Spot prices for mainstream DRAM chips trended downward by up to 10.5% over the last week (February 24-March 2), despite some pending consolidation among Taiwan's memory chipmakers.
The NAND flash market is gearing up for an influx of rush orders, according to market sources. However, bit growth for the sector will still suffer a signficant drop in 2009, which...
The NAND flash spot market has been put on a path towards partial recovery since the fourth quarter of 2008, thanks to production cutbacks at suppliers. However, the more-stabilized...
Spot prices for 1Gb DDR2 may return to US$1, as end-market demand remains sluggish, memory module makers have estimated. Though the memory spot market has recently shown activity,...
NAND flash prices are rising, as orders from OEM customers are warming up, memory module makers said. Apple has also resumed its NAND flash procurement, according to the makers.
Market watchers estimate that memory module specialists A-Data Technology, Transcend Information and Power Quotient International (PQI) are to report better-than-expected performance...
DRAM spot prices have trended upwards since Qimonda filed for bankruptcy last week. The German DRAM maker's insolvency announcement is expected to reduce supply growth, helping to...
The penetration of solid state drives (SSD) will start to pick up in the second half of 2009, when supply and demand in the overall NAND flash market returns to balance, according...
Contract quotes for mainstream 8Gb and 4Gb multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash jumped by up to 40% and 33%, respectively, in the second half of January, latest quotes gathered by DRAMeXchange...
DRAMeXchange statistics show that DRAM production (12-inch equivalents) worldwide has slid 22% since September 2008, with output from Taiwan's suppliers falling 55%. The phenomenal...
Contract quotes for some NAND flash segments have increased significantly in the second half of December, as upstream suppliers, including Toshiba, are cutting back production, sources...
Contract prices of DRAM chips are seen to drop another 10% in the first half of December, reflecting a continuation of low order visibility and weak end-market demand, according to...
Bit growth rate in the production of NAND flash chips will be lowered to 93% in 2009, down from the 125% projected for 2008 due to a slow growth in major NAND flash memory applications,...
Taiwan's major DRAM makers – Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies – are all expected to post double-digit...
Despite the latest cut in production announced by Hynix Semiconductor, more reductions are needed to help the global DRAM industry recover from its current slump, according to DRAM...
