The global NAND flash industry generated US$13.71 billion in output value in the third quarter of 2022, down 24.3% sequentially, according to a recent TrendForce report. The industry...
Apple has quietly suspended plans to purchase 128-layer NAND flash from Chinese supplier Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) for iPhones targeting the China market, and reportedly...
Memory makers such as Micron Technology and Kioxia are expected to see their business operations undermined by sharp declines in end-market demand for consumer electronics devices...
Spot market sales for NAND flash are coming to a standstill despite sharp price falls in the past months, and long-term agreement (LTA) fulfillment rate by clients has hit a low of...
The memory industry is being greatly affected by the cyclical fluctuations of the economy, but automotive and industrial control applications have become the mainstay for NOR and...
Global NAND flash makers are on track to start a new round of competition in producing 3D NAND chips with over 200 layers after Micron Technology announced commercial production of...
Kioxia has introduced an industrial-grade series of its 3D flash memory BiCS FLASH. Sampling commenced earlier this year, with mass production expected late in the fourth quarter...
Datacenter and corporate clients have recently moved to adjust their NAND flash inventory in response to component shortages and global economic downturns, although demand for SSD...
SK Hynix has announced the development of its 238-layer 4D NAND flash memory, with shipments of 512Gb triple-level cell (TLC) chip samples already kicking off.
Following the subsidies to TSMC's 300mm fab in Kumamoto and TSMC's 3DIC R&D center in Ibaraki, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has lately announced plans...
The global smartphone memory market clocked a total revenue of US$11.5 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron...
The 2021 peak demand for NAND flash has passed, and continued downturn in consumer applications is expected to widen price falls for such memory chips to double-digit levels in the...
NAND flash chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) plans to skip the 192-layer generation and move directly to 232 layers, according to industry sources in China.
