Japan-based memory chip vendor Elpida Memory has revealed plans to start mass producing 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM for PC applications in May 2011, using 30nm-class process technology. Manufacturing...

Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have reported net losses for the first quarter of 2011 of NT$9.03 billion (US$311 million) and NT$4.04 billion, respectively. This marked the...

Elpida Memory has for the first time contracted its Taiwan-based joint venture to manufacture server-use DRAM memory, industry sources revealed. Rexchip Electronics will produce server...

The amount of DRAM in media tablets will jump 147% in 2011 to an average of 676MB, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli.

Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing 4Gb, low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2) DRAM using 30nm-class technology, according to the company. The mobile DRAM chip will help the market to...

With plant operations disrupted due to power shortages, Japan-based Elpida Memory may ask for assistance from its packaging and testing partner Powertech Technology (PTI), industry...

Memory packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced that consolidated revenues for February 2011 grew 14.3% from a year earlier to NT$3.2 billion (US$109 mil...

Memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics saw revenues drop in February 2011 compared to the prior month and the same period last year.

Memory-IC packaging and testing houses Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering are expected to see substantial gains in orders in the second quarter of 2011, thanks...

Rexchip Electronics will start trial production of mobile DRAM products employing Elpida Memory's designs in May 2011, with sample shipments to follow shortly afterward, Elpida president...

Packaging and testing house ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced that subsidiary ChipMOS Taiwan will receive approximately US$11.6 million in the sale of its idle, non-core...

Samsung Electronics has announced the development of 1Gb mobile DRAM with a wide I/O interface, using 50nm-class process technology. The new wide I/O mobile DRAM will be used in mobile...

NAND flash prices will be stable in the first half of 2011, but could fluctuate in the second half due to a combination of supply and demand factors, according to Transcend Information...

Mobile DRAM shipments are projected to reach 2.9 billion gigabits (Gb) in 2011, up 71% from 1.7 billion Gb in 2010, according to IHS iSuppli. Growth will continue during the following...

The NOR flash market is moving toward a more balanced supply/demand situation, Taiwan's Winbond Electronics has commented. Chip prices have slipped at a much slower pace after larger...