642 news items tagged SSD
Phison puts increased focus on non-CE apps
Friday 26 February 2021Phison Electronics, which specializes in flash storage devices and controller ICs, has put increased focus on enterprise, automotive and industrial applications while lowering sales...
Samsung begins mass production of datacenter SSD for hyperscale environments
Friday 26 February 2021Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of its most advanced line of datacenter SSDs - the PM9A3 E1.S - which fully complies with the Open Compute Project (OCP) NVMe Cloud...
Silicon Motion expects 7-12% revenue increase in 1Q21
Monday 8 February 2021Flash device controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology expects to post revenues of between US$154 million and US$161 million in the first quarter of 2021, representing a 7-12%...
SSD controller supply stays tight
Friday 5 February 2021The supply of SSD device controller ICs remains tight, which may continue to boost SSD prices despite sufficient NAND chip supplies, according to industry sources.
SSD adoption among notebooks to accelerate in 2021
Monday 1 February 2021Falling NAND flash prices will be driving substantially the adoption of SSDs in notebooks this year, which Micron Technology executive VP and chief business officer Sumit Sadana also...
PTI set to boost logic IC backend revenue ratio to 50% in mid-2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is gearing up to expand its business in the logic IC field in 2021 with focus placed on flip-chip packaging and bumping services,...
Adata sees SSD revenue climb over 40% in 2020
Thursday 7 January 2021Memory module maker Adata Technology saw sales of its SSD products climb over 40% on year to a record high of NT$10.77 billion (US$384.82 million) in 2020.
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.
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,...
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...
Exascend introduces industrial rugged PCIe Gen3 and SATA3 SSD products
Thursday 3 December 2020Exascend Co. Ltd., a leading service-driven high-performance storage solution provider, has announced the availability of new line of thermally optimized, ultra-capacity, high speed...
BT substrate production lead time extended
Tuesday 24 November 2020The supply of ABF substrate has been tight, which has also pushed up BT substrate production lead times, according to industry sources.
Phison posts profit surge in 3Q20
Friday 13 November 2020Flash memory controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits surged 55% sequentially to NT$1.83 billion (US$64.3 million) in the third quarter, with EPS reaching NT...
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...
Micron ships 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory
Tuesday 10 November 2020Micron Technology has begun volume shipments of what the company claims is the world's first 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory.
Silicon Motion expects foundry supply to stay tight through end-2021
Tuesday 10 November 2020Flash device controller developers, including Silicon Motion Technology, have seen their foundry partners encounter tight capacity particularly at 8-inch fabs, which may persist through...
Silicon Motion expects revenue growth in 4Q20
Thursday 5 November 2020NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post revenues of between US$130 million and US$139 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 3-10% sequentially,...
Lingering NAND price falls may affect Intel-Sk Hynix deal, say sources
Monday 2 November 2020NAND flash price falls have been accelerating in the second half of the year along with datacenter operators and server clients entering inventory adjustments, and may persist into...
SK Hynix to acquire Intel NAND memory biz
Tuesday 20 October 2020Intel and SK Hynix have signed an agreement under which the latter would acquire the former's NAND memory and storage business for US$9 billion, according to the companies.
Innodisk launches 96-layer 3D TLC SSD lineup
Thursday 15 October 2020SSD developer Innodisk has rolled out its new 96-layer 3D TLC device lineup for enterprise and industrial applications, and is gearing up for end-market demand recovery next year.
Memory module houses see demand in China disappoint
Wednesday 14 October 2020Despite a continued rally in memory spot market prices, channel distributors in China continue to see disappointing SSD and DRAM module sales, according to sources at memory module...
Apacer cloud-edge integration online exhibition reveals diversified solutions
Thursday 8 October 2020As international exhibitions continue to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by transferring content online, Apacer, the global storage and memory leading brand, has not...