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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...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Elpida reportedly developing die-shrink 50nm process without expenditure on new tools
Elpida Memory has been quietly developing a technology based on its existing 65nm equipment for DRAM production, to enable a die shrink to 50nm, industry sources have claimed. The...
Monday 22 June 2009
Inotera aims to complete DRAM transition to 50nm by end of 2010
Inotera Memories is on track to migrate to Micron Technology's 50nm stack for its 2Gb DDR3 chips, according to company president Charles Kao. The DRAM chipmaker, a joint venture between...
Friday 5 June 2009
PTI to benefit from Elpida DDR3 ramp in 3Q09
Elpida Memory plans to scale up output for DDR3 in the third quarter when it completes its migration to 50nm, according to industry sources. Its major backend service supplier Powertech...
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Nanya to raise NT$30 billion for migration to 50nm
The board of directors at DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has approved a plan to raise more than NT$15 billion (US$464 million) through a private placement at the end of June. Backed...
Monday 4 May 2009
Nanya expects transition to DDR3 to accelerate in 2H09
The transition to DDR3 will be sped up by the upcoming launch of PCs with DDR3 in the second half of 2009, according to Pei-Lin Pai, spokesperson for DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technolog...
Friday 27 March 2009
Elpida 50nm 2Gb mobile RAM enters mass production
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced that the mass production of its 2Gb mobile RAM using 50nm process technology has kicked off at its Hiroshima fab.
Thursday 19 March 2009
Samsung starts shipping 16GB DDR3 modules for servers
Samsung Electronics has announced that shipments of what it claims to be the world's first and smallest high-density memory modules based on 2Gb, 50nm-class DDR3 have kicked off.
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Micron, Nanya and Inotera benefit from closer ties
Micron has announced that sampling of 50nm DRAM, developed in partnership with Nanya Technology, has kicked off. In addition, Inotera Memories is benefiting from the improving relationship...
Thursday 11 December 2008
Elpida completes development of 50nm 2Gb mobile RAM
Elpida Memory announced today that the company had completed development of a 2Gb mobile RAM lineup using 50nm process technology with 193nm (ArF) immersion lithography and copper...
Thursday 27 November 2008
Elpida goes green with development of 50nm process DDR3 SDRAM
Elpida Memory has announced the completed development of a 50nm process DDR3 SDRAM. The company claims the new DRAM product features the lowest power consumption in the industry,...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Pay to play: DRAM transition to 50nm will not be cheap
With leading DRAM players expected to migrate to 50nm-class production starting in the second half of 2008, cash flows among players will be the judging factor to see whether a transition...
Monday 2 June 2008
Rexchip likely to be first Taiwan DRAM maker to swing to profits in 2Q
Rexchip Electronics is likely to be the first Taiwan DRAM maker to swing to profits in the second quarter as the company has already turned a profit from April, according to Powerchip...
Monday 2 June 2008
Commentary: ProMOS to avoid 60nm transition issues by going to 50nm
After Hynix Semiconductor recently gained approval by the Korean government to transfer its 54nm DRAM production technology to ProMOS Technologies, ProMOS is believed will be the...