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has been asked to resubmit its application for government bailout funds, since the current proposal outlining its cooperation...
Monday 29 December 2008
Micron-Nanya said to be also keen on ProMOS merger
Inotera Memories, a DRAM joint venture between Micron and Nanya Technology, is looking to integrate the 12-inch production and engineering resources from ProMOS Technologies, which...
Friday 26 December 2008
PSC seeks to control ProMOS via Rexchip
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has expressed interest in seeking to control ProMOS Technologies via Rexchip Electronics, according to industry reports in Taiwan.