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Monday 20 July 2009
Nanya to raise DRAM contract prices by 5-10%, says paper
Nanya Technology plans to raise DDR2 contract prices by 5-10% in July after concluding negotiations with PC OEMs, a Chinese-language Econonic Daily News report cited company...
Monday 20 July 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers aim to restore capacity in 2H09
Taiwan-based DRAM makers Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) have been actively looking for funding to restore production capacity, pinning...
Friday 17 July 2009
Inotera announces net loss for 2Q09
Inotera Memories has announced a net loss of NT$4.11 billion (US$124.73 million) for the second quarter of 2009, narrowing from a loss of NT$5.31 billion for the first quarter. However,...
Friday 17 July 2009
Inotera to issue GDRs to fund 50nm transition
Inotera Memories' board of directors has decided to issue GDRs equivalent to a total of up to 800 million stocks in order to raise around NT$10 billion (US$303.81 million). The funding...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Winbond remains cautious about expansion
Winbond Electronics, a Taiwan-based DRAM maker that has diversified its products to include niche memory and NOR flash, has said its capital spending for 2009 may be less than its...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers to keep capex low for 2009
Taiwan DRAM makers are expected to keep their capex budgets low for 2009, even as the industry recovers from a prolonged slump, according to market watchers. Nanya Technology and...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Winbond signs NT$3.7 billion syndicated loan
Winbond Electronics, a Taiwan-based memory chipmaker, on July 15 announced that it has signed a NT$ 3.7 billion (US$112.2 million) three-year syndicated loan agreement with nine banks...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Inotera reschedules 2Q09 investors conference
Inotera Memories has announced the company's second-quarter investors conference will be held on August 6, according its company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Along...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
ProMOS exits flash card business
Memory chipmaker ProMOS Technologies has recently completed the sale of its stake at Putian Maode Technologies (Chongqing), a China-based joint venture specializing in flash memory...
Monday 13 July 2009
DRAM maker PSC does not rule out future partnership with Taiwan Memory, says paper
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has softened its attitude towards the government-led Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) project, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Friday 10 July 2009
Nanya and Inotera unlikely to secure NT$20-30 billion fund from government, says official
The goal of establishing Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) should not be seen as an opportunity for local Taiwan DRAM chipmakers to apply for government funding, according to Taiwan's Economic...
Friday 10 July 2009
DRAM maker PSC to gain fund injection from PTI and Kingston
Powertech Technology (PTI) and Kingston Technology will jointly loan Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) a total of US$125 million, according to a PTI filing with the Taiwan...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Heavy debts may force PSC to exit DRAM business, says paper
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), which has just received the nod from bondholders for resetting the conversion price for its ECBs due June 17, 2009, still has debts worth...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Production capacity key to DRAM survival, says Inotera president
Taiwan-based DRAM makers should optimize capacity at their 12-inch fabs, which is the key to their survival in the global memory industry, according to Charles Kao, president of Inotera...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Nanya, Inotera sales down in June
DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have reported larger revenue declines on year for June 2009, with the former ending its run of sequential growth.