A ramp-up in orders for NAND flash memory will boost revenues at backend houses ChipMOS Technologies and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) in the second half of 2019, according...

NAND flash wafer prices have been rising in the third quarter of 2019, and have exceeded manufacturers' cash cost levels, according to industry sources.

The global DRAM memory industry dropped 9% in output value sequentially in the second quarter, while the NAND flash sector stayed flat, according to DRAMeXchange.

Micron Technology has unveiled a new 12-inch fab at its manufacturing site for NAND flash memory in Singapore, and expects the facility to ramp up production in the second half of...

NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profit declined 11.4% sequentially and 36.8% on year to NT$781 million (US$25 million) in the second quarter...

Industrial memory module specialist Innodisk saw its gross margin climb to a record high of 32.3% in the second quarter of 2019, despite revenue drops.

Despite lackluster memory demand likely to persist till the end of 2019, the memory industry is expected to see a brighter prospect starting 2020 when 5G services kick off commercial...

Intel in the second quarter maintained its position as the world's largest semiconductor supplier, although second-placed Samsung managed to narrow the gap due to renewed vigor in...

Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects a pick-up in demand for DRAM in the second half of 2019, while new orders for NAND flash devices will start generating revenues.

NAND flash contract market prices continue their downward trend in July, but the price falls have decelerated, according to DRAMeXchange.

Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory will continue rallying in the short term, driven by the ongoing trade disputes between Japan and South Korea, as well as suppliers'...

Despite a 38% sales decline expected this year, the DRAM market is forecast to remain the largest of all IC product categories again in 2019 with sales reaching US$62 billion, down...

NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post sequential sales increases through the fourth quarter of 2019, thanks mainly to growing shipments...

SK Hynix saw its operating profits fall 89% from a year earlier to KRW638 billion (US$540.8 million) in the second quarter of 2019, when consolidated revenues slid 38% on year to...

Everspin Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) persistent memory solutions, has announced Phison Electronics will provide native support for Everspin's...

Quanta is looking for components that are not made in China to avoid issues concerning country of origin for its server...

Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips have been on the rise since the beginning of July, and their contract prices may bottom out by the end of the month, according...

Memory and logic IC backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) expects to post sequential growth in revenues for both the third quarter and the second half of 2019, judging from recovery...

NAND flash vendors are gearing up to roll out their high-end solutions for datacenter and high-end enterprise products while stepping up their pace of technology transitions. Competition...

Taiwan-based memory backend specialists have seen clear order visibility through the fourth quarter of 2019, as they have directly or indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics on July 22 held a beam-raising ceremony for its new 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. The new facility...

Chipmakers are aggressively improving their new 96-layer 3D NAND process yield rates, looking to have the technology become the mainstream in 2020, according to industry sources.

Toshiba Memory, which was spun off from Toshiba in April 2017, has announced it will change its corporate name to Kioxia on October 1, 2019.

The 2019 global electronic systems market will grow 4% to US$1,680 billion, but the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to drop by 12% this year to US$443.8 billion after exceeding...

Taiwan memory modules makers including Adata Technology, Phison Electronics and Team Group are mulling a 10-15% hike in SSD prices and enforcing a limited-supply policy amid growing...