Despite a mild price drop in the DRAM spot market, major vendors have been able to raise quotes for both DDR2 and DDR3 in the contract market in the first half of April. A mild price...
Demand for DRAM chips will remain strong in the second quarter of 2010, defying seasonal factors, according to Scott Chen, vice president of the APAC Business Division of Kingston...
After a surge of about 30% in both DDR2 and DDR3 spot prices in March, a price correction was seen this week (March 29-April 2), according to inSpectrum.
DRAM maker Inotera Memories began shifting to 50nm stack process at a rate of 10,000 wafers a month at its 12-inch fab from April, aiming to convert all of its capacity (130,000 wafers/month)...
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reported revenues of NT$6.846 billion (US$215.58 million) for March 2010, an increase of 571.84% from a year earlier. Revenues...
Memory packaging and testing house Walton Advanced Engineering (WAE) has announced it has signed an MOU to take up a LCD module (LCM) plant, including cleanrooms and installed equipment,...
ProMOS Technologies has started trial runs on 63nm for Elpida Memory DDR3 products, while Rexchip Electronics is set to significantly ramp up chip production using the same node prior...
Elpida Memory has revealed it is set to begin volume-producing 4Gb DRAM chips using 40nm-class process technology for server products and desktop PCs. The announcement comes around...
Spot market prices for branded 1Gb DDR3 chips continued rallying to close at US$3 on average on March 22, while effectively tested (eTT) DDR3 climbed to US$2.98, according to DRAMe...
Spot prices for mainstream 1Gb DDR2 and same-density DDR3 have recently rallied to approach the US$3 mark, reflecting demand is outstripping supply, according to industry sources.
Memory backend service providers, including Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering (WAE), have seen the visibility of their orders extended to 3-6 months thanks...
Walton Advanced Engineering (WAE) is mulling plans to expand its existing facility and revise upward its capex for 2010, having seen strong orders mainly for DDR3 memory testing,...
PC vendors including Dell, Asustek Computer and Sony have come knocking on Taiwan's door, looking to secure sufficient supply of DRAM in order to beat an anticipated shortage of the...
