WD Gives Hard Drives New Spin
Western Digital said it will start shipping in 2019 a new recording head technology that will enable 40 TByte hard…
Limitations of 3D NAND Scaling
The life span of 3D NAND might be a lot shorter than most people think.
NAND Market Expected to Regain Balance in 2018
The NAND flash market is expected to move into better equilibrium in 2018 as the production of NAND ramps up…
Fab Tool Spending on Pace to Shatter Record
Combined spending on new and refurbished front end fab tools is expected to grow 37 percent this year and obliterate…
NOR Flash Standard Meets Instant-On Expectations
IoT applications need a richer complement of memory than most MCUs offer, and the bandwidth of serial NOR flash make…
Toshiba Agrees to Sell Chip Unit to Bain-led Group
Latest twist in months-long saga has Toshiba agreeing to sell for $18 billion to group that includes Apple, Dell and…
DDR5 Runs in Rambus’ Labs
Rambus has working chips in the lab for DDR5, the next-generation DRAM bus while the industry debates the road ahead…
Toshiba Hopes to Finalize Chip Unit Sale to Bain-led Group
Toshiba said it signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with a proposal by a consortium led by Bain…
Fab Tool Sales Again Set Quarterly Record
Semiconductor equipment billings came in at an all-time high for the second consecutive quarter as the fab tool industry remains…
Why Memory Prices Are Heating Up
The issue of increasing memory prices is more complicated than many people think.