NOR chip vendor Spansion will increase the proportion of its outsourcing to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to avoid potential supply chain disruptions,...
The global market for NOR flash memory will decline by almost 6% in 2011 after blockbuster growth last year - the first sign of the difficult years that lie ahead as the industry...
With the NOR flash memory market moving toward a healthier supply/demand balance, major NOR chip producers have shifted their focus to transitions in production process nodes rather...
Spansion has announced what it claims is the industry's first single die 2Gb NOR flash memory product for delivering interactive 2D and 3D graphics, animation and video in games,...
ChipMOS Technologies has revealed it will receive a total of US$68 million in cash this week, through selling its unproductive accounts receivable from Spansion to Citigroup. The...
Weikeng Industrial, which distributes semiconductors and other electronic components for brands such as Spansion, AMD, Hitachi GST, Lattice Semiconductor and Cypress, expects its...
Elpida Memory and Spansion have jointly developed 1.8V, 4Gb single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash chips, according to Elpida. This NAND memory, based on Spansion's MirrorBit charge-trapping...
Spansion has entered into a foundry services agreement with Texas Instruments (TI), which recently acquired two wafer fabs and equipment from the NOR flash maker's former subsidiary...
Major Taiwan-based NOR flash suppliers, including Macronix International and Winbond Electronics, saw their earnings receive a boost during the first half of 2010, benefiting from...
Elpida Memory and Spansion on July 22 announced that they have begun jointly developing NAND process technology and products. The existing relationship will expand to include a foundry...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced that it is looking to further increase its production capacity with the purchase of numerous 12-inch CMOS chip manufacturing...
Texas Instruments (TI) has acquired two wafer fabs and manufacturing equipment located in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, from Spansion Japan for an undisclosed sum, according to the company...
Spansion Japan reportedly will sell its 12-inch NOR flash memory facility, which now has total capacity of 30,000 wafers a month, raising speculation that supply in the global NOR...
Spansion has announced its new Japan-based subsidiary, Spansion Nihon, has acquired the distribution business of Spansion Japan, its former subsidiary. Leading the new organization...
ChipMOS Technologies has reported consolidated net profits of NT$271.2 million (US$8.6 million) on a US GAAP basis for the first quarter of 2010, following net losses over the past...
