NAND flash outlook still unclear for 4Q11

Aug 3, 12:24

The NAND flash market outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011 is still under doubt due to a lack of demand visibility, and current oversupply might appear to be more severe because...

NAND flash contract prices trending down

Aug 2, 16:40

Having engaged in the price negotiations for almost two months, NAND flash buyers and sellers have finally come up with a decision agreeing downward adjustments in contract prices...

Macronix, Winbond to see increasing overlap in NOR flash products with larger peers

Aug 2, 12:35

Taiwan-based NOR flash chipmakers Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have extended their market reach beyond consumer electronics, and consequently, the overlap between...

SSD and embedded flash controllers buoy Silicon Motion 2Q11 revenues

Aug 1, 13:45

Memory controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology has announced net sales of US$50.5 million for the second quarter of 2011, an increase of 56% from the same period in 2010...

Global 2Q11 NAND flash market sees 9% drop; Samsung remains top supplier, says DRAMeXchange

Aug 1, 11:26

The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.88 billion in the second quarter of 2011, down about 9% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...

Macronix allocates more capacity to flash production

Jul 28, 17:00

Macronix International has said that capacity at its newly-opened 12-inch fab has almost all shifted to NOR flash production to meet demand for new orders. The capacity was originally...

Cypress, UMC partner on ICs built using 65nm SONOS embedded NVM

Jul 28, 01:05

Cypress Semiconductor and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have produced working silicon on a new 65nm SONOS (silicon oxide nitride oxide silicon) technology for embedded...

NAND flash densities in video game platforms to climb more than 40% in 2011, says IHS

Jul 26, 10:58

Despite the high cost of NAND flash memory, NAND densities in 2011 will rise more than 40% in home consoles and handheld devices, the principal modes for gaming entertainment, according...

Apple said to add Macronix as supplier of NOR flash for MacBook Air

Jul 26, 10:55

Apple has added Macronix International as another supplier of NOR flash memory for the new MacBook Air in order to support strong sales of the recently-launched ultra-thin notebook...

Talks on NAND flash contract prices still ongoing

Jul 20, 14:21

DRAMeXchange, which tracks pricing for memory chips, has posted an announcement on its website that data for NAND flash will not be updated until the end of July. NAND chip companies...

Apple giveth, but iCloud taketh away from NAND flash market, says IHS

Jul 18, 13:56

Apple in recent years has played a key role in expanding the market for NAND flash, but the company's newly-launched iCloud storage service could cause demand for the memory to weaken...

ChipMOS mulls phasing out DRAM backend business

Jul 15, 01:10

Packaging and testing house ChipMOS Technologies plans to gradually phase out its DRAM packaging and testing business, and concentrate on backend services for LCD driver ICs and flash...

NAND flash prices to stabilize in 3Q11, says Phison chairman

Jul 8, 01:10

Having declined significantly in the second quarter of 2011, NAND flash contract prices are expected to stabilize in the third quarter, according to Phison Electronics chairman Khein...

Talks over NAND flash contract prices stalled

Jul 4, 14:24

With no consensus being reached between chip suppliers and buyers, NAND flash contract prices have not been settled since June, according to DRAMeXchange. The price tracker expects...

Apple iPhone 5 said to come with dual LED flash

Jun 23, 01:20

Recent market rumors have indicated that Apple's iPhone 5 is likely to come with a dual-LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On...

Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%

Jun 16, 01:10

Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...

NOR flash finds growth opportunities in tablets and e-book readers, says IHS iSuppli

Jun 10, 11:15

Driven by rising demand from a broad spectrum of products, particularly tablet devices like Apple's iPad and e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle, the embedded NOR flash market...

DRAM and NAND flash contract market yet seeing any rebound, says inSpectrum

Jun 3, 15:50

Despite claims from leading vendors about a positive memory price outlook for the later half of 2011, a meaningful rebound is yet to be seen in the near term. Seasonal demand weakness,...

Innostor launches USB 3.0 flash SoC

Jun 2, 11:40

Innostor, a Taiwan-based controller IC supplier, has successfully penetrated the mid-range and high-end USB 3.0 market with its USB 3.0 flash SoC IS 902 and the SATA controller chip...

Computex 2011: AMD announces solution for tablet PC

Jun 2, 01:20

AMD, at its press conference at Computex 2011, announced a new 40nm Z series APU codenamed Desna to target the tablet PC market, according to Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and...

NAND flash contract prices fall rapidly in 2H May on lackluster demand

Jun 2, 01:15

NAND flash contract prices for the second half of May 2011 are being negatively affected by a weakening in end-market demand, according to sources at memory module companies. Prices...

Renesas announces new microcontrollers for LED lighting

May 27, 14:50

Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of five 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/I1A family, that implement in...

Another quiet week in DRAM, NAND flash spot markets, says inSpectrum

May 20, 17:06

The DRAM and NAND flash spot markets were quiet this week (May 16-20), with prices continuing falling, according to inSpectrum.

Advanced NAND flash processes worthwhile only with volume production

May 17, 15:38

While major NAND chip producers are moving forward to transition their manufacturing processes to below 30nm, the advance makes sense only if volume production is feasible, industry...

NAND flash contract prices slip further in 1H May

May 17, 14:22

Early May 2011 contract prices for NAND flash memory slipped further with 16Gb chips having the largest drop of 6-8%, according to industry sources. Spot prices have also turned soft...

Bearish outlook mutes DRAM and NAND flash transactions, says inSpectrum

May 13, 16:39

Nothing much has changed in the DRAM and NAND flash spot markets in May, with average selling price (ASP) for all mainstream items continuing posting an average weekly drop of 1-2%...

Global 1Q11 NAND flash market sees 10% on-quarter growth, says DRAMeXchange

May 10, 15:59

The NAND flash memory market generated revenues of US$5.36 billion in the first quarter of 2011, up 9.9% from US$4.88 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to DRAMeXchange...

DRAM and NAND flash supply to tighten in 2H11, says Kingston co-founder

May 3, 12:31

NAND flash demand for smartphones and tablet PCs will become strong to outstrip supply substantially in the second half of 2011, according to David Sun, co-founder of Kingston Tech...

Winbond NOR flash sales grow in 1Q11

May 2, 11:38

Winbond Electronics' sales generated from its NOR flash business grew 8% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, while those from other segments saw on-quarter drops, according...

IC distributor Zenitron counts on NAND flash and touch controller sales in 2011

Apr 27, 13:46

IC distributor Zenitron is positive about the business outlook for the entire year of 2011 and expects strong demand for NAND flash and touch controller ICs from the tablet PC and...

Micron not ruling out possibility of NAND outsourcing

Apr 26, 12:32

In the face of brisk NAND flash demand, Micron Technology does not rule out building a second fab in Singapore. The memory chip vendor also remains open to outsourcing with the aim...