Tag: DRAM

Here’s Why Piper Sandler Considers DRAM Pricing ‘Slightly Negative’ for Micron and Others

Piper Sandler analysts Weston Twigg and Harsh Kumar jointly noted that inSpectrum released its January monthly memory contract pricing data, which indicated DRAM 8Gb DDR4 fell 8 percent month-over-month and that NAND 256Gb TLC dropped 1 percent on a month-over-month basis. The analysts, who monitor the three-month rolling average year-over-year change to better gauge trends, said DRAM products’…


South Korean Chip Giant SK Hynix Unveils World’s Fastest, Highest Capacity Memory Chip

South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. has unveiled the industry’s highest-performing DRAM with a data speed capable of transmitting 163 full-HD movies in a single second. Experts describe this as the fastest and largest capacity memory chip to date. SK Hynix announced on Oct. 20 that it had successfully developed the third-generation DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access…


Taiwan Proposes Tightening Law to Counter Beijing’s Technology Espionage

Taiwan is looking to tighten its commercial secrets law to prevent China from stealing key technology, the top China-policy maker said on Sept. 29. The move flags Beijing’s long-term espionage efforts toward the self-ruled island. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is proposing a revision to an existing law governing China relations that would require technical…