Prices for mobile DRAM memory are set to fall substantially due to excess smartphone inventory, according to sources at memory makers. Disappointing smartphone sales have led to high levels of inventory in the supply chain, said the ...
Tags: mobile DRAM, smartphone
LED firms in Greater China should cooperate and build a single brand to maximize their competitive advantages, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics. Yeh noted that China has a large ...
Micron will soon buy Elpida for 200bn yen (about $2.5bn), of which 140bn yen will be used to pay off debts, says DRAMeXchange. As the Japanese memory maker currently owes 420bn yen, lenders will have to write off approximately 70% of the ...
Taipei, Dec. 22, 2012 (CENS)--World’s leading DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chipmakers are estimated to reduce capital expenditure by 21% in 2013 from 2012 in spite of reduced number of the players after years of industry-wide ...
Tags: DRAM Makers, DRAM, chipmakers, Micron Technology, Elpida Memory
The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
Tags: Japanese, semiconductor industry, downward spiral, Q2
Micron has won the right to negotiate exclusively to buy Elpida,according to DRAMeXchange,and the DRAM industry looks set to consolidate around three major suppliers. Micron and Elpida would collectively own 23%of the DRAM market about ...
Tags: DRAM industry, Micron, Samsung, consolidation