Sales show market recovery is real, says research firm
The DRAM industry in the second and third quarters of 2009 posted the strongest sequential growth in revenue and pricing seen in at least five years, according to market research firm iSuppli. The record sales figures indicate that the market recovery is real and will likely continue into next year.
PCs will likely require error correction code in the future due to DRAM issues
A study released this week by Google Inc. and the University of Toronto showed that data error rates on DRAM memory modules are vastly higher than previously thought and may be more responsible for system shutdowns and service interruptions.
Corporations will start buying new PCs with Windows 7 in the second quarter after SP1 comes out, they say
Microsoft's newest operating system for PCs will launch in late October, but it won't boost PC sales enough to help the global DRAM memory chip market until the second quarter of next year, executives in Taiwan said Thursday.
DDR3 computer memory chips rose 18.9 percent in August, Gartner said
DRAM prices continued to rise in August, finally reaching profitable levels for most chip makers after they reached multi-year lows early this year.
Taiwanese companies can apply for government investment money but there are several stipulations
Taiwan announced a new plan Tuesday to allow its embattled DRAM makers to apply for government bailout funds over the next three months, but the money will come at a price.
DDR3 uses 60 percent less power than its predecessor and offers twice the bandwidth
Demand for the next generation DRAM chip, DDR3 (double data rate, third generation), has spiked recently as systems makers turn to it for increased power efficiency and performance.
51-year Big Blue veteran Robert Dennard to receive IEEE medal next week
Dennard's Law? It doesn't have quite the ring of Moore's Law, mostly because IBM researcher Robert H. Dennard remains unknown to the general public.
Losses among DRAM makers mounted to $15.2 billion over last eight quarters, Gartner said
The global DRAM industry continued to shrink in the first quarter of this year as revenue fell to an eight year low and losses mounted, according to preliminary figures released by Gartner on Monday.
The Supreme Court upheld an appellate ruling against the agency in February, effectively ending the DRAM-related suit
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has officially dropped its antitrust case against memory maker Rambus, after losing a U.S. Supreme Court case in February.
Less cash means weakened chip makers may be unable to upgrade production lines
Taiwan's five largest DRAM makers reported massive losses in a slew of earnings reports filed late Thursday evening, raising questions about how much longer some of them can remain afloat without direct government aid.
The chip maker's loss narrowed slightly as it cut costs
Hynix Semiconductor on Friday reported its sixth straight quarterly loss in the first quarter.
ITRI will phase out its development of another memory chip, PRAM
A Taiwanese research group has turned to RRAM (Resistive-RAM) as the latest possible Holy Grail of memory chips, one that can replace both DRAM and NAND flash memory.
Most new desktop PCs have two to four RAM slots that can take up to 4GB modules of DDR2 memory
Dell Inc. announced on Tuesday a new PC that, among its other impressive specs, can be upgraded to sport as much as 192GB of ultra-fast DDR3 RAM.
Chip prices likely to rise continue as Qimonda bankruptcy causes waves in the supply chain.
DRAM chip prices soared in Asia on Monday after traders returned from the week long Lunar New Year holiday in China and Taiwan and faced up to supply chain concerns after chip maker Qimonda's bankruptcy filing.
The technology will lead to DRAM boards with up to 32GB of capacity
Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that it has developed the first 4Gbit DDR3 DRAM chip using a 50 nanometer (nm) lithography process. The new chip doubles the density of earlier DRAM chips, yielding modules with up to 32GB capacity.