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Monday 21 June 2010
Elpida, PTI and UMC enter joint development deal for 3D-TSV technology
Elpida Memory, Powertech Technology (PTI) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have jointly announced their entry into a 3-way cooperation to advance 3D IC integration technologies...
Monday 21 June 2010
Powerchip surges in 1Q10 DRAM ranking, says iSuppli
In a strong first quarter for DRAM sales, Taiwan-based Powerchip Technology (formerly Powerchip Semiconductor) posted a standout performance that allowed it to move up to the fifth...
Monday 21 June 2010
ProMOS says trial production for Elpida 63nm DDR3 chips a success
ProMOS Technologies has announced the successful trial manufacturing of 1Gb DDR3 DRAM products, employing Elpida Memory's 63nm (65nm-XS, Super-shrink) technology, at its 12-inch wafer...
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Nanya, Rexchip ahead of schedule on advanced processes
DRAM maker Nanya Technology has revealed plans to kick off pilot runs for 12-inch wafer production using a 42nm process in June. Peer Rexchip Electronics will also start deploying...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Winbond May revenues rise 5% on month despite low season
Winbond Electronics has announced revenues for May 2010 grew 5.6% sequentially to NT$2.86 billion (US$88 million), despite it traditionally being the low season. The memory chipmaker...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Speculation arises about possible ProMOS-Elpida partnership for China plant
Industry sources in Taiwan speculate ProMOS Technologies will partner with Elpida Memory for a new manufacturing plant in Chongqing, Sichuan province (China). The speculation comes...
Monday 7 June 2010
Memory backend house PTI posts revenue growth in May
Powertech Technology (PTI), which provides memory-IC backend services to customers such as Elpida Memory, Kingston Technology and Toshiba, has announced consolidated revenues for...
Monday 24 May 2010
Nanya, Inotera said to raise 2010 capex again
DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories are planning to raise their capex again this year to come close to a combined total of NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion), according...
Friday 21 May 2010
PTI to raise 2010 capex for capacity ramp
Powertech Technology (PTI) has said it is mulling plans to revise upward its capex budget for 2010 to NT$10-12 billion (US$31.19-38.63 million) in order to ramp up its capacity. The...
Thursday 20 May 2010
Elpida, Nanya accept EC fines for price-fixing
Elpida Memory and Nanya Technology have issued company statements saying they agreed to be fined by the European Commission (EC) for illegal price fixing, whereas other DRAM makers...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Samsung 2010 chip capex hints at upcoming boom in PCs, say Taiwan DRAM makers
Samsung Electronics' recently-unveiled capex plans for its memory-chip business in 2010 suggest that the memory chip vendor has foreseen a return to boom times in the PC sector, according...
Friday 14 May 2010
Elpida develops 2Gb DDR mobile RAM using 40nm
Elpida Memory has developed a 2-gigabit (2Gb) DDR mobile RAM using a 40nm process, according to the company. The new mobile RAM has a chip size of less than 50-square millimeter,...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Elpida profits for fiscal 2009 higher than expected
Elpida Memory saw its net income for the year ended March 31, 2010 reach 3.1 billion yen (US$33 million), higher than its preliminary estimate of two billion yen. Consolidated revenues...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Rexchip postpones transfer to 45nm process
Due to delivery delays of immersion scanners, DRAM maker Rexchip Electronics will postpone transferring its capacity of 80,000 12-inch wafers to a 45nm process, according to the company...
Monday 3 May 2010
DRAM maker ProMOS stays unprofitable in 1Q10
ProMOS Technologies has reported net losses of NT$3.23 billion (US$103 million) for the first quarter of 2010, showing improvement compared to losses of NT$5.27 billion in the prior...