Last update: Wednesday 3 April 2013 [215 news items]
Hermes Microvision to sell Elpida debts
Stockwatch - Apr 3, 12:17
Taiwan-based Hermes Microvision (HMI), which provides electron beam inspection tools and solutions for the production of semiconductors, has announced that its Japan-based subsidiary...
Micron-Elpida deal cleared by China Ministry of Commerce
Feb 20, 13:50
China's Ministry of Commerce has given antitrust clearance for Micron Technology's previously-announced proposed acquisition of Elpida Memory, the two memory IC firms have jointly...
DRAM market may return to growth in 2013, but face major risks, says IHS
Jan 23, 10:29
After two straight years of contraction, the global DRAM market has the opportunity to rebound to double-digit growth in 2013, according to IHS iSuppli. However, major risks - including...
Taiwan FTC approves Micron-Elpida merger deal
Jan 2, 22:21
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has approved the planned merger among Micron Technology, Elpida Memory and Rexchip Electronics, stating that the deal complies with fair trade...
Mobile DRAM revenues hit record high in 2Q12, IHS says
Oct 18, 10:57
Mobile DRAM revenues rose to the highest level yet in the second quarter of 2012, driven by increased bit shipments and relatively steady pricing, according to IHS iSuppli. Revenues...
Rexchip able to fulfill loan payment obligation
Sep 18, 16:26
DRAM maker Rexchip Electronics will be able to repay its NT$2.1 billion (US$71.3 million) debt due in September 2012, as Elpida Memory has made advance payments to the Taiwan-based...
Elpida to complete switch to 30nm for 4Gb chips in October
Aug 29, 15:27
Elpida Memory is set to complete its 30nm process technology transition in October 2012, despite having filed for bankruptcy.
Powerchip capital reduction application approved
Aug 23, 15:41
Powerchip Technology has completed and gained approval for an application to make a 60% cut in its paid-in capital allowing the net worth of its shares to rise to NT$2.15 (US$0.07)...
Mobile DRAM market expands as usage increases in smartphones and tablets, says IHS
Aug 8, 11:08
With its relatively robust market growth and increasing usage in hot products like smartphones and media tablets, mobile DRAM is playing a more prominent role in the memory business...
Elpida cutting DRAM production
Jul 31, 01:40
Elpida Memory has moved to scale down production at its DRAM fab in Hiroshima, Japan, as well as production at its Taiwan-based subsidiary Rexchip Electronics, according to industry...
Risks come with rewards in Micron purchase of Elpida, IHS finds
Jul 25, 15:23
Micron Technology's recent purchase of bankrupt Japan-based Elpida Memory is a bold move not without risk, even though Micron will emerge from the acquisition considerably larger...
Micron likely to merge two production subsidiaries after acquiring Elpida
Jul 3, 01:20
Inotera Memories and Rexchip Electronics will likely be merged into a single operating company following Micron Technology's acquisition of Elpida Memory, industry sources speculat...
PTI, Walton to maintain orders after Micron-Elpida deal
Jul 3, 01:05
Micron Technology's takeover of DRAM maker Elpida Memory will not bring negative effects to Elpida's existing backend partners including Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced...
Powerchip sells Rexchip shares to Micron
Stockwatch - Jul 2, 15:06
Powerchip Technology has issued two separate filings announcing its shareholdings in Rexchip Electronics have all been sold to Micron Technology. The move indicates that Micron is...
Rexchip sees small 2Q12 operating loss
Jun 29, 01:25
Rexchip Electronics, majority owned by Elpida Memory, expects to post a small second-quarter operating loss. The firm also indicated it now generates consistently positive cash flow...

Powerchip willing to sell stake in Rexchip to Micron
Jun 20, 01:10
Powerchip Technology originally claimed its preemptive rights to acquire Japan-based Elpida Memory's 70% stake in Rexchip Electronics, a joint venture between Powerchip and Elpida,...

Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
May 22, 12:20
Powerchip Technology has reportedly claimed that it has preferential subscription rights to purchase a 70% stake which Elpida Memory held in Rexchip Electronics although the Japan-based...
DRAM contract quotes to rise 5-10% in May
May 16, 15:26
Given that spot market prices for 2Gb DDR3 chips are currently hovering over US$1.05, contract prices for commodity DRAM parts are set to rise 5-10% in March, according to industry...
Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant
May 15, 01:40
Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility,...
PTI to grab mobile DRAM orders from Micron, sources say
May 15, 01:20
Market sources generally believe that Powertech Technology (PTI) will not lose orders because of Micron Technology's takeover of its main DRAM customer Elpida Memory, as the backend...
Powerchip to downsize capital by 60%
May 11, 14:49
Powerchip Technology has unveiled plans to reduce its paid-in capital by 60%, or about NT$33.24 billion (US$1.13 billion), to NT$22.16 billion in order to improve the net worth of...
Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
May 8, 12:13
Micron Technology reportedly has reached the final stage of talks on the purchase of Elpida Memory. The possible merger of Micron and Elpida will help to restore a healthier supply-demand...

Commentary: Diversifying a must for DRAM firms
Apr 5, 14:31
Elpida Memory's bankruptcy filing reflects the fact that companies must diversify to cope with trends in the evolution of customer behavior and usage. The DRAM memory industry currently...

Spansion, SK Hynix team up for SLC NAND
Apr 3, 10:50
Spansion has announced an alliance with SK Hynix to introduce SLC NAND products at the 4x, 3x, and 2x nodes. As part of the relationship, the pair will enter into a patent cross-licensing...
Elpida delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange
Mar 28, 11:26
The Tokyo bourse has delisted the stock of Elpida Memory, which filed for bankruptcy protection on February 27.
Powertech to sell Rexchip stake to Kingston
Mar 27, 01:10
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based provider of memory IC packaging and testing service, will sell all of its 9.32% stake in Rexchip Electronics, Elpida Memory's Taiwan-based...
Micron reportedly offers US$1.5 billion to take over Elpida
Mar 21, 13:39
Elpida Memory reportedly plans to release its control over the company to a new management team that will come from an open bid, and industry sources have speculated that Micron Technology...
Rexchip foundry capacity influential on DRAM pricing, say Taiwan makers
Mar 14, 01:30
While Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory has filed for bankruptcy protection and will start its restructuring process, Elpida's disposal of the DRAM foundry capacity belonging to...
Rexchip to launch rights issue for NT$6 billion
Mar 12, 15:57
Rexchip Electronics, the Taiwan-based production subsidiary of Elpida Memory, has revealed plans to raise an additional paid-in capital of NT$6 billion (US$203 million) through issuing...

Digitimes Research: Elpida bankruptcy to have long-term negative impact on Taiwan DRAM industry
Mar 5, 16:30
The short-term impact of Elpida Memory's bankruptcy on Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers might be mixed. However, none of the Taiwan companies, which are second-tier suppliers in the global...

DDR3 spot prices top US$1 after Elpida files bankruptcy, says inSpectrum
Mar 3, 11:50
Elpida Memory's bankruptcy filing earlier last week has boosted spot market prices for DDR3 memory with 2Gb chips topping US$1, according to inSpectrum.
Accounts receivable at Elpida estimated at NT$2 billion, says PTI
Mar 2, 01:20
Packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has said that its estimated accounts receivable at Elpida Memory, a major client in bankruptcy proceedings, have been revised...

Taiwan reiterates call for cooperation among non-Korean DRAM firms
Feb 29, 16:37
The Taiwan government has reiterated its push for some form of cooperation among US, Japan- and Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers, according to Tu Chi-chun, director general of the Industrial...
Rexchip says it will revise sales model with Elpida
Feb 29, 14:48
Rexchip Electronics, the Taiwan-based production subsidiary of Japan's Elpida Memory, has stated that the firm will pursue a new sales model with the parent company, which has filed...

Taiwan makers bracing for Elpida bad debts
Feb 29, 14:03
Japan-based memory chipmaker Elpida Memory, which filed for bankruptcy protection on February 27 to restructure its debts and capital structure, might end up struggling to pay off...

Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | 11h 6min ago
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | 11h 18min ago
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | 11h 33min ago
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | 11h 35min ago
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | 11h 37min ago
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | 12h 19min ago
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | May 22, 20:49
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | May 22, 20:43
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | May 22, 20:41
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | May 22, 20:39
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | May 22, 20:36
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:16
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:03
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:59
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
22-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8398.84 | +15.79 | +0.19% |

| TSE electronic | 317.55 | +0.70 | +0.22% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 120.71 | +0.33 | +0.27% |

| OTC electronic | 145.64 | +1.03 | +0.71% |

- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.




















