Production at Samsung’s memory fab in Xi’an halts temporarily with little impact
South Korean media Digital Daily reported that production at Samsung Electronics’ 3D NAND Flash facility in Xi’an, China, recently came to a temporary halt. Over 30,000 wafers were scrapped as the...
View ArticleNAND Flash Brand Suppliers’ Overall Quarterly Revenue Increased by 2% in...
The NAND flash market was generally healthy in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. However, Samsung, Toshiba and SanDisk respectively faced pressures such...
View ArticleToshiba, SK Hynix join hands in nano-imprint lithography process
Toshiba, the world’s second largest NAND flash memory manufacturer, announced in a press release Feb. 5 that in order to accelerate the progress in nano-imprint lithography (NIL) development, the...
View ArticleMemory technology to fuel the next round of patent wars: iRunway Research report
Austin, TX, February 18, 2015 – iRunway, a technology consulting firm specializing in patent licensing and litigation, has released a comprehensive new report revealing leading patent holders in...
View ArticleThe NAND Flash industry advances with TLC products taking charge of the...
The newest report from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, indicates that TLC NAND flash will account for nearly half of the total NAND flash output in 4Q15. With TLC NAND applications shifting...
View ArticleVaried Performance Results for NAND Flash Suppliers in Q2 as They Pursue...
NAND flash suppliers’ revenue results, profit margins and other performance indicators varied because of differences in their eMMC, eMCP and SSD product strategies. Suppliers are working hard to...
View ArticleTrendForce Says NAND Contract Price Down 6~7% in August’s Second Half; Market...
Smartphone, tablet and notebook vendors have marked down their shipment targets in response to the slowing of the global economic recovery in the second half of 2015, according to the latest research...
View ArticleDRAM and NAND Flash Consumption in China to Reach US$12 Billion and $6.67...
According to the latest research from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, server and smartphone shipment demand continues to grow in the immense Chinese memory market. The latest forecast indicates...
View ArticleToshiba and SanDisk Announce Start of Equipment Installation at Yokkaichi’s...
Toshiba and SanDisk Corporation today announced the start of equipment installation in the New Fab 2 facility at Yokkaichi Operations. New Fab 2 is primarily intended to provide the clean room space...
View ArticleTrendForce Says Intel’s Upgrade of Its Dalian Plant Will Bring China’s...
Intel announced on October 20 that it will convert its fab in Dalian, China, from making processor chips on the 65nm process to making 3D-NAND Flash chips, which is currently the most advanced memory...
View ArticleChinese to Play a Significant Role in NAND Flash Industry in Next 2~3 Years...
Led by state-backed conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup, which has accelerated its investments in NAND Flash manufacturers, the Chinese semiconductor sector is set to play a pivotal role in the global NAND...
View ArticleTrendForce Expects the Flourishing Chinese NAND Flash Industry to Spur the...
China’s NAND Flash industry witnessed a steady growth in investments through 2015. As Chinese semiconductor companies build up their memory manufacturing capabilities at the wafer level, they are also...
View ArticleTrendForce Reports NAND Flash Revenue Fell 2.3% in 4Q15 as Oversupply Led to...
Set against the prior quarter, the contract prices of NAND Flash memory chips fell by 9~10% in the fourth quarter of 2015 as the market experienced oversupply. Prices of eMMC and SSD products also fell...
View ArticleGroundbreaking of the New XMC Memory Fab in China at the End of March Signals...
Major Chinese memory manufacturer XMC will begin the construction of a new wafer fab at the end of March. This fab is expected to enter production by the start of 2018 and its main strategic product at...
View ArticleTrendForce Compuforum: 2016: NAND Flash Prices to Stabilize in Second Half of...
TrendForce and TechNews jointly held “Compuforum 2016: The Future of Mobile Devices” on May 31 at the fourth-floor VIP room of Taipei International Conventional Center, as part of the Computex Taipei...
View Article【COMPUTEX 2016】Leading Chinese Storage Device Maker Longsys Taps into IoT...
China’s leading memory module maker Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. uses its experiences and advantage in the memory industry as well as its keen sense of the market potential to take on the market...
View ArticleSamsung Electronics Now Ranked No. 1 in Enterprise SSD Market
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it is now the world’s number one supplier of enterprise solid state drives used in corporate data...
View ArticleWestern Digital SanDisk InfiniFlash Platform Adopted by SoftBank Corp. to...
Western Digital Corporation, a global storage technology and solutions leader, today announced that SoftBank Corp. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo) has adopted the SanDisk InfiniFlash all-flash storage...
View ArticleToshiba Raises 1st-Half Profit Forecast on Higher NAND Demand
As a strong boost to its image, tarnished by book cooking lasting seven straight years, Toshiba revised upward on Sept. 28 its profit forecast for the first half to 85 billion yen, 21.43% higher than...
View ArticleToshiba Launches Multi-Function System Power IC for SSD
Toshiba Corporation’s Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today launched “TC7738WBG,” a multi-function system power IC suited for the power supply of SSD components, such as the SoC core...
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