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Wednesday 19 April 2023
Samsung focuses output cut effort on DRAM
Samsung Electronics has focused its output reduction efforts on DRAM, while striving to maintain its NAND flash chip output to further enhance its market leadership, according to...
Thursday 6 April 2023
Kioxia, Western Digital intro 218-layer 3D flash memory
Kioxia and Western Digital have revealed details of their latest 3D flash memory technology, showing their ongoing innovation collaboration. The 218-layer 3D flash memory uses advanced...
Monday 27 March 2023
Development of advanced lithography technology (II): Nano imprint lithography (NIL) and directed self-assembly (DSA)
Apart from purely optical methods, there are other ways that can be used to define fine semiconductor patterns.
Friday 24 March 2023
Toshiba board reportedly OKs takeover by JIP-led group
Toshiba's board of directors has approved a JPY2 trillion (US$15.3 billion) offer from a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to buy the company, according to local media...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Enterprise SSD prices continue fall in 1Q23, says TrendForce
Enterprise SSD prices are poised to continue their downward trend in the first quarter after falling 25% in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to TrendForce.
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Memory firms brace for workforce reductions
A number of memory chipmakers and solution suppliers are reorganizing their teams and reallocating resources, with plans to scale down their workforces, according to industry sourc...
Friday 17 February 2023
Kioxia and WD resume merger talks
Kioxia and Western Digital (WD) have resumed talks over a potential merger, but given the current state of the NAND flash industry, industry sources expect there may be many obstacles...
Thursday 26 January 2023
Japan chip development policy highlights security and revitalization
The Japanese government has set its semiconductor development policy based on two major principles - security and revitalization, shifting from relying entirely on domestic companies...
Thursday 5 January 2023
Western Digital, Kioxia revive merger talks with flash memory demand sinking
Western Digital Corp. has restarted talks with Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp. in a deal that could unite two technology storage providers, according to people familiar with the matt...
Monday 19 December 2022
New Japan chipmaker Rapidus faces challenges to mass produce 2nm chips by 2027
Japan's newly founded advanced chips manufacturing company Rapidus aims to develop 2nm chips mass production technology through cooperation with mainly the US and foray into the foundry...
Monday 19 September 2022
Suppliers set to enter production race for 3D NAND with 200+ layers
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...
Friday 12 August 2022
Kioxia sees datacenter clients adjust NAND inventory
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...
Friday 5 August 2022
Micron and WD proposes to form memory coalition amid fierce competition with China and Korea
Micron, the world's third largest memory chip manufacturer, announced on August 4 to jointly propose a Memory Coalition of Excellence (MCOE) with Western Digital (WD), another US...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Japan subsidies for Kioxia-WD NAND flash plant: A step towards 'Chip 4 Alliance'?
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...
Monday 16 May 2022
Silicon Motion to operate independently after merger with MaxLinear
Silicon Motion Technology will not change its trade mark or operating strategy after being acquired by US-based broadband communication chips supplier MaxLinear, as both companies...