China market: Several smartphone components in short supply

May 17, 14:11

A shortage in the supply of some key components, including high-end camera modules, touchscreen panels and multi-chip package (MCP) memory chips, is worsening in the smartphone industry...

Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange

May 16, 21:04

Global mobile DRAM revenues slipped 5.2% sequentially to US$2.60 billion in the first quarter of 2013, due to seasonal factors, with Korea-based companies continuing to dominate the...

Taiwan DRAM module makers perform strongly in 1Q13

May 15, 22:30

All Taiwan-based DRAM module makers were operating with profits in the first quarter of 2013, with Adata Technology leading fellow companies with the highest EPS of NT$3.20 (US$0.11)...

Japan chip firms 1Q13 sales suffer double-digit declines

May 15, 12:33

IC Insights has ranked its worldwide top 20 semiconductor (ICs, and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete devices) sales leaders for the first quarter of 2013. Of the top-20 vendors,...

Inotera announces closing of private placement

May 14, 21:50

Inotera Memories has completed the previously announced private placement of 633 million shares at a price of NT$9.47 (US$0.32) per share, raising gross proceeds of NT$6 billion,...

ESMT to ship MCP memory chips to MediaTek, say sources

May 13, 13:55

Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT), a Taiwan-based provider of niche-market memory chips, has entered the MCP (multi chip package) chip segment and will begin to ship its...

Adata April sales drop over 30%

May 10, 10:16

Memory module firm Adata Technology saw its April sales decline more than 30% sequentially due to a slowdown in demand from channels.

DRAM shortages to impact PC players in 2Q13

May 8, 21:10

DRAM shortages, which started in early 2013, have become worse recently and may impact PC brand vendors' performances in the second quarter, according to sources from PC players.

Demand for SSDs in PCs to boom through 2017, says IHS

May 8, 16:01

Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions...

Macronix, Winbond see strong sales growth in April

May 8, 11:02

Non-DRAM specialists Macronix International and Winbond Electronics both saw their April revenues increase substantially thanks to a pick-up in customer orders and higher product...

Samsung reportedly to phase out from microSD card market

May 8, 10:43

Speculation has circulated in the memory industry recently that Samsung Electronics is looking to phase out from the microSD card market in order to channel its resources into the...

Inotera 2Q13 sales likely to rise 30%

May 7, 15:21

DRAM manufacturer Inotera Memories is expected to post revenue growth of 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, thanks to rising shipments of chips built using 30nm process...

Zentel 1Q13 profits jump on rising SDRAM prices

May 7, 12:36

Fabless firm Zentel Electronics, which specializes in niche-market memory ICs, has reported robust profit growth for the first quarter of 2013 on rising specialty DRAM (SDRAM) pric...

Global chip sales up slightly in 1Q13, says SIA

May 6, 11:31

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has reported that worldwide sales for the first quarter of 2013 were 0.9% higher from those generated a year earlier.

Macronix likely to turn profitable in 3Q13

May 6, 10:58

Taiwan-based mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix International is likely to see its business operation swing from the red into profitability in the third quarter of 2013, according...

Innostor sees USB 3.0 flash drive controller shipments boom

May 3, 16:02

Innostor Technology, a fabless USB device controller firm, expects to see shipments of its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) flash drive controllers climb 30% sequentially in the second quarter...

Macronix approves NT$2.62 billion for 2013 capex

Stockwatch - May 3, 15:54

The board of directors of Macronix International, a manufacturer of mask ROM and NOR flash memory, has approved plans to budget NT$2.62 billion (US$88.7 million) in capex for 2013...

Micron intros new PCIe SSD for data centers

May 3, 11:22

Micron Technology has announced a new PCIe enterprise solid state drive (SSD) which it claims will improve overall performance in enterprise servers, appliances and storage platfor...

Spansion to buy Fujitsu MCU and analog unit

May 2, 16:20

Spansion on April 30 announced that the company had reached a deal with Fujitsu Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu, to acquire the microcontroller and analog business...

Disruption in Korean production could have catastrophic impact on global electronics business, says IHS

May 2, 12:16

What would happen if half of all global production for DRAM, two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70% of the world's tablet display supply suddenly disappeared from the market?...

Samsung making 20nm 4Gb LPDDR3 DRAM for mobile devices

Apr 30, 15:48

Samsung Electronics has announced that it is now producing 4-gigabit (4Gb) low-power DDR3 (LPDDR3) mobile DRAM chips using 20nm-class process technology.

eMemory NVM IP adopted by smartphone vendors

Apr 30, 11:33

Taiwan-based IP provider eMemory Technology has entered the supply chains for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 and the next-generation iPhone series with its OTP (one time programmable)...

Winbond expected to turn profitable in 2Q13

Apr 29, 10:38

Taiwan-based memory IC maker Winbond Electronics suffered a net loss of NT$337 million (US$11.3 million) for the first quarter of 2013, its seven consecutive quarter of losses, but...

Samsung posts record 1Q13 profit on smartphone sales

Apr 26, 15:51

Samsung Electronics has announced that net profits climbed to an all-time high of KRW7.15 trillion (US$6.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2013. Consolidated revenues and operating...

Powerchip to sell 12-inch fab tools for NT$6 billion, says report

Newswatch - Apr 25, 16:16

Powerchip Technology's planned sale of individual production equipment installed at its P3 12-inch wafer fab has come to a conclusion, with 10 companies looking to make their purchases...

Nanya sees tight DRAM supply

Apr 24, 13:59

The global supply of DRAM chips including those for PCs, servers, TVs and industrial computers is expected to fall short of demand by 5.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013, Pei-Ying...

SK Hynix swings to 1Q13 net profit

Apr 24, 12:19

DRAM maker SK Hynix has reported net profits of KRW179 billion (US$159 million) for the first quarter of 2013. This improved on net losses of KRW271 billion a year earlier, and was...

Inotera reports losses of over NT$600 million for 1Q13

Apr 23, 21:43

DRAM chipmaker Inotera Memories has reported net losses of NT$613 million (US$20.55 million) or NT$0.11 per share for the first quarter of 2013. But the company is expected to swing...

Backend firms see DRAM market recovery

Apr 23, 16:16

Memory packaging and testing specialists Powertech Technology (PTI), Walton Advanced Engineering and Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) are expected to benefit from a recovery in...

Winbond breaks into Galaxy S4 supply chain

Apr 23, 14:51

Winbond Electronics reportedly has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 4S with its specialty DRAM and NOR flash chips.

Kingston reportedly books considerable DDR3 capacity at Taiwan makers

Apr 22, 21:56

Kingston Technology has booked up almost all of the available DDR3 production capacity at Nanya Technology, and the majority of that at Powerchip Technology, according to industry...