Specialty DRAM chip vendor Etron Technology has said it is sampling an in-house developed USB 3.0 host controller for design-in at major motherboard makers with mass shipments slated...
Winbond Electronics on May 31 announced the signing of a five-year, NT$7 billion (US$218 million) syndicated loan contract with a banking consortium. The loan will be used for technology...
Etron Technology, which supplies niche memory chips used in LCD TVs, mobile phones and other consumer products, has obtained approval to expand its capital through issuing new shares...
Memory IC design house Zentel Electronics is stepping up efforts to shift to 72nm from 90nm for specialty DRAM (SDRAM) memory, and expects production of 128Mb and 256Mb chips on the...
Etron Technology, which mainly designs and supplies specialty DRAM (SDRAM) chips used in LCD TVs, mobile phones and other consumer products, has reported net profits of NT$151 million...
Memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics, which has turned its focus away from the commodity DRAM business, has reported net income of NT$384 million (US$12.3 million) for the first quarter...
Current supply of specialty DRAM (SDRAM) has fallen 5-10% short of demand, according Etron Technology chairman Nicky Lu. Lu said he is fairly optimistic about the market through the...
Winbond Electronics has quietly recruited part of former Qimonda's R&D team and will develop a 46nm Buried Wordline stack process, making it the first Taiwan-based DRAM maker...
In addition to the tight market for commodity DRAM chips, supply of specialty DRAM (SDRAM) parts is also falling short of demand, according to industry sources. Prices for 512Mbit...
Specialty DRAM (SDRAM) order visibility has reached three months, according Etron Technology chairman Nicky Lu, who is optimistic about the second-quarter outlook for the chip used...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) will stop manufacturing specialty DRAM (SDRAM) chips since January 2010, and completely withdraw from the DRAM foundry business, according...
Etron Technology and Zentel Electronics have seen sales generated from 90nm and 70nm products increase substantially, and both are looking to roll out new SDRAM using 65nm process...
Elpida Memory has developed 1Gb DDR3 SDRAM based on its 65nm XS extra-shrink process technology, according to the company, claiming that the chip is as cost-competitive as 50nm-made...
Specialty DRAM (SDRAM) prices have fluctuated less compared to the commodity DRAM segment, according to sources at Taiwan-based niche memory design houses, estimating the price of...
Elpida Memory has begun sample shipments of a 2-gigabit (2Gb) x32-bit I/O DDR2 SDRAM that operates up to 1066 megabits per second (Mbps), according to the company. The new memory...