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Monday 23 February 2009
SSD-based 8.9-inch netbooks seeing sharp price drops
Netbook vendors are dropping prices of their 8.9-inch netbooks models to clear inventory, and solid state drive-based (SSD-based) models are seeing the sharpest drops, according to...
Thursday 19 February 2009
Memory-module maker PQI earns profits in January, but losses remain for 2008
Power Quotient International (PQI) swung to profit in January 2009, but the memory-module maker suffered losses for the second straight year in 2008.
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Memory-module maker Transcend eyes record shipments in February
Memory-module maker Transcend Information stands a good chance of seeing monthly unit shipments break the 10 million mark this month, company sources have estimated. The company shipped...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Phison: Shrunken NAND flash supply stabilizes pricing, but harms controller chip sector
The NAND flash spot market has been put on a path towards partial recovery since the fourth quarter of 2008, thanks to production cutbacks at suppliers. However, the more-stabilized...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Intel offering Core i7 CPU and SSD bundle
Intel recently began offering its partners a discount bundle deal including a Core i7 CPU and solid state drive (SSD) hoping to increase demand of the two product lines and to clear...
Friday 13 February 2009
Intel and Taiwan memory vendors to push SSD in co-branding initiative
A-Data Technology and Power Quotient International (PQI) are expected to join Intel in a push for the solid-state drive (SSD) market with a co-branding strategy, according to industry...
Monday 9 February 2009
Silicon Motion controller seen in Samsung SSD camcorder
Silicon Motion Technology foresees increasing solid-state drive (SSD) adoption in non-notebook applications such as digital camcorders to become the company's future shipment growth...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Phison sets private placement; draws more investment from Kingston
NAND flash controller IC designer Phison Electronics plans to issue new shares through private placement to raise additional capital and draw new strategic partners, the company has...
Friday 23 January 2009
NAND flash recovery to boost SSD demand in 2H09, say memory module makers
The penetration of solid state drives (SSD) will start to pick up in the second half of 2009, when supply and demand in the overall NAND flash market returns to balance, according...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Kingston enters SSD market, targeting enterprise servers and notebooks
Memory module maker Kingston Technology recently announced its entry in the solid-state drive (SSD) market. The products reportedly will be marketed in a a co-branding partnership...
Thursday 25 December 2008
NAND flash contract prices increase significantly in 2H December
Contract quotes for some NAND flash segments have increased significantly in the second half of December, as upstream suppliers, including Toshiba, are cutting back production, sources...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Global Unichip to provide SSD controller solutions in 2009
IC design service provider Global Unichip has started developing solid-state drive (SSD) controller solutions based on ARM platform designs with Taiwan-based AboUnion Technology....
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Kingston to enter SSD market via co-branding with Intel
Memory-module maker Kingston Technology is looking to enter the solid-state drive (SSD) market by January 2009, via a co-branding partnership with Intel, the company has revealed.
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Super Talent to launch 256GB SSD
Super Talent Technology has announced a new line of solid state drives (SSDs) equipped with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash chips. The lineup brings 256GB of capacity for mobile...
Thursday 4 December 2008
MSI netbooks featuring Intel MID platform to be showcased at CES
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase its 10.2-inch Wind Notebook U110 and U115 models, which adopt Intel Intel's Menlow platform for mobile Internet devices (MID), at...