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Samsung now producing industry's first highest density mobile LPDDR2 memory, using 20nm-class technology

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun producing the industry’s first four gigabit (Gb), low power double-data-rate 2 (LPDDR2) memory using 20 nanometer (nm) class technology. The mobile DRAM (dynamic ...

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Micron, Oracle settle lawsuit over chip prices

(AP) -- Micron Technology Inc. has settled a lawsuit in which Oracle Corp. accused the Idaho memory chipmaker and other companies of artificially inflating prices for microchips.

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Taiwan seeks merger with restructured Elpida

(AP) -- Taiwan's government said Wednesday it would continue to push for the consolidation of the island's memory chip makers with Elpida Memory Inc., two days after the Japanese chipmaker filed for bankruptcy.

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Japanese chipmaker Elpida files for bankruptcy

(AP) -- Computer chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. filed for Japan's largest manufacturing bankruptcy Monday after amassing debts from nose-diving prices, competition from Samsung and flooding in Thailand last ...

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

S. Korea's Hynix swings to red in Q4 on poor demand

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest maker of memory chips, said Thursday it swung into the red in the fourth quarter as chip prices fell on weak demand for personal computers.

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Elpida develops next-generation mobile DRAM product

Elpida Memory, the third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) manufacturer in the world, today announced that it had developed the industry's first 4-gigabit next-generation mobile memory chips for ...

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Samsung starts new chip line to boost flash memory

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has begun mass production at a new line to raise production of flash memory chips used in tablets and smartphones.

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Imec achieves breakthroughs in enabling future DRAM and RRAM

In the frame of its research on future memory architectures, imec has made breakthroughs for both DRAM and RRAM memories. For DRAM, MIMcap (metal-insulator-metal capacitor) was established as a clear candidate for 1X DRAM ...

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created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida achieves 4-Layer 0.8mm mobile RAM package

Elpida Memory today announced that its researchers have developed the technology to mass manufacture a 0.8mm four-layer DRAM package, the thinnest memory device in the DRAM industry.

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created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida uses high-K metal gate technology to develop 2-gigabit DDR2 mobile RAM

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) ...

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Samsung begins mass producing 30nm-class, 32-gigabyte memory modules for green IT systems

Samsung Electronics today announced that it is the first in the industry to start mass producing 32 gigabyte (GB) memory modules, essential for cloud computing and advanced server systems, using 30 nanometer ...

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Elpida develops industry's first 25nm process DRAM

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced it had developed a 2-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM using an industry-leading 25nm process for memory manufacturing. Using the most ...

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created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hynix Semiconductor 1Q profit falls 66 percent

(AP) -- Hynix Semiconductor's quarterly profit fell 66 percent as sales declined and memory chip prices remained weak, though the company said business conditions should improve in the second quarter.

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Elpida develops 4-Gigabit DDR2 mobile RAM operating at 1.2V and 1066Mbps

Elpida Memory today announced that it has developed a 4-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM that employs state-of-the-art 30nm process. This new Mobile RAM features a low operating voltage of 1.2V, achieves a 1066Mbps high-speed data ...

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created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Japan disasters could send gadget prices higher

Disaster-hit Japan churns out many of the world's smartphones, video cameras and other gadgets and while sales are not expected to suffer around the globe, industry analysts expect prices to rise.

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