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Tuesday 12 July 2011
Elpida to launch rights issue, CB for JPY79.7 billion
Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory has approved plans to raise up to JPY79.67 billion (US$994 million), including a rights issue and convertible bonds (CBs). The funds raised will...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Rexchip revenues fall in June
DRAM manufacturer Rexchip Electronics has announced that revenues for June slid 14% sequentially and 34% on year to NT$2.82 billion (US$98 million). The company's cumulative 2011...
Friday 1 July 2011
Rexchip sells equipment for NT$1 billion
Rexchip Electronics on June 30 announced it has sold a set of immersion lithography equipment with leaseback options. The company will collect NT$1 billion (US$34.8 million) from...
Friday 1 July 2011
ProMOS struggling to find investors for private placement
ProMOS Technology shareholders recently approved a company proposal to raise additional paid-in capital through private placement. But the DRAM maker has been struggling to find investors...
Monday 27 June 2011
Elpida begins sample shipments of 3D-TSV stacked DDR3 DRAM
Elpida Memory on June 27 announced that it has begun sample shipments of its DDR3 SDRAM (x32-bit I/O configuration) made using TSV stacking technology. The sample is a low-power 8Gb...
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Elpida develops 4-layer DRAM package with 0.8mm thickness
Elpida Memory and its subsidiary, Akita Elpida Memory, have announced development of a four-layer 0.8mm DRAM package. The thin package consists of four low-power consumption 2Gb DDR2...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Elpida, Micron reportedly in talks on DRAM partnership
High-level executives from Elpida Memory, Micron Technology and Nanya Technology reportedly have been holding frequent talks as a warm-up to some form of partnership in the future...
Friday 17 June 2011
Elpida shifts partial capacity back to PC DRAM
Elpida Memory has recently moved 20,000 to 30,000 12-inch wafers of capacity at its Hiroshima plant back to PC DRAM chips due to an unexpected slowing in orders for mobile DRAM used...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Elpida uses HKMG technology to develop 2Gb LPDDR2
Elpida Memory has announced what it claims is the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) at the 40nm-class...
Monday 13 June 2011
Powerchip eyeing 2Q11 break-even, says chairman
Taiwan-based Powerchip Technology expects to post a small loss for the second quarter of 2011 with a possibility of reaching a break-even, according to comany chairman Frank Huang.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Elpida reshuffles Taiwan executives
Japan-based Elpida Memory's regional office in Taiwan reportedly has gone through a major personnel reshuffle, according to industry sources. Elpida has also undergone a restructuring...
Wednesday 1 June 2011
DRAM market falls short of expectations in 1Q11, says IHS iSuppli
Global DRAM revenues during the first three months of 2011 amounted to US$8.3 billion, lower than the US$9 billion anticipated, according to IHS iSuppli. The first-quarter total represented...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
ProMOS shifting focus away from PC DRAM, says chairman
Taiwan-based DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies has been shifting its focus from the PC DRAM market while enforcing its presence in the niche-market DRAM business, according to company...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
PTI, Elpida, UMC to collaborate to develop 3D IC logic+DRAM integration solution
Taiwan-based memory packaging/testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) and wafer foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) as well as Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory on May 30...
Friday 27 May 2011
Rexchip revises 2011 capex
Rexchip Electronics has budgeted NT$9 billion (US$311 million) in capex for 2011 to ramp a new 12-inch DRAM fab and upgrade to 30nm-class process technology, according to company...