Articles tagged with: Nand and Flash Memory

iPhone and Competitive Products to Spur NAND Flash Undersupply in 2010

Thanks to its huge sales and high memory usage, Apple's iPhone is expected to generate insatiable demand for nand-type flash memory in 2010, helping to strain supplies for the year, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

Related Tags: ipad, tablet, amazon-kindle, nexus, ebooks


Toshiba Outshines NAND Flash Memory Market in Q3

Amid a strong performance in the global nand flash memory market in the third quarter, no supplier did better than Japan's Toshiba Corp., whose revenue surged by nearly 50 percent during the period, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

Related Tags: microsd


Sales of NAND Flash Memory for Smart Cell Phones to Boom

Global sales of nand-type flash memory for use in smart cell phones are expected to rise by nearly sixfold from 2008 to 2013, as shipments of the high-end cell phones boom in the coming years, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

Related Tags: base, flash, storm, life, cell-phone


Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008

Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, samsung, qualcomm, isuppli, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek, ford, display, fabless, wired, nvidia, marvell-technology, renesas, true, marvell


Future Mobile Phones Could Come with 2 Terabyte Memory Cards

The SD Association has published the specifications for a new memory card format which could deliver mobile phones with a massive 2 Terabyte memory capacity. The next-generation SDXC (eXtended Capacity) memory card specification also accelerates SD interface read/write speeds to 104 megabytes per second this year, with a road map to 300 megabytes per second.  more

Related Tags: microsoft, kindle, semiconductor, gartner, memory, flash, interoperability


Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined $12 Billion in 2008

For only the fifth time in the last 25 years, the semiconductor industry will post a decline in revenue, with worldwide semiconductor revenue totaling $261.9 billion in 2008, a 4.4 percent decline from 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner.  more

Related Tags: iphone, semiconductor, intel, samsung, apple, apple, qualcomm, infineon-technologies, cdma, gartner, toshiba, infineon, memory, hynix, andrew, flash, dram


Consumer Weakness Drives Negative Outlook for Semiconductors in 2009

Debt ratings agency, Fitch says that its 2009 Rating Outlook for the semiconductor industry is negative due to a meaningfully weaker macroeconomic environment, resulting in lower revenues for all semiconductor markets and, in particular, PCs and mobile handsets, which represent nearly 60% of global semiconductor consumption. While the overall market will be lower, Fitch expects developing economies will experience lower albeit still positive unit growth.  more

Related Tags: amd, semiconductor, edge, driving, original-equipment-manufacturers, outsourcing, semiconductors, spansion, memory, fitch, flash, dram, catalyst, cell-phone


A Forgettable Year for Memory Chip Makers

For memory chip makers, 2008 will go down as a year to forget, as a major downturn in this segment caused revenue to fall for nearly all suppliers and contributed to negative results for the overall semiconductor industry, according to preliminary market-share figures from iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, samsung, qualcomm, isuppli, toshiba, texas, stmicroelectronics, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, hynix, altera, flash, hynix-semiconductor, dram, ford, xilinx, fabless, renesas, avago


Developing SIM Cards with a 128MB Memory

Infineon Technologies and Micron Technology have announced a joint-venture to develop high-density subscriber identity module (HD-SIM) cards with a capacity greater than 128MB.  more

Related Tags: sim-card, intel, infineon-technologies, infineon, mobile-banking, memory, micron-technology, flash


Semiconductor Sales Up 5.5% on Strong Mobile Phone Sales

Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 5.5 percent to $22.7 billion in August from August 2007 sales of $21.5 billion. Sales grew by 2.4 percent from July when sales were $22.2 billion.Year-to-date sales through August were $170.2 billion, an increase of 4.5 percent from the same period of 2007 when sales were $162.9 billion.  more

Related Tags: semiconductor, driving, credit-suisse, personal, semiconductors, memory, flash


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