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Thursday 21 September 2017
Toshiba agrees to sell memory-chip unit to Bain Capital-led consortium
Toshiba has agreed to sell its memory-chip business to KK Pangea, a special purpose acquisition company formed by a Bain Capital Private Equity-led consortium. The decision was made...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Toshiba signs MoU to sell memory business to Bain Capital-led consortium
Toshiba announced on September 13 that the company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bain Capital Private Equity, the lead member of a consortium currently...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
NAND flash market to top US$65 billion in 2020, says report
The NAND flash market is forecast to top US$65 billion in 2020, up from US$40 billion in 2017, according to data from a ChinaFlashMarket.com report.
Monday 11 September 2017
Toshiba to break ground for new memory fab in 2018
Toshiba has announced subsidiary Toshiba Memory has selected Kitakami City in Japan's Iwate prefecture as the next location to expand its flash memory operations. Construction of...
Friday 1 September 2017
Toshiba says talks to sell Toshiba Memory continue
Toshiba has disclosed negotiations with three potential buyers for its memory chip business, Toshiba Memory, continue.
Friday 1 September 2017
Orders for NOR flash, car electronics chips to buoy Ardentec revenues in 2H17
Ardentec has landed a ramp-up of orders for NOR flash memory while seeing stable demand for car electronics chips from Renesas Electronics and Texas Instruments (TI), according to...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Global 2Q17 NAND flash market posts 8% growth, says DRAMeXchange
The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$13.22 billion in the second quarter of 2017, up 8% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange.
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Toshiba says court order will not affect memory operations
Toshiba has been ordered by a US court to resume Western Digital's access to certain Toshiba's databases, but this order will not affect the operations of its memory chip unit - Toshiba...
Friday 4 August 2017
Toshiba to invest in new fab without SanDisk
Toshiba will invest in Fab 6 of its Yokkaichi operations in Mie (Japan) alone, after failing to reach an agreement with manufacturing partner Western Digital (formerly SanDisk) on...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Nanya mulls developing 10nm DRAM technology in-house
Nanya Technology has licensed 1x and 1y DRAM technologies from Micron Technology, and is mulling developing a 10nm process in-house, according to the Taiwan-based DRAM manufacturer...
Thursday 27 July 2017
TSMC, UMC offer higher prices to secure wafer supplies
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have recently secured 1-2 year supply contracts with Shin-Etsu and Sumco and offered higher prices...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Toshiba transfers Phison shares to memory unit
Toshiba has transferred its partial stake stake in Phison Electronics to its memory unit, Toshiba Memory (TMC), according to the Taiwan-based memory device controller supplier.
Thursday 20 July 2017
Powerchip, Zentel to appeal patent ruling favoring Toshiba
Powerchip Technology and Zentel Electronics will file an appeal against a Taiwan IP court patent dispute ruling in favor of Toshiba, according to the Taiwan-based companies.
Thursday 20 July 2017
Digitimes Research: UFS-based NAND flash solutions to become mainstream storage technology for mobile devices
While today's mobile devices use either UFS (Universal Flash Storage) or eMMC (embedded multi-media card)-based NAND flash solutions to store information, eMMC5.1 chips are becoming...
Thursday 20 July 2017
IDM model no longer viable for Japan semiconductor industry: Q&A with Socionext CEO Yasuo Nishiguchi
Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor industry is significantly losing ground in world markets, as most Japanese players,...