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.
Taiwan DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has been asked to resubmit its application for government bailout funds, since the current proposal outlining its cooperation...
Memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor has reportedly offered to transfer its NAND flash technology to ProMOS Technologies, in addition to the two companies' existing partnership for...
Inotera Memories, a DRAM joint venture between Micron and Nanya Technology, is looking to integrate the 12-inch production and engineering resources from ProMOS Technologies, which...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has expressed interest in seeking to control ProMOS Technologies via Rexchip Electronics, according to industry reports in Taiwan.
Digitimes recently talked to David Sun, co-founder of US-based memory module maker Kingston Technology, about the DRAM industry and his advice for Taiwan's money-losing DRAM players...
Taiwan's major DRAM manufacturers – Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies – may post combined losses of...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has urged Taiwan's DRAM makers to forge partnerships with local, Japanese or US so as to counter Korea's dominance in the global DRAM market...
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has announced that it will implement the "Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 10" for new standards of inventory...
The Taiwan DRAM industry has been constructed and developed progressively for over 10 years, playing a decisive role in the global semiconductor market, according to ML Chen, chairman...
Market watchers have observed that non-Korean DRAM manufacturers have stepped up efforts to exchange resources and enhance partnerships via government support. Such tactics seem to...
There have been constant calls for a truce among Taiwan's DRAM makers and for government bailout for Taiwan's DRAM industry: these are the local DRAM makers' tactics to draw attention...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) held a press conference on December 16 to outline principles under which the government will support the struggling local DRAM industry...
Micron has announced that sampling of 50nm DRAM, developed in partnership with Nanya Technology, has kicked off. In addition, Inotera Memories is benefiting from the improving relationship...
Chii-Ming Yiin, Taiwan's minister of economic affairs, stated on December 10 that the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved and confirmed a rescue package for local Taiwan...
Contract prices of DRAM chips are seen to drop another 10% in the first half of December, reflecting a continuation of low order visibility and weak end-market demand, according to...
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