Forward Insights

Qimonda Digs Itself Out of Trench

Forward Insights — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:59:22 GMT

Posted date: 3:59pm
Qimonda created a stir last week when it unveiled a new DRAM technology called ?Buried Wordline Technology? which purportedly consumes less power than ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D9197930736031431631 - Gregory Wong

NAND Flash Capex - Full Steam Ahead!

Forward Insights — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:47 GMT

Posted date: 3:43pm
Despite the current oversupply environment and the heavy price drops this quarter (Intel reported ASP declines of 53%), NAND flash manufacturers are ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D15499647844839295726 - Gregory Wong

Micron-Nanya Deal Re-shapes DRAM Landscape

Forward Insights — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:41:23 GMT

Posted date: 3:41pm
The signing of a memorandum of understanding between Micron Technology and Nanya Technology to jointly develop and manufacture sub-50nm DRAM technology ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D6803211765245287999 - Gregory Wong

Numonyx Born #1

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:40:33 GMT

Posted date: 1:40pm
Intel and STMicroelectronics today announced the official launch of their JV, Numonyx. Numonyx combines the NOR flash assets of Intel and NAND and NOR ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D9796230852878324053 - Gregory Wong

Hynix Signs Another Deal

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:38:29 GMT

Posted date: 1:38pm
Hynix signed another deal, this time with Grandis to jointly develop spin-torque RAM. Unlike the current MRAM products marketed by Freescale, STT-RAM uses ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D9274065263926320150 - Gregory Wong

Seagate Fires First Volley Against SSD maker

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:34:39 GMT

Posted date: 1:34pm
Hard drive maker Seagate a lawsuit against solid state drive manufacturer STEC in the Northern District of California claiming STEC infringed four of ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D7670639022330982824 - Gregory Wong

Macronix: After the Qimonda Divorce

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:33:36 GMT

Posted date: 1:33pm
Just 3.5 months after signing the agreement, Macronix International and Qimonda AG announced that Qimonda terminated the Flash technology license and joint ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D16528697291424804122 - Gregory Wong

Hynix Develops x3

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:30:36 GMT

Posted date: 1:30pm
Hynix announced it has developed a 32Gb 3-bit per cell NAND flash slated for production in October. Hynix stated that the 3-bit per cell technology would ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D8433742619254949424 - Gregory Wong

SanDisk and Toshiba to Jointly Develop 3D Memory

Forward Insights — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:28:38 GMT

Posted date: 1:28pm
In a SEC filing today, SanDisk disclosed that it had signed a collaboration agreement with Toshiba for re-writeable 3D memory. ...
http://www.google.com/base/a/3408147/D3988674113035815139 - Gregory Wong

Flash Memory Replacement Achieves Major Milestones

Forward Insights — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:44:56 GMT

Posted date: Mar 4
At last week?s ISSCC, Intel and STMicroelectronics presented a paper demonstrating the first multi-level cell phase change memory [PCM]. ...
http://base.google.com/base/a/3408147/D12418924905320679641 - Gregory Wong