375 news items tagged Elpida
Elpida to buy Powerchip stake in Rexchip, says CEO
Wednesday 28 September 2011Elpida Memory is looking to wholly own its Taiwan-based subsidiary Rexchip Electronics, through acquiring the remaining 36% stake held by Powerchip Technology, according to company...
Rexchip cuts supplies to Powerchip
Monday 26 September 2011Rexchip Electronics has reduced its DRAM-chip supplies to Powerchip Technology, while growing its deliveries to Elpida Memory, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...
Elpida develops 25nm 4Gb DDR3
Friday 23 September 2011Elpida Memory on September 22 announced that it has completed development of 25nm-made 4Gb DDR3 memory. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics has introduced its 20nm-class DRAM products...
Apple reportedly increases memory purchases from Japan
Thursday 22 September 2011Apple has increased its purchases of DRAM and NAND flash from Japan, according to industry sources, adding that Toshiba and Elpida Memory are being pinpointed as beneficiaries of...
Elpida to accelerate move of DRAM production to Rexchip, says CEO
Wednesday 21 September 2011Elpida Memory will gradually transfer its DRAM production lines to Rexchip Electronics in the coming year, as part of the company's measures to combat the appreciation of the Japanese...
Rexchip to report loss for 3Q11, says paper
Monday 19 September 2011Rexchip Electronics is likely to fall into the red along with fellow Taiwan-based DRAM manufacturers in the third quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily...
Elpida R&D center plan approved by Taiwan, says paper
Monday 19 September 2011Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved plans by Elpida Memory to establish an R&D center for sub-40nm DRAM production and next-generation memory technologies...
Rexchip might ramp R2 for Elpida
Friday 16 September 2011Elpida Memory is likely to remove some of its production lines from Japan to Rexchip Electronics's second 12-inch fab, R2, which has been left idle since the shell construction was...
Elpida moves to cope with weak DRAM prices, strong yen
Thursday 15 September 2011Elpida Memory has announced a series of measures to combat the yen's appreciation and falling DRAM prices, including plans to shift production to Taiwan, expand US dollar-based procurement,...
More DRAM makers cutting back production
Wednesday 14 September 2011Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have joined Elpida Memory, Powerchip Technology and Rexchip Electronics in cutting production amid slumping prices and a global economic downturn,...
Nanya responds to Elpida patent infringement lawsuit
Wednesday 7 September 2011Elpida Memory announced on September 7 that it has filed a lawsuit against Nanya Technology in the US, claiming that Nanya and its US subsidiary Nanya USA has infringed on its DRAM...
Elpida posts loss in fiscal 1Q11
Monday 8 August 2011Japan's Elpida Memory has reported net losses of JPY7.9 billion (US$102 million) on revenues of JPY95.7 billion for its fiscal first quarter ended ended June 30, 2011. Losses showed...
Rexchip July revenues decline over 20% on-month
Friday 5 August 2011Rexchip Electronics, the production subsidiary of Japan's Elpida Memory, has reported an over 20% decline in July 2011 revenues from the previous month.
Elpida starts sample shipments of 25nm 2Gb DDR3
Tuesday 2 August 2011Elpida Memory has announced that it began sample shipments of 2Gb DDR3 DRAM chips built using 25nm process technology at the end of July. The company will also adopt the advanced...
Elpida reportedly to cut back DRAM production 20%
Friday 29 July 2011With 2Gb DDR3 prices having tumbled to near cost, Elpida Memory reportedly has decided to scale back its output to allow prices to bounce back. The Japan-based DRAM chipmaker plans...
Elpida to launch rights issue, CB for JPY79.7 billion
Tuesday 12 July 2011Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory has approved plans to raise up to JPY79.67 billion (US$994 million), including a rights issue and convertible bonds (CBs). The funds raised will...
Rexchip revenues fall in June
Tuesday 5 July 2011DRAM manufacturer Rexchip Electronics has announced that revenues for June slid 14% sequentially and 34% on year to NT$2.82 billion (US$98 million). The company's cumulative 2011...
ProMOS struggling to find investors for private placement
Friday 1 July 2011ProMOS Technology shareholders recently approved a company proposal to raise additional paid-in capital through private placement. But the DRAM maker has been struggling to find investors...
Elpida begins sample shipments of 3D-TSV stacked DDR3 DRAM
Monday 27 June 2011Elpida Memory on June 27 announced that it has begun sample shipments of its DDR3 SDRAM (x32-bit I/O configuration) made using TSV stacking technology. The sample is a low-power 8Gb...
Elpida develops 4-layer DRAM package with 0.8mm thickness
Wednesday 22 June 2011Elpida Memory and its subsidiary, Akita Elpida Memory, have announced development of a four-layer 0.8mm DRAM package. The thin package consists of four low-power consumption 2Gb DDR2...
Elpida, Micron reportedly in talks on DRAM partnership
Tuesday 21 June 2011High-level executives from Elpida Memory, Micron Technology and Nanya Technology reportedly have been holding frequent talks as a warm-up to some form of partnership in the future...
Elpida shifts partial capacity back to PC DRAM
Friday 17 June 2011Elpida Memory has recently moved 20,000 to 30,000 12-inch wafers of capacity at its Hiroshima plant back to PC DRAM chips due to an unexpected slowing in orders for mobile DRAM used...
Elpida uses HKMG technology to develop 2Gb LPDDR2
Wednesday 15 June 2011Elpida Memory has announced what it claims is the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) at the 40nm-class...
Elpida reshuffles Taiwan executives
Thursday 9 June 2011Japan-based Elpida Memory's regional office in Taiwan reportedly has gone through a major personnel reshuffle, according to industry sources. Elpida has also undergone a restructuring...
PTI, Elpida, UMC to collaborate to develop 3D IC logic+DRAM integration solution
Tuesday 31 May 2011Taiwan-based memory packaging/testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) and wafer foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) as well as Japan-based DRAM maker Elpida Memory on May 30...

Elpida introduces new DDR3 that delivers highest data rate of 2.5Gbps
Photo: Company, Wednesday 13 August 2008