Tag archive: DRAM

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced that it has finished development of the industry's first DDR DRAM memory module, new RAM technology for computer and other devices that the aims to offer twice the performance of existing DDR3 RAM while consuming 40 percent less power—a boon for mobile devices and notebook computers. But, realizing the promise of faster memory in tomorrow's computers is something of a… Read More

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. recorded its first quarterly net profit in two years as prices for memory chips rose in a rapidly recovering market. The company said in a regulatory filing it earned 246.28 billion won ($207.25 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30. It posted a net loss of 1.67 trillion won a year earlier. The profit ended seven straight quarters of losses. Icheon, South Korea-based Hynix said third quarter sales rose 15 percent… Read More

DRAM menufacturer Qimonda has filed for bankrupcty protection in a local court in Munich, Germany, after a bailout financing deal between Qimonda's parent company, Infineon, a Portuguese investment firm, and the German state of Saxony failed to come through. Qimonda is the first DRAM manufacturer forced to seek bankruptcy protection in the recent global economic downturn; the company has also been hit hard by a worldwide glut in… Read More

The ongoing investigation into price fixing in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) has chalked up another victory, as Young Hwan Park, president of Samsung's U.S. subsidiary pleads guilty to violations of the Sherman antitrust act for having conspired to fix prices and eliminate competition in the DRAM market. To date, 18 individuals and four companies have been charges in the U.S. Department of Justice's probe… Read More

Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics and its U.S. subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., have agreed to plead guilty to charges it conspired with fellow chipmakers to fix prices from DRAM (computer memory) from 1999 to 2002, thereby cheating consumers who were forced to pay artificially inflated prices for computers and other technology. The company will also pay a $300 million fine, the largest criminal fine levied by the… Read More

Samsung has completed the world's first working prototype of a 512Mb mobile DRAM device that operates up to 333Mbps, transmitting 32 bits of data simultaneously. This memory chip is fast enough tosupport high-quality 3D graphics and streaming video in next-generation mobile phones, PDAs, portable scanners and other handheld products. Two of the new 512Mb mobile DRAMs can be stacked together to provide a one-gigabit memory capacity,… Read More

Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it will begin mass production of DDR2 SDRAM using advanced 0.10-micron process technology in August 2004.Elpida Memory's first products slated for manufacturing utilizing 0.10-micron process technology include high-performance, high-density DRAM products such as DDR2-533 and DDR2-667. “Elpida strives to offer the industry stable… Read More

From Elpida's press release: Elpida Memory, Inc (Elpida), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it now offers an expanded line of 0.11-micron, high-speed consumer DRAM devices for use in digital consumer applications. The devices are offered in 64 Megabit, 128 Megabit and 256 Megabit densities with 16-bit and 32-bit organizations and are available in TSOP, FBGA and… Read More

Infineon explained that its DRAM output would drop due to production reallocation, but declined to comment on the actual amount. The company's German headquarters gave three main reasons why DRAM output would drop in April: 1. Output in February and March has been 10-20% more than normal. 2. Infineon plans to allocate some of its DRAM capacity to logic IC production in the company's fiscal third quarter (ends June 30). 3.… Read More

But the revenue line and the fact that Micron, is back in the black, shows that the DRAM market is picking up at long last. Compare and contrast with Q1 last year, when the company, America's last DRAM maker, produced a net loss of $315.9m on sales of $685.1m. And the market will stay picked up in the medium term, according to IDC, which is forecasting industry revenue increases in 2004 and 2005. And then in 2006, as is the way of the… Read More

Elpida Memory plans to use the proceeds from this proposed investment and other intended financing to significantly boost production at its 300-mm, sub-0.11 micron DRAM wafer fabrication plant in Hiroshima, Japan. Assuming timely satisfaction of all closing conditions, including satisfactory completion of due diligence, receipt of necessary internal and regulatory approvals and achievement of a substantial additional funding amount from… Read More