Taiwan memory chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has recently formed a joint collaboration with electronic design automation (EDA) provider Synopsys and Nikon on...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), one of Taiwan's financially troubled DRAM makers, has cut 200-300 jobs, or less than 5% of its workforce, after the Lunar New Year holidays,...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), one of Taiwan's financially-distressed DRAM chipmakers, has been given an additional six months to complete repayments on its NT$60 billion...
Japan's Elpida Memory and its Taiwanese partners reportedly will emerge as the winning camp in a race to receive support from the Taiwan government, which is seeking ways to forge...
Nanya Technology and its joint venture with Micron Technology, Inotera Memories, have jointly submitted a proposal to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) seeking to consolidate...
Nanya Technology has posted revenues of NT$2 billion (US$59 million) for last month, up 40% sequentially. Its subsidiary Inotera Memories also enjoyed a revenue increase of 14% on...
The downturn in the DRAM industry has become so bad that even the dominant market leader, Samsung Electronics, is no longer immune, with the company in the fourth quarter of 2008...
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest computer memory chipmaker, posted a fifth straight quarterly loss as a result of market erosion. The company said that an accelerated...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) saw its January sales grow 22% sequentially, despite having a 70% drop on an on-year basis. The DRAM maker said 50 jobs have been cut in...
Elpida Memory is reportedly considering applying for funding from the Japan government and simultaneously may attempt to attract equity investments from other Japan-based enterprises...
Chii-Ming Yiin, Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, has said that the government is looking to be more actively involved in some consolidation among DRAM chip makers. The government...
Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory is currently in negotiations with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), Rexchip Electronics and ProMOS Technologies over a merger deal and...
Digitimes recently talked to Simon Chen, chairman of A-Data Technology, about the Taiwan government's bailout program for the island's fragile DRAM industry. According to Chen, the...
A request by Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) to further extend its bank loan repayments is expected to be allowed, according to market sources.
The Taiwan government's requests that Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies resubmit their applications for bailout funding with clearer assurances that...
