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 Formosa Plastics Group has decided to pour a substantial amount of capital, in the form of equity investment or loans, into its subsidiary Nanya Technology, one of Taiwan's struggling...
The downturn faced by memory-chip suppliers is no longer driven by oversupply, since overall transaction volumes in the DRAM spot market have remained poor. Even if DRAM chip supply...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will request no more than NT$30 billion (US$867 million) from the government to carry out a mission to bring about "fundamental restructuring"...
Downstream memory specialists have benefited from positive NAND flash spot prices, and more stable DRAM pricing. Taiwan's memory-module suppliers A-Data Technology and Transcend Information...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) and its appointed chairman John Hsuan are already in its mission to consolidate Taiwan's DRAM chipmakers and establish home-grown memory technology. However,...
Memory-module maker Transcend Information is preparing to shift its production base back to Taiwan, and will set up a new plant with a production capacity of 7.7 million modules per...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will require three phases to complete its mission of consolidating the island's memory-chip sector, as well as allowing the establishment of home-grown...
The Formosa Plastics Group, parent company of DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, is prepared to pursue talks with John Hsuan, chairman elect of Taiwan Memory Company...
In a late afternoon announcement, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has confirmed the government's intentions to establish a new memory manufacturing company based in Taiwan...
The announcement of the Taiwan government-led DRAM consolidation plan, which has been postponed from the originally-scheduled date of February 28, is due to concerns over significant...
The Taiwan government's pending consolidation plan for the island's struggling memory chip industry will be unveiled later this week, at the earliest, with the introduction of Taiwan...
Michael Sadler, executive VP of Inotera Memories, has confirmed that Micron Technology had been in talks with Elpida Memory about technology co-development, but no consensus had been...
ProMOS Technologies has announced that the early tender offer period for its convertible bond buyback has been extended by 10 more working days to 14:00 (UTC) on March 17, 2009. The...
Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market has demanded cash-strapped DRAM chipmaker ProMOS Technologies disclose the ratio of bonholders who have agreed to sell back their convertible...
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