The DRAM industry accounts for about 10% of global semiconductor revenues, and chronic oversupply and diminished demand has led to a near collapse in the industry, with related shock waves affecting growth in the semiconductor and related equipment markets.
In Taiwan, the government has been eyeing a rescue package for struggling DRAM players, but consolidation in the industry is expected to continue.
The restructuring process of Taiwan's ailing DRAM industry, led by the government-backed Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), is likely heading into a storm now that the US government has...
Prices of DDR2 chips will continue to enjoy a rally and probably surge over those quoted for DDR3 parts, but the honeymoon period is expected to last for six months at best before...
Taiwan-based memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has acquired US$23 million worth of equipment from Qimonda, which filed for bankruptcy in January, according to its filing with the...
Recent spot prices for DDR2 1Gb 800MHz chips climbed to US$2, according to DRAMeXchange. The growth momentum accelerated faster than previously expected, and may enable upstream memory...
Samsung Electronics is aggressively ramping up production of DDR3 chips, according to Oh-Hyun Kwon, president of the company's semiconductor business. As a result, current chip shortages...
Taiwan-based DRAM makers Inotera Memories, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies have had their business operations turning from net outflow into inflow...
ProMOS Technologies, which has long been speculated to join the formation of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), is expected to soon call off its compulsory unpaid leave policy and announce...
Taiwan's new economic minister Shih Yen-shiang has remarked that the government's direction of restructuring the island's capacity-driven DRAM sector will continue to follow what...
Winbond Electronics is striving to phase out standard DRAM production, and has recently not been approached about participating in either Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) or the Micron-Nanya...
Taiwan's recent cabinet reshuffle may create uncertainties and challenges for the newly-established Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), seen as a government-led project to overhaul the island's...
Hynix Semiconductor will be the second among DRAM makers to swing back to profitability in the third quarter of 2009, followed by Micron Technology and Elpida Memory in 2010, according...
Taiwan's Winbond Electronics, which is shifting its focus away from standard DRAM, has posted an on-year revenue growth for the second straight month in August 2009. On a sequential...
DRAM maker Nanya Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.65 billion (US$111 million) for August 2009, and saw the on-year growth improve to negative 8% compared to double-digit...
Logic IC and memory testing house King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) has announced it plans to subscribe to 600,000 shares out of a total of 12 million new shares to be released...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced revenues for August 2009 slid 47.57% on year to NT$2.64 billion (US$80 million), showing improvement compared to revenue drops...
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