By BraftonSteve2 on
5/10/2012 8:34 AM
When considering what it costs to make an iPhone or Android smartphone, many users might think of the screen as the most expensive piece of hardware.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
5/9/2012 9:40 AM
Despite falling sales, Samsung maintained its position in first place with 33 percent of the market share among branded NAND flash manufacturers during the first quarter of 2012.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
5/7/2012 8:15 AM
The NAND Flash contract prices slipped once again during the second half of April, as the slow seasonal sales continue to limit the demand for new inventory and chip makers and clients are still squabbling over prices, a recent study from the DRAMeXchange found.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
5/3/2012 9:23 AM
A growing number of DRAM manufacturers are shifting their production away from traditional PC DRAM and increasing their output of mobile DRAM and other specialty chips, a recent DRAMeXchange study found.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/30/2012 9:29 AM
Silicon has formed the basis for chips, transistors and other aspects of memory, essentially, since the advent of computing.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/27/2012 9:42 AM
Samsung recently predicted that the mobile handset industry will experience slight growth during the second quarter 2012, leading to significant gains in mobile DRAM and NAND Flash sales, Reuters reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/27/2012 9:38 AM
The bidding war for bankrupt DRAM manufacturer Elpida has lost one of its primary players, as Toshiba has chosen to remove itself from the process, leaving SK Synix and Micron as the primary players in the event, TechEye reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/26/2012 9:41 AM
The economic models that dictate how the DRAM industry functions are surprisingly similar to that of the steel industry, and chip manufacturers can learn a lot from the similarity.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/23/2012 8:25 AM
Virtual desktop infrastructure is emerging as a solution to many enterprise problems, ranging from the rise of bring-your-own-device to the need to support branch offices without housing servers in the facility.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/20/2012 6:33 AM
Ultrabooks and other emerging technologies founded on components using NAND Flash are creating significant demand for the chip format, which will create approximately 8 percent growth for the NAND Flash market as a whole during 2012, according to a recent IHS iSuppli study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/19/2012 8:42 AM
Mainstream NAND Flash contract prices fell approximately 4 to 8 percent during the first half of April, as the slow seasonal sales period continues to detract from new chip purchase activities within the sector, a recent DRAMeXchange study found.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/16/2012 7:37 AM
The perfect solid state drive for tablets and Ultrabooks has yet to hit the market. There are many good solutions available, but a device with the right price-performance-capacity ratio is hard to come by.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/11/2012 7:10 AM
Micron has announced the development of a new solid state drive built on the company's RealSSD C400 architecture but produced in an ultra-thin form - a factor that will allow the drive to function effectively in Ultrabooks.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/10/2012 8:12 AM
Shares of SanDisk stocks have been struggling of late because the company has focused largely on hard disk drives and other forms of memory that are witnessing eroding profit margins.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/9/2012 8:50 AM
IBM recently announced plans to work on an exascale computing unit with the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, known as Astron.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/4/2012 7:47 AM
Samsung has been working on developing a strategy to build a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in China, adding to its base of operations in South Korea.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/3/2012 9:02 AM
For the past year or two, the NAND Flash sector has witnessed relatively rapid bit growth as manufacturers have been working to develop denser chips at better manufacturing standards to make Flash-based technologies more affordable.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/29/2012 9:01 AM
Resistive RAM, MRAM, phase change memory and other emerging chip formats have been threatening to dethrone NAND Flash for years.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/28/2012 6:06 AM
Early year patterns for slow retail sales of NAND Flash-based products have continued, as downstream chip buyers are seeing little demand and therefore not ordering new supplies in high quantities, according to the DRAMeXchange.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/27/2012 9:16 AM
DRAM contract prices rose by approximately 2.7 percent during the second half of March.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/27/2012 9:14 AM
During 2012, new Ultrabook releases are expected to headline the laptop computing market, acting as a catalyst for growth, the DRAMeXchange reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/26/2012 8:48 AM
An ongoing bidding war to purchase beleaguered memory manufacturer Elpida, which makes a significant portion of the world's DRAM, is being won by Micron, the current frontrunner in the corporate acquisition auction, Fudzilla reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/23/2012 7:17 AM
A combination of emerging technologies is creating a perfect storm for innovation in the storage sector, where well-established systems for long-term data storage are beginning to be replaced by new technologies, frequently built on a foundation of NAND Flash, eWeek reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/20/2012 8:14 AM
A year removed from the devastating earthquake and tsunami activity that severely damaged many manufacturing plants in Japan, the semiconductor market has recovered to previous levels.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/19/2012 7:21 AM
Scientists at the A*Start Data Storage Institute have developed a new technology that uses soft decision decoding and a soft-output channel detection to perform error correction code functions on spin torque transfer MRAM units, Physorg.com reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/16/2012 6:15 AM
The recent rise of NAND Flash's popularity has left many experts wondering if it will soon follow the path of DRAM, losing much of its revenue generation potential.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/16/2012 5:59 AM
The mainstream NAND Flash contract prices remained flat, for the most part, during the first half of March, as the market began to recover from the end-of-quarter slide in February, a recent DRAMeXchange study found.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/15/2012 7:55 AM
Prominent DRAM manufacturer Hynix recently announced plans to devote more resources to NAND Flash manufacturing during 2012, the Korea Herald reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/15/2012 7:52 AM
A combination of high memory requirements and a dominant place in its market are leading to the iPad's prominence in the NAND Flash sector.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/14/2012 7:20 AM
Elpida's declaration of bankruptcy and the looming questions surrounding the company's future have put most of the DRAM sector into wait-and-see mode, as the manufacturing giant's fate is expected to have a major impact on the industry, according to a recent DRAMeXchange study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/13/2012 6:21 AM
Throughout the rest of 2012, the semiconductor fab market will experience minimal, if any, growth, as macroeconomic conditions combine with industry circumstances to enable stability, but not expansion.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/12/2012 7:39 AM
Elpida, one of the largest DRAM manufacturers, has declared bankruptcy and is leaving the market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/9/2012 6:33 AM
After revealing DDR4 memory chips at the recent ISSCC 2012 conference, Samsung and Hynix have taken the pole position in the future memory market, gaining a major edge over their competitors, who have yet to reveal finished DRAM chips, the IT Times reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/8/2012 6:57 AM
The solid state drive has been on the fringes of the storage market for a while now, as it is ideal for high-performance functions, but too expensive for mainstream use, especially at high capacities.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/8/2012 6:55 AM
Micron recently announced that it has completed the development on new solid state drive technology that connects to devices using a PCI-express interface, but is built in a 2.5-inch form factor.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/7/2012 8:25 AM
Emerging trends in the DRAM sector are creating an environment of rapid change, as manufacturers are being forced to revise their production strategies in response to shifting market conditions.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/5/2012 7:29 AM
Elpida, one of the more prominent Taiwan-based memory manufacturers recently filed for bankruptcy and protection, a major blow to the nation's market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/2/2012 7:36 AM
February has almost always been a challenging month for the semiconductor sector, as the recent conclusion of the Chinese New Year and the end of the resupply period following the western holiday season leads to a fairly bleak purchasing climate.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/1/2012 8:21 AM
The Japanese market has discovered that solid state drive manufacturer OCZ plans to expand its popular Agility 3 series of SSDs with two new models, with capacities of 180 GB and 360 GB, the VR-Zone reported, citing Japanese publication Hermitage Akihabara.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/1/2012 8:19 AM
Micron is poised for significant growth in the coming year, as its recent successful entry into the NAND Flash market and similar strong points are creating major opportunities for the company, Seeking Alpha reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/1/2012 8:14 AM
The current economic climate has created an environment in which NAND Flash chips are especially inexpensive, particularly for memory cards and USB Flash drives.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/29/2012 10:36 AM
Toshiba and Western Digital have completed a deal that will see Toshiba gain ownership of some of Western Digital's hard disk drive manufacturing centers and related intellectual property, while Western Digital will take ownership of Toshiba Storage Device Thailand.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/29/2012 9:28 AM
While solid state drives provide a major performance boost compared to standard hard disk drives, they are still somewhat limited in terms of supplementary capabilities.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/29/2012 9:27 AM
The first quarter of 2012 is experiencing recovery in the DRAM market, as suppliers that operated in the red during the fourth quarter of 2011 are now showing signs of recovery, industry sources told DigiTimes.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/24/2012 8:18 AM
SanDisk recently announced plans to reveal a new NAND Flash chip at the upcoming International Solid State Circuits Conference, the EE Times reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/16/2012 7:56 AM
The first half of February witnessed flat contract prices in the 2 GB DRAM sector, but many modules did sell for higher prices than expected, displaying some momentum moving forward.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/15/2012 9:18 AM
Micron, a long-time leader in the PC solid state drive and DRAM market, recently announced plans to diversify its product line by investing in the production of mobile memory formats.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/14/2012 7:56 AM
While NAND Flash has been eroding DRAM's place in the mobile market, there is still a fairly large niche for the memory format within the sector.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/13/2012 12:12 PM
NAND Flash chip densities are rising quickly into the 2Xnm territory, but the industry is already moving forward to vertically integrated memory, a solution that stacks semiconductor elements to improve overall chip density, the EE Times reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/10/2012 8:39 AM
The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a major shift from DRAM as the primary memory format to NAND Flash, and more manufacturers are switching their production priorities in response.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/10/2012 8:36 AM
The integrated circuit sector, which deals mainly semiconductor chips including NAND Flash technology, is poised for significant expansion in 2012. During the year, 27 of the 33 product lines within the IC market will see growth, according to a recent IC Insights study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/7/2012 7:51 AM
The fourth quarter of 2011 witnessed a challenging period for NAND Flash, as a variety of market conditions limited sales opportunities.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/6/2012 8:42 AM
Efforts to control production and limit supply chain issues in the DRAM sector have paid off, as contract sale prices for 2 GB DDR3 DRAM remained flat in the second half of January 2011, the DRAMeXchange reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/3/2012 8:26 AM
During 2012, the semiconductor industry is expected to expand. However, the rate of growth will be significantly less rapid than many would have initially expected.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/24/2012 8:08 AM
As home automation systems become more popular and advanced in nature, semiconductors are emerging as one of the most important related technologies, the EE Herald reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/18/2012 9:10 AM
The first half of January has seen NAND Flash contract prices remain steady because many device manufacturers already have plenty of inventory, while others are waiting to purchase until the Chinese New Year takes a firm hold on the market, according to the DRAMeXchange.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/12/2012 8:01 AM
Traditionally, Transcend Information has been a DRAM manufacturer.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/11/2012 7:17 AM
NAND Flash-based solid state drives are positioned for a year of meteoric growth as a number of market conditions converge to create an ideal atmosphere for rapid expansion, according to a recent IDC study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/9/2012 7:05 AM
Apple's reputation as one of the leading NAND Flash buyers in the world is well-founded, as the company is using the memory technology to drive profits well beyond its competitors, CNN Money reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/5/2012 8:33 AM
The South Korean government recently approved Samsung's plans to build a new NAND Flash manufacturing plant in China.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/5/2012 8:29 AM
Powerchip recently signed a contract to produce 100,000 512 MB and 1 GB multi-chip packages.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/4/2012 7:20 AM
Mobile handsets have long relied on specialty memory formats along with NAND Flash to enable advanced capabilities.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
1/3/2012 8:44 AM
Despite some hope for growth in 2012, the NAND Flash market is still facing difficult conditions thanks to seasonal trends, macroeconomic issues and other problems that are affecting the sector.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/28/2011 9:07 AM
The data storage sector is amid a period of systemic change, as rising data capacity needs and performance requirements are creating an environment in which performance is key.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/22/2011 10:21 AM
Micron recently said that the 20nm NAND Flash memory module it developed with Intel is just as reliable as standard 25nm MLC NAND Flash, Xbit Laboratories reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/21/2011 9:45 AM
Current trends in desktop, notebook and tablet sales are creating an environment in which solid state drives will likely become much more popular during the next year, PCMag reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/21/2011 9:43 AM
A number of NAND Flash makers recently announced plans to work together to improve content protection technologies in SD cards and other forms of Flash-based memory chips.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/13/2011 7:52 AM
The industry-wide hard disk drive shortage created by the floods in Thailand is expected to continue disrupting supply chains through 2013, according to a recent IDC study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/12/2011 7:16 AM
Samsung has announced plans to open a NAND Flash manufacturing plant in China. The deal is currently pending formal approval, but would see Samsung expanding to the country by 2013, Reuters reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/8/2011 9:10 AM
When an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March 2011, the NAND Flash market was temporarily crippled by widespread power outages and damaged factories.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/6/2011 7:53 AM
With improvements to write endurance, data capacity and cost-efficiency being made, the solid state drive market is poised for growth, according to a recent IT Business Edge report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/6/2011 7:50 AM
The joint venture between Intel and Micron is bearing fruit, as the IM Flash Technologies group that the two organizations formed completed a major advance in multi-level cell NAND Flash technology, Forbes reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/5/2011 8:49 AM
Intel has been on the top of the semiconductor market for a while, but its share had declined slightly as Samsung and other players made gains.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
12/2/2011 8:25 AM
As originally expected, NAND Flash contract prices fell once again during the second half of November, according to the DRAMeXchange.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/29/2011 7:58 AM
The DRAM sector is continuing to struggle because of a slow sales environment in the PC market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/23/2011 2:19 AM
Previously, Intel's solid state drives were only able to use TRIM when operating in advanced host controller interface mode, and could not be used in RAID0 configurations.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/22/2011 8:06 AM
The North American semiconductor industry is amid a challenging period in which manufacturers are struggling to meet production goals in light of reduced capital investments, according to a recent SEMI study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/22/2011 7:59 AM
Manufacturers focusing on NAND Flash technology are much better positioned for growth than those still set on DRAM, according to the Bedford Report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/17/2011 7:36 AM
NAND Flash contract prices fell between 2 percent and 4 percent during the first half of November, the DRAMeXchange reported, as poor sales figures in the OEM and retail channels continue to impact the market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/14/2011 8:36 AM
The holiday season is typically a time of expansion in the DRAM sector, as PC sales and other seasonal purchases bolster the industry.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/10/2011 7:45 AM
Powerchip recently announced plans to further diversify its memory manufacturing options to such an extent that DRAM is expected to represent just 20 percent of the company's revenues during 2012, Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip, told DigiTimes.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/8/2011 7:51 AM
Samsung and Apple used to get along really well.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
11/7/2011 9:09 AM
Apple, with its wildly popular line of smartphones and tablets, has emerged as one of the leading NAND Flash buyers in the world.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/28/2011 9:09 AM
Earlier this year, earthquake and tsunami issues derailed NAND Flash and other semiconductor production efforts in Japan. Now, flooding through Thailand is set to have a major impact on the NAND Flash market, according to a recent inSpectrum report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/27/2011 8:15 AM
Databeans recently changed its DRAM projections for 2011, reducing revenue expectations from its original estimate to $31.5 billion in global sales.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/26/2011 8:43 AM
Hard disk drives are something of a dinosaur in the memory market, as they have been around for more than a decade and new technologies that are much faster are emerging in the market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/25/2011 7:50 AM
Businesses are facing a deluge of data and are working to develop advanced technologies that convert that information into actionable content that can inform business processes and attract consumers to services.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/24/2011 8:40 AM
This year has been a difficult one for the NAND Flash market, as slower-than-expected device sales and supply chain issues caused by natural disasters combined to create an unstable market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/21/2011 8:24 AM
Most of 2011 has been difficult for the DRAM sector, as the industry has seen dwindling PC sales lead to a poor spot sale and contract price market for DRAM.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/20/2011 8:22 AM
The solid state drive has matured slowly in the past few years, becoming more cost-effective and consumer-ready. OCZ recently completed a major advance in this direction with its new Octane SSDs.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/17/2011 8:37 AM
October and November are often declining months in the NAND Flash sector because many device manufacturers just finished spending heavily on developing inventory to create products for the holiday shopping season.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/14/2011 7:02 AM
The semiconductor sector has seen significant revenues due to devices running Apple's iOS platform, and more success is expected to follow as the company diversifies its supply line and continues to develop advanced mobile devices, DigiTimes reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/13/2011 8:06 AM
At a recent press event hosted by IMEC, Laith Altimime, director of the memory research program at the IMEC research institute, said RRAM has the potential to gain ground after 3D NAND Flash chips have saturated the market, the EE Times reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/12/2011 6:51 AM
A slide from VR-Zone reveals details pertaining to Intel's solid state drive strategy, showing the company plans to offer SSDs for multiple market segments in 2012, Tom's Hardware reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/6/2011 6:26 AM
A new type of RAM is exciting nanotechnology experts, as it has the potential not only to outperform current NAND Flash-based memory formats, but could also use 99 percent less energy.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/5/2011 7:33 AM
Contract prices for 32 GB NAND Flash products, the mainstream NAND Flash chip on the market, climbed again in late September, solidifying the sector's recent growth, industry sources told DigiTimes.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/4/2011 7:06 AM
The market for semiconductor manufacturer in the United States could be challenging during the fourth quarter of 2011, Reuters recently reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/4/2011 7:01 AM
At the ceremony opening Samsung's 20nm production lines, Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung, said a major storm is brewing as economic conditions and increased competition between Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean companies combine to create thunderclouds over the semiconductor sector.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/3/2011 7:56 AM
Powerchip Technology recently announced it has signed a contract to deliver NAND Flash chips to Power Quotient International, a memory module manufacturer based in Taiwan, according to a DigiTimes report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
10/3/2011 7:54 AM
NAND Flash is quickly replacing NOR Flash, as smartphones, tablets and other devices have little use for the outdated form of memory.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
9/29/2011 8:10 AM
Growth in the semiconductor industry could be on the horizon, as the market for photoresists and ancillaries, key components in semiconductor manufacturing, is expected to rise rapidly, according to a recent Global Industry Analysts report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
9/26/2011 6:18 AM
Samsung recently announced it has opened operations at its new South Korea NAND Flash manufacturing factory.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
9/22/2011 9:02 AM
Apple seems to be shifting its memory supply chain, as industry sources indicate the company is turning to more Japan-based NAND Flash manufacturers instead of its previous suppliers, DigiTimes reported.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
9/21/2011 6:46 AM
Intel and Micron recently unveiled a new Hybrid Memory Cube at the IDF 2011 conference in San Francisco.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
9/1/2011 7:28 AM
The DRAM market is facing oversupply. PC sales are declining rapidly after a period in which manufacturers created a large supply of memory chips.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
8/29/2011 8:34 AM
The primary barrier to widespread solid state drive adoption is cost, as the cost-per-gigabyte ration of SSDs is significantly higher than that of hard disk drives.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
8/24/2011 7:48 AM
After a difficult two years because of the global financial crisis, the photoresists and ancillary markets are beginning to climb and show rapid signs of growth for the coming years, according to a recent Global Industry Analysts study.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
8/16/2011 8:29 AM
As the NAND Flash market matures and companies identify more opportunities for profit in the memory industry, new acquisitions and mergers could be a key part of the industry's maturation process.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
7/25/2011 9:27 AM
For the past few months, the memory market has been declining because of oversupply that stemmed from slower-than-expected sales and inventory hoarding as a result of potential supply chain disruptions.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
7/20/2011 8:52 AM
Each month, the DRAMeXchange evaluates the NAND Flash market and identifies the average contract prices of NAND Flash for the period.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
7/12/2011 8:53 AM
Toshiba and SanDisk recently announced the opening of a new facility in Japan designed to boost production of its 300mm wafer NAND Flash memory chip.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/30/2011 9:09 AM
Phase change memory is advancing as a rival to NAND Flash technology, and it recently gained more leverage as IBM revealed a new phase change chip that could have a significant impact on the solid state drive market.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/30/2011 9:06 AM
Apple's iPad tablet computer could prove to be a major catalyst for growth in the NAND Flash and DRAM industries.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/20/2011 8:24 AM
NAND Flash manufacturers are delaying their June NAND Flash price releases because they are still amid negotiations with device manufacturers, the DRAMeXchange reports.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/9/2011 8:32 AM
The semiconductor manufacturing industry's success has been largely fueled by Apple purchasing chips for tablets and smartphones.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/6/2011 8:42 AM
Many experts expect 2011 to be a year of growth in the NAND Flash and DRAM manufacturing sectors, but a recent inSpectrum study said the industry still has a short period of lean sales ahead before growth can begin anew.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/2/2011 6:50 AM
May saw the NAND Flash market fall by almost 20 percent to reach a significant low in a period when some growth, or at least stability, was expected, DigiTimes reports.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
6/1/2011 8:36 AM
The first few months of 2011 have passed, and so has the slow period for NAND Flash memory sales.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
5/17/2011 6:08 AM
SanDisk recently launched head-first into the enterprise solid-state drive storage market with the announcement that it has agreed to acquire Pliant Technology.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/21/2011 1:26 AM
In a move that may point to the likely dominance of NAND flash memory in future years, technology giant Samsung may be considering selling its hard disk drive manufacturing business.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/18/2011 4:04 AM
With worldwide demand for NAND flash memory continuing to increase, many chipmakers in Taiwan are likely to see increasing revenues in the coming month, according to a recent CENS.com report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/14/2011 1:08 AM
With the rising deployment of NAND flash memory in components that traditionally used rotation disks, storage performance is set to increase rapidly.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/13/2011 4:35 AM
Data warehousing firm Teradata plans to integrate solid-state drives based on NAND flash memory into its infrastructure, according to a recent TechTarget report.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/11/2011 12:42 AM
Since the release of the Apple iPad last year, many analysts have expected that the tablet computer market will grow rapidly.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
4/4/2011 8:19 AM
Technology manufacturer Foremay recently announced the launch of a compact solid-state drive the company is billing as the smallest of its kind in the world.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/31/2011 8:10 AM
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Korean electronics firm Samsung Electronics, recently announced plans to hire hundreds of new staff as part of an expansion of the company's U.S.-based chip manufacturing complex.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/4/2011 4:31 AM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, currently on medical leave from the company, surprised pundits by presenting to the world the company's latest tablet device.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
3/2/2011 2:13 AM
According to a recent Globes.co.il report, an event scheduled by Apple for the coming week may turn out to be the launch of the new version of the company's popular iPad tablet device.
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By BraftonSteve2 on
2/22/2011 6:45 AM
NAND flash memory manufacturer Micron recently announced it has taken full ownership of Tech Semiconductor Singapore, a chip manufacturer based in the southeast Asian state.
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