1037 news items tagged NAND
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Samsung considers lowering NAND flash prices as early as 1Q21, sources say
Thursday 14 January 2021Samsung Electronics may initiate price cuts on its NAND flash chips as early as the end of the first quarter of 2021, which may trigger a price war among major NAND flash chipmakers,...
Value of semiconductor industry M&A agreements sets record in 2020, says IC Insights
Thursday 14 January 2021Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing...
Phison may further raise prices for NAND controllers in March-April
Monday 11 January 2021NAND flash memory controller specialist Phison Electronics has just raised quotes for its products by 15-20% to reflect tight supply and increased manufacturing costs, and may determine...
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
Tuesday 5 January 2021China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
Samsung, SK Hynix gearing up for EUV process manufacturing
Thursday 31 December 2020Samsung Electronics has kicked off volume production of 16Gb LPDDR5 chips using EUV-based 1znm process technology at its Pyeongtaek fab, while SK Hynix plans to install EUV exposure...
Team Group to put increased focus on gaming, industrial in 2021
Tuesday 29 December 2020Team Group will put increased focus on the gaming and industrial control segments in 2021, when market conditions will be also favorable to the memory module maker, according to the...
Adoption of QLC SSD among PCs to grow rapidly in 2022
Monday 28 December 2020With major chipmakers ramping up their quad-level cell (QLC) NAND flash output, SSDs utilizing the technology storing four bits per cell will start penetrating into the notebook and...
Longsys preps for IPO
Thursday 24 December 2020Memory module firm Longsys Electronics has filed an application for its A-shares IPO and expects to trade on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).
SSD supply constrained by chip shortages
Monday 21 December 2020The market for NAND flash memory remains oversupplied, but shortages of flash device controllers and passive components have constrained the supply of SSD and other related peripherals,...
Backend firms see strong demand for DDI, NAND controller chips
Wednesday 16 December 2020Taiwan-based backend houses have seen strong demand for display driver ICs and NAND flash controller chips, with clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021, according...
NAND flash controller suppliers mull price hike
Wednesday 16 December 2020NAND flash device controller suppliers including Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology have stopped offering quotes for new orders, and are mulling a 10-15% price hike...
Growth ahead for semiconductor equipment market
Tuesday 15 December 2020Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to increase 16% compared to US$59.6 billion in 2019 and register a new industry...
Chipmakers to ramp up 176-layer 3D NAND chip output in 2H21
Tuesday 15 December 2020Chipmakers including Micron Technology and SK Hynix have introduced the availability of their 176-layer 3D NAND flash chips, and are expected to ramp up the chip output for UFS and...
NAND flash ASP to fall 10-15% in 1Q21, says TrendForce
Tuesday 15 December 2020NAND flash ASPs are forecast to decline 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, when bit output grew 6% on quarter, according to TrendForce.
Foundry capex to account for 34% of total semi capex in 2020, says IC Insights
Friday 11 December 2020Following spending of US$106.1 billion in 2018 and US$102.5 billion in 2019, worldwide semiconductor capex is expected to grow 6% to US$108.1 billion this year, according to IC Ins...
Memory module firms wary of Micron fab outage
Monday 7 December 2020Supply-side uncertainty arising from a recent power outage at Micron Technology's DRAM fab in Taiwan is prompting memory module houses to stop taking new orders and adopt a wait-and-see...
SK Hynix unveils 176-layer 4D NAND flash
Monday 7 December 2020SK Hynix has developed what the company claims is the industry's most multilayered 176-layer 512Gb triple-level cell (TLC) 4D NAND flash, and started delivering the chip samples to...
DRAM to remain largest IC segment in 2020, says IC Insights
Monday 7 December 2020DRAM will generate the greatest sales revenue among all IC product categories in 2020, while NAND flash will outperform other sectors in terms of revenue growth, according to IC In...
DRAM market to reach supply-demand balance in 1H21, says Adata chairman
Monday 30 November 2020The global DRAM memory market will reach the balance of supply and demand in the first half of 2021, with limited growth in the overall bit supply coupled with a gradual rise in demand...
Global NAND flash output value to drop in 4Q20, says TrendForce
Friday 27 November 2020Output value for the global NAND flash memory industry will register a sequential decrease in the fourth quarter of 2020 following a mere 0.3% growth in the prior quarter, according...
Wafer capacity by feature size shows strongest growth at sub-10nm
Wednesday 18 November 2020IC capacity for leading-edge (sub-10nm) processes is expected to grow and become the largest portion of monthly installed capacity across the industry beginning in 2024, according...
Team Group reports loss in 3Q20
Monday 16 November 2020Memory module house Team Group swung to net loss of approximately NT$70 million (US$2.46 million) in the third quarter, due mainly to an around 10% fall in memory ASPs, as well as...
Macronix, Winbond stepping up automotive NAND deployments
Friday 13 November 2020To expand presence in the automotive memory market, Macronix International has disclosed plans to enter volume production of 96-layer 3D NAND memory for automotive applications in...
Phison sees PCIe SSD controller shipments surge
Wednesday 11 November 2020Phison Electronics has disclosed shipments of its PCIe SSD controllers surged nearly 94% on year in the first 10 months of 2020, with shipments for October alone rising 55% to a monthly...