International spot market prices for solar-grade 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers have dropped from about US$5 per wafer in March 2009 to US$4.2-4.5 currently, according...
International spot quotes for upgraded metallurgical-grade (UMG) silicon, which has been considered to be a candidate to replace solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), have...
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, has announced that gross margin for the first quarter of 2009 was 19.3%, beating market watchers' earlier...
Anticipation of a positive price trend following Elpida Memory president's claims of a price hike has spurred mainstream DRAM chip prices this week (April 20-24), according to inSp...
Some solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) suppliers are likely to reduce production or even hold back supplies if spot market prices keep falling to US$70-80/kg from the...
Taiwan-based silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will team up with Lite-On Technology and Actron Technology to set up a plant to produce upgraded metallurgical-grade...
DRAM contract prices have trended upward in the second half of April, data gathered by DRAMeXchange have shown. Average prices of 1GB DDR2-667 and 2GB DDR2 modules have gone up to...
Taiwan's DRAM chip suppliers have paid much attention to the active transaction in the spot market over the past two days, pinning their hopes on an early recovery. The cash-strapped...
Speculation of a large order of NAND flash chips by Apple have contributed activity at the spot market for the week of April 6-10, according to inSpectrum.
Apple has reportedly placed orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics, which is likely to cause a supply shortage, according to sources at downstream...
DRAMeXchange anticipates DRAM contract prices will likely start trending upward in May 2009 at the earliest. Contract prices have stayed unchanged since the second half of February...
A series of DRAM production cuts since the fourth quarter of 2008 has resulted in a supply-demand balance that is being reflected in the stabilizing ASP trend for mainstream chips,...
International market spot quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells have continued to drop, with the current prices at as low as US$1.7-2.0/watt, compared to slightly below US$2.0/watt...
Spot prices for DRAM have gone down in the week of March 30-April 3, as more agents/distributors began dumping their DDR chip inventory, according to inSpectrum. In contrast, the...
Spot market quotes for polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) have dropped by 17-20% from US$120-125/kg in early March 2009 to below US$100/kg currently, while solar-grade 6-inch poly-Si...
