The DRAM industry accounts for about 10% of global semiconductor revenues, and chronic oversupply and diminished demand has led to a near collapse in the industry, with related shock waves affecting growth in the semiconductor and related equipment markets.
In Taiwan, the government has been eyeing a rescue package for struggling DRAM players, but consolidation in the industry is expected to continue.
Merger negotiations between US-based Micron Technology, Taiwan's Nanya Technology and the Micron-Nanya joint venture Inotera Memories are expected to be finalized, according to an...
As the deadline for ProMOS Technologies redeeming its euro convertible bond (ECB) is nearing (February 14, 2009), Taiwan's government has been actively in talks with banks trying...
The Taiwan government's requests that Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies resubmit their applications for bailout funding with clearer assurances that...
Micron is hoping to form an alliance to unite DRAM players from the US, Japan and Taiwan arranged as three parent companies and five sibling companies, according to sources at DRAM...
Steven Appleton, chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, paid a low-profile visit to Taiwan last week for merger negotiations with its strategic partners Nanya Technology and Inotera...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday (Jan 13) invited DRAM makers Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies to a talk about the withdrawal...
Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), said that immediate cash bailout should be given priority in the government's rescue plan for the Taiwan DRAM industry...
Japan's Elpida Memory seems to be moving in a different direction in the DRAM industry integration, switching its alliance from Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) to ProMOS...
The Taiwan government should consider injecting investment into the overseas partners (Elpida Memory and Micron Technology) of local DRAM makers which have developed advances in key...
Chen Chao-Yih, administrator of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) bureau, recently said that the fundamental problem that local DRAM makers must confront amid the current...
Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), has announced that he will forgo his salary until the company returns to profits, in yet another cost-cutting measure...
In order to help the local high-tech sector deal with an ongoing economic crisis, the Taiwan government has decided to lower management fees at the three science parks by up to 50%,...
ProMOS Technologies has been allowed to extend repayment on a NT$50 billion (US$1.5 billion) loan for six months, becoming the first among Taiwan's DRAM makers to be given repayment...
Nanya Technology will submit its application to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) for government bailout funds by the end of this week, in a partnership with Micron Technology,...
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