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Tuesday 22 May 2012
Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
Memory packaging and testing specialists including Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have both enjoyed a ramp-up in orders for mobile DRAM chips recently,...
Monday 21 May 2012
DRAM share of average smartphone BOM falls by half, says IHS
Although smartphones are increasing their usage of DRAM, the memory's share of the total cost of these advanced cellphones actually has fallen by more than half in the course of a...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Samsung expands lead in 1Q12 mobile DRAM market, says DRAMeXchange
Samsung Electronics has managed to grow its already-commanding share of the mobile DRAM market. DRAMeXchange revealed in its recent report that the market leader took a 70.9% share...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Mobile memory market growth propelled by smartphones and tablets, says IHS
New smartphones and tablets will act as key catalysts for continued healthy growth of the mobile memory semiconductor space in the next few years, with revenues growing a modest but...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant
Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility,...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
PTI to grab mobile DRAM orders from Micron, sources say
Market sources generally believe that Powertech Technology (PTI) will not lose orders because of Micron Technology's takeover of its main DRAM customer Elpida Memory, as the backend...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Korean firms leading mobile DRAM market
The increasing popularity of smartphones and tablet PCs drove demand for mobile DRAM memory during 2011. Taiwan-based Nanya Technology, Powerchip Technology and Winbond Electronics...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Samsung takes record DRAM share in 3Q11, says IHS
Samsung Electronics in the third quarter managed to rise above challenging conditions in the DRAM business to achieve an all-time record-high market share, according to IHS iSuppli...
Monday 31 October 2011
Winbond swings to small loss in 3Q11
Winbond Electronics has reported net loss of NT$41 million (US$1.4 million) for the third quarter, compared to profit of NT$269 million in the prior quarter, with revenues sliding...
Thursday 20 October 2011
Powerchip 3Q11 loss widens
Losses have widened at Taiwan-based Powerchip Technology amid persisting oversupply of DRAM chips and dramatic price drops.
Thursday 8 September 2011
Winbond, Macronix August revenues up
Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have reported NT$2.34 billion (US$80.5 million) and NT$2.21 billion in August revenues, respectively, up 2% and 10% sequentially.
Monday 5 September 2011
Winbond talks about its transformation and new business opportunities
Having gone through the 2007-2009 downturn, the DRAM industry was just about to celebrate upcoming profitable years. But the rebound lasted only one year, and the industry has slid...
Monday 29 August 2011
ProMOS set to exit PC DRAM business
ProMOS Technologies is set to switch its business focus away from PC DRAM with an aim of gradually phasing out the business, according to company chairman ML Chen.
Thursday 18 August 2011
Mobile DRAM market hits US$2 billion threshold in 1Q11, says IHS iSuppli
In another sign of the growing prominence of mobile platforms like smartphones, handheld gaming devices and tablets, revenues in the first quarter for mobile DRAM exceeded the US$2...
Friday 5 August 2011
Winbond posts 2Q11 profit growth; sees price pressure
Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics, a manufacturer of niche-market DRAM and NOR flash, has announced that net profits for the second quarter of 2011 climbed 129% sequentially to NT$269...