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.
DRAM contract prices kicked off growth momentum in the first half of May, as demand from PC OEMs picked up as they prepare to launch new models in the second half of 2009, according...
Taiwan's IC production value slid 41% on year to NT$202.3 billion (US$6.2 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, with the manufacturing sector experiencing the largest drop, according...
Development of home-grown IP and key technologies will play a decisive role in allowing Taiwan's high-tech industry to keep pace with foreign rivals, said Chih-Yuan Lu, president...
Nanya Technology and Hynix Semiconductor plan to raise DRAM contract prices for late May 2009 in light of expected growing global demand for PCs, according to industry sources in...
Memory chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) is set to resume production at a gradual pace, but still believes that a level of DRAM chip shortages is likely to occur...
Taiwan's Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) have recently increased output, as they expect prices to continue its rally in the third...
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has failed to secure consent for its plan to reset the conversion price of its US$150 million zero coupon convertible bonds from...
DRAM chipmaker Power Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) said it will seek to receive approval from its shareholders to reset the conversion price of its US$150 million worth of euro...
The transition to DDR3 will be sped up by the upcoming launch of PCs with DDR3 in the second half of 2009, according to Pei-Lin Pai, spokesperson for DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technolog...
Taiwan's economics minister Chii-ming Yiin has reaffirmed that the government will definitely follow through with its plans to found Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), but revealed that...
Winbond Electronics, one of Taiwan's struggling computer-memory makers, suffered expanded losses in the first quarter of 2009 due to weakening ASP of commodity DRAM, losses from its...
Samsung Electronics has recently offered low pricing for its 2GB DDR3 parts to some first-tier PC vendors, making its DDR3 module just US$1 more expensive than a 2GB DDR2 module,...
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced preliminary consolidated financial results for its fiscal 2008 ended March 31, 2009 and plans to release actual results on May 12. The memory chipmaker...
ProMOS Technologies has announced that a syndicate of banks has finalized an NT$3 billion (US$89 million) loan, which will enable it to buy back its convertible bonds.
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