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Articles tagged with: Sony and Flash Memory
US trade agency opens flash memory chip inquiry
The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into certain types of flash memory chips that a Pennsylvania company claims violates its patents. more
Related Tags: itc, international-trade-commission, samsung, apple, asustek, dell, lenovo-group, pny-technologies, research-in-motion, transcent-information, USA
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, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek
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
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Weakening consumer spending impacts NAND-type flash memory market
Amid signs that major buyers are slashing their expected order growth for NAND-type flash in 2008, iSuppli says that it is cutting its forecast for global revenue growth for the memory this year by about two-thirds. more
Related Tags: sandisk, semiconductor, ipod, isuppli, oem, memory, nand, notebook, flash
Global Semiconductor Market Suffers Bad Memories of 2007
Surprising weakness in the memory chip market in the fourth quarter took the wind out of the sails of the global semiconductor market, causing growth in 2007 to fall short of expectations, according to iSuppli. Global semiconductor market revenue grew by only 3.3 percent in 2007, based on the results from iSuppliĆ's final 2007 chip market share data. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, texas-instruments, qualcomm, isuppli, infineon-technologies, toshiba, texas, samsung, semiconductors, infineon, playstation, memory, samsung-electronics, analog, hynix, nand, flash, hynix-semiconductor, dram