The contract price for PC DRAM is forecast to increase by more than 30 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016 due to tight supply, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. With tight supply expected to continue into 2017, buyers also should anticipate higher tags. The market research firm attributes the price increase to…
The top 20 semiconductor companies are expected to increase their sales by three percent in 2016, according to a new IC Insights report. This is two percentage points higher than the market research firm’s worldwide semiconductor market forecast for 2016. The report also finds that five of the top 20 – Nvidia, MediaTek, Apple, Toshiba,…
San Jose, Calif. — WPG Americas Inc. (WPGA), a subsidiary of WPG Holdings, Asia’s number one electronics distributor, has announced today the decision to bring a new breed of server-based storage solutions powered by Micron Technology, Inc. to the IT enterprise. Overcoming the issues of the traditional data center architecture, the new Micron Accelerated Solutions tightly integrates…
If there’s an example of positive impacts of consolidation on a market, the past few years in the memory sector could well be that example. I have to admit, as a general rule, I’m leery of waves of M&A that push sectors toward oligopolies. Along this vein, I confess to having been concerned during the…
Contract prices for NAND flash memory fell by about nine to 10 percent in the fourth quarter due to oversupply, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. This resulted in a fourth quarter revenue drop of 2.3 percent in the global NAND flash industry. At the same time, top NAND flash suppliers face challenges in their…
On the face of it the answer to the question in the headline above would have to be a definite yes. Many industry executives certainly believe this is the case, hence the recent spate of multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions. Since the beginning of 2015 there have been nearly 40 M&A deals in the semiconductor…
A continuing DRAM supply glut resulted in price declines of nearly 10 percent in October for average DRAM contract prices, reported DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The market researcher’s latest DRAM price report finds the average contract price of DDR3 4GB modules dropped from $18.50 in September to $16.75 in October with the lowest contract price…
Processor muscle is taking the back seat to memory. With demand for connected devices surging, chipmakers are drawing the attention of investors, deep-pocketed rivals and OEMs bent on conquering the data world, one where storage capacity, access and ease of use have supremacy over raw processing power that drove the growth of electronics in the…
The average contract price for DDR3 4GB fell three percent from $19 in August to $18.5 in September, according to the latest price report from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The first-tier DRAM suppliers tried to hold the price around $20 to $21 in August, when the inventory level in the spot market was low, according to…
San Jose, Calif. — WPG Americas Inc. (WPGA), a subsidiary of WPG Holdings,Asia’s number one electronics distributor, announced today that registration is now open for the first ever WPGA Roadshow event, “The Future is Micron Solid,” with Micron Technology, Inc. The first Roadshow event will kick off in Chicago on October 7th. Presentation topics will surround the future of…