Hynix posts second straight quarterly loss

Feb 2, 11:56

Memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor has posted its second straight quarterly loss in the fourth quarter. The company swung into the red in 2011 with revenues down 14% from a year...

Samsung, Hynix release eMMC controller orders to Taiwan firms

Jan 10, 12:28

Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor reportedly have released 2012 orders for embedded MMC (eMMC) controller ICs to major Taiwan-based suppliers of NAND flash device control...

Hynix, Micron seeking closer ties with Taiwan controller suppliers

Dec 22, 11:56

Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology reportedly are looking to strengthen their ties with Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, Silicon Motion Technology and Skymedi amid concerns...

DRAM spot prices improve

Dec 15, 14:20

DRAM spot prices have surged over 10% recently due in part to efforts by chip suppliers including Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology to defend their prices on the spot market,...

Samsung, Hynix renew license deals with Tessera through 2017

Nov 24, 16:39

Tessera Technologies on November 23 announced that Hynix Semiconductor has exercised the renewal option in its 2005 license agreement to extend the term to May 2017.

Phison looking to expand revenues, market share

Oct 28, 12:03

Phison Electronics expects to make solid earnings in 2011, and is gearing up for significant revenue and market share gains in 2012, according to company chairman Khein Seng Pua.

Hynix posts 3Q11 loss on weak chip prices

Oct 27, 11:35

Hynix Semiconductor swung to net losses in the third quarter due mainly to weakness in the prices of DRAM chips.

iPhone 4S carries BOM of US$188, says IHS

Oct 21, 01:35

On the outside, the iPhone 4S may have disappointed some with its perceived lack of new features. But on the inside, the latest member of the iPhone line includes a wealth of innovation,...

Taiwan DRAM makers feel cost pressure from Samsung and Hynix 30nm production

Oct 12, 01:05

While spot market prices for 2Gb DDR3 have dropped to below US$1, Taiwan-based DRAM makers are not concerned but are worried about competition due to the lower production costs Samsung...

Hynix, Toshiba to jointly develop MRAM

Jul 13, 15:02

Hynix Semiconductor and Toshiba have agreed to jointly develop spin-transfer torque Magnetoresistance RAM (MRAM). Once technology development is successfully completed, the two parties...

DDR4 market not expected to take off until 2013 or 2014

Jun 29, 14:26

The global DDR4 market will not come into shape until 2013 or 2014, one to two years after industry leaders kick off commercial production based on 30nm process technology, according...

Mosaid, Hynix enter into patent license and acquisition agreements

May 17, 16:33

Mosaid Technologies has concluded a patent portfolio license agreement with Hynix Semiconductor of Korea, according to the Canada-based patent licensing and IP development company.

Hynix 1Q11 profits down on lower chip prices

Apr 28, 14:06

Hynix Semiconductor has announced that net profits for the first quarter of 2011 slid 66% from a year earlier to KRW274 billion (US$255 million), citing falling chip prices.

Anobit shipping NAND flash controllers for smartphones, tablets

Mar 9, 16:44

Anobit has announced that its new MSP2020 NAND flash memory controller is shipping in multi-million quantities for use within today's most advanced smartphones and tablet computing...

Hynix 4Q10 profits slump on chip price falls, lost legal case

Jan 27, 10:15

Hynix Semiconductor has announced net profits of KRW110 billion (US$98.7 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, down 90% sequentially and the lowest quarterly level in five quart...

Falling 2Gb DDR3 prices to help advance PC memory density

Dec 6, 13:45

Spot prices for 2Gb DDR3 memory continue trending down to average near US$2, with those in the low range arriving at US$1.90, according to market sources. Previously the observers...

Hynix posts strong 3Q10 profits despite sales drop

Oct 28, 11:30

Memory chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor has said it produced robust earnings in the third quarter of 2010 despite weakening chip prices, thanks to improved production technology and...

Hynix collaborates with HP on ReRAM

Sep 1, 14:12

Hynix Semiconductor has entered into a joint development agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to develop memristor technology in resistive random access memory (ReRAM). The technology...

Hynix begins mass producing 64Gb NAND flash using 20nm-class technology

Aug 9, 11:02

Hynix Semiconductor has announced that it has begun mass producing 64Gb NAND flash chips using 20nm-class technology at its 12-inch M11 fab in Cheongju, South Korea.

DRAM supply to outgrow demand in 4Q10, says Digitimes Research

Jul 27, 16:14

Global DRAM supply will outgrow demand by about 3% in the last quarter of 2010 as major chipmakers ramp up their capacity using more advanced processes, according to Digitimes Rese...

Hynix posts 2Q10 profits on record sales

Jul 22, 11:16

Hynix Semiconductor has reported net profits of 665 billion won (US$550 million) on consolidated revenues of 3.28 trillion won for the second quarter of 2010. The sales figure marks...

PQI snaps up NT$225 million net profits in 1Q10

Apr 30, 10:34

Power Quotient International (PQI) has reported net profits of NT$225.02 million (US$7.15 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up significantly from NT$85.28 million in the prior...

Hynix DRAM plant reportedly sees power glitch

Apr 22, 14:30

Hynix Semiconductor on April 21 saw a power glitch at a main DRAM fab in Korea, but the company maintained that no losses resulted from the incident, according to Korea media repor...

Hynix reports highest profits in 13 quarters

Apr 22, 11:32

Hynix Semiconductor saw its net profits in the first quarter of 2010 hit the highest since the fourth quarter of 2006. Operating profits for the quarter also scored the company's...

ProMOS denies report about Hynix exit

Stockwatch - Apr 21, 14:37

ProMOS Technologies has announced that Goo Choi, senior VP of Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, will resign from the Taiwan-based DRAM maker's board of directors effective June 18.

NAND flash pricing remains weak as traders offload Hynix 41nm chips, says inSpectrum

Mar 5, 16:29

Attention in the spot market was shifted from DRAM to NAND flash this week (March 1-5) as some traders offloaded their inventories of NAND flash chips from Hynix Semiconductor, according...

Micron's Numonyx acquisition to challenge Samsung, hurt Hynix

Feb 11, 14:04

Market watchers generally believe that Micron Technology's upcoming acquisition of Numonyx, which unseated Spansion in the 2009 NOR flash memory market, may pose a challenge to Samsung...

Micron makes gains in 2009 NAND flash market, unseats Hynix in top-3

Feb 2, 16:07

Micron Technology captured a 9.4% share of the global NAND flash market in 2009, exceeding Hynix Semiconductor's share by 0.3pp points, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...

Hynix 4Q09 profit soars 167% on quarter

Jan 21, 09:28

Hynix Semiconductor has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 grew 32% on quarter driven by rising DRAM and NAND flash shipments and a rebound in DRAM ASPs. In line with...

Kingston reportedly pays US$100 million for memory chips to Hynix

Jan 14, 10:58

US-based memory module house Kingston Technology has made an advance payment of US$100 million to Hynix Semiconductor for the purchase of DRAM chips and NAND flash in 2010, according...

Phison to pay US$50 million in advance for NAND flash chips

Jan 12, 14:12

Phison Electronics, which mainly designs and makes controllers for NAND flash memory integrated into products such as USB flash drives and memory cards, has announced it will make...

Memory segment to fall by less than overall chip revenues in 2009, says Gartner

Dec 21, 11:24

Worldwide chip revenues are set to post a 11.4% decline in 2009, following 2008 when the revenues dropped 5.4%, according to Gartner. The research firm commented that 2009 will mark...

Taiwan DRAM restructuring hits dead end

Nov 27, 17:12

Taiwan's legislative economics committee on November 26 voted unanimously against the Ministry of Economic Affairs' (MOEA's) request for funds to invest in Taiwan Innovative Memory...