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SK Hynix Overtakes Micron to Become No. 3 in NAND Flash Memory 14 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
SEOUL, KOREA- SK Hynix has become a No. 3 producer in NAND flash memory chips overtaking Micron Technology Inc. of the United States.This is largely due to the company's concentrated investment in the...
NAND Flash prices to return to Growth in September-October 6 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
NAND flash contract prices are expected to rally between September and October thanks to growing demand ahead of new phone and tablet launches as well as back-to-school demand, according to sources at...
Toshiba, SanDisk invest $4 billion in Flash Memory Production 6 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
Toshiba, in conjunction with SanDisk, plans to build a new memory chip production factory in Yokkaichi, Japan. According to Reuters, Japanese publication the Nikkei says that a total of 400 billion y...
IBM to invest $1B in flash memory development 30 Jul 2013 | 09:34 pm
Following its buy-out of solid-state storage maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) last fall, IBM today said it plans to make a $1 billion investment in flash development, a new line of all-flash appliance...
NAND Flash Is Here To Stay 29 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
The pressure to find an alternative mainstream non-volatile memory to NAND is now much less urgent following the development of vertical NAND structures which stack memory cells on top of each other. ...
NAND flash demand might be weaker than expected in 3Q13 26 Jul 2013 | 08:59 pm
Due to disappointing sales of high-end smartphones, demand for NAND flash will likely be weaker than expected in the third quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. NAND prices have fallen about...
Intel cuts 2013 revenue forecast as PC industry sags 18 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
(Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) cut its full-year revenue forecast and said it is scaling back capital spending as it adjusts to a painful contraction of personal computer sales and economic weakness ...
SanDisk beats estimates as memory chip prices bounce back 18 Jul 2013 | 08:54 pm
SanDisk Corp's (SNDK.O) quarterly results beat analysts' estimates as prices of flash memory chips rebounded from last year's lows. SanDisk shares were up 5 percent in post-market trading, after clos...
Commentary: NAND flash controller industry headed for consolidation 3 Jul 2013 | 07:54 pm
With more NAND flash memory chips designed into embedded applications, such as eMMC devices and solid-state drives (SSD), memory controller IC firms incapable of providing technologies for these stora...
Chip Sales Grew in May at Fastest Rate in Three Years 2 Jul 2013 | 07:22 pm
Sales of personal computers and servers may be slowing down, but sales of chips are growing faster than at any time in the last three years, according to new figures from the Semiconductor Industry As...
