The DRAM industry accounts for about 10% of global semiconductor revenues, and chronic oversupply and diminished demand has led to a near collapse in the industry, with related shock waves affecting growth in the semiconductor and related equipment markets.
In Taiwan, the government has been eyeing a rescue package for struggling DRAM players, but consolidation in the industry is expected to continue.
Taiwan's Winbond Electronics, a computer-memory chipmaker that has progressively switched its business focus to specialty DRAM and NOR flash, has responded via a company filing with...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced via a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that it has been granted an extension on repayments of existing bank...
Memory chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has collateralized its stake in Rexchip Electronics in exchange for funding worth NT$2 billion (US$60.4 million) from memory...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will secure key IP rights from memory chipmaker Elpida Memory to jointly develop new DRAM chips used inside mobile phones, according to John Hsuan. TMC...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will initially purchase a 10% stake in Elpida Memory, in exchange for the Japan memory chipmaker's patent rights, industry sources familiar with the TMC-Elpida...
Taiwan's economics minister Chii-ming Yiin has reiterated that the formation of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) does not intend to build any wafer plants, but to develop a technology-independent...
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) will position itself as an IP company that will initially outsource production to local DRAM chipmakers, John Hsuan said today following confirmation that...
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest DRAM chipmaker, has been selected as a strategic technology partner of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC). Details of the collaboration have...
Kingston Technology has reiterated that currently no decision has been made regarding its investment in Taiwan Memory Company (TMC). Kingston will evaluate the possibility only if...
Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies has announced that the official total tender offer result, which includes both those who accepted the tender offer and those who agreed to hold to maturity,...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said on March 30 that the partner of Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) has not been decided yet, dismissing speculation that an announcement concerning...
ProMOS Technologies has announced that the tender offer relating to its outstanding US$350 million zero coupon convertible bonds (CBs) due 2012 expired at 14:00 (UTC) on March 27,...
Taiwan downstream DRAM makers are saying that the leading DRAM vendors, Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology and Elpida Memory, are no longer tolerating low...
Integration is shaping up to become a major trend in the semiconductor industry, and the route will also be followed by Taiwan's DRAM-chip sector, according to Richard Chang, CEO...
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest DRAM chipmaker, has announced that two of its consolidated subsidiaries, EBS and ECM, decided at a general shareholder meetings held...
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