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Micron acquires Elpida, grows stronger in the DRAM market

Alfonso Maruccia — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:38:51 +0100

The American manufacturer Micron has acquired Japan's Elpida for around $2.5bn, thus climbing the ranks of the largest memory chip makers in the world. Read more...

DDR4 RAM will reach computers next year

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:06:03 +0100

DDR4 memory, the faster, more power-efficient successor to DDR3, will be available in computers by next year, according to Micron. Samples of the upcoming memory type are already shipping. Read more...

Intel and Micron are set to announce 25nm chips

Christine McKee — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:03:52 +0000

PC World is reporting Intel and Micron plan to announce 25 nanometer flash memory chips on Monday. The news comes from a research note by Objective Analysis sent out ahead of the official unveiling. According... Read more...

Micron, Intel speed up flash memory

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:27:14 +0000

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Breaking the speed barrier of traditional flash memory, Intel and Micron Thursday announced a new flash memory architecture that increases the data transfer rates in consumer electronics by cutting the bottlenecks affecting conventional NAND flash... Read more...

Micron shrinks DRAM process technology

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:48:57 +0000

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Micron Technology has announced production sampling of its new 1Gb DDR2 device fabricated on 68nm DRAM process technology. The new process, coupled with Micron's 6F2 technology, has enabled the world's smallest production 1Gb DDR2 memory... Read more...

Micron Claims Rambus Destroyed Documents

Sagittarius — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:12:42 +0000

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Micron Technology, the largest U.S. maker of computer-memory chips, pressed claims of document destruction against semiconductor designer Rambus as a trial began in federal court. Micron sued Rambus in 2000, alleging it tried to control... Read more...

Micron 2Gbit DDR3 ready to go, but demand not there

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:09:53 +0100

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With Intel's DDR3-supporting Bearlake chipsets now officially launched, players in the DRAM market will begin their transitions to DDR3 production. Like many other DRAM makers, Micron Technology is on its way to producing DDR3, and... Read more...

Micron announces its 78nm-made DDR3 validated with Intel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:35:11 +0100

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Micron Technology announced that its 1Gbit DDR3 have been validated with Intel desktop platforms. This DDR3 is being fabricated on Micron's 78nm 6FÂ² process, which results a smaller die size premium over DDR2 compared with... Read more...

Micron Unveils First 1066MHz Memory Chips

Slimy — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:43:53 +0100

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Micron Technology, a maker of dynamic random access memory, has announced 1066MHz DDR2 modules. Using 1Gb 1066MHz DDR2 memory devices manufactured with the 78nm process technology, Micron has created 512MB, 1GB and 2GB memory modules... Read more...

Intel, Micron Select Singapore for NAND Flash Fab

MonkeyClaw — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:11:28 +0000

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Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have agreed to site their fourth wafer fab for the production of NAND flash memories in Singapore. Since the formation of the Intel-Micron joint venture IM Flash Technologies... Read more...

Micron to produce camera phone-use 2-megapixel CMOS sensors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:37:11 +0000

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US-based Micron Technology announced yesterday that its 2-megapixel CMOS image sensors for camera-equipped mobile phones and PDAs have entered the design-in stage. Volume production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2005, the... Read more...

Micron Sees Robust DRAM Memory Chip Demand in 2005

WishX — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:33:51 +0100

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Computer memory chip maker Micron said on Wednesday it had indications that demand for DRAM memory chips, used mainly in personal computers, would be robust enough to soak up rising supply in 2005. ... Read more...

Micron to offer 2Gbit NAND flash by year-end

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:24:54 +0100

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Micron Technology today announced that it will begin offering 90nm, 2Gbit NAND flash chips by the end of this year. The new product will target memory cards, USB devices and other mass storage applications. Micron... Read more...

Micron acknowledges probe by EU authorities

configure — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:19:39 +0000

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Computer chip manufacturer Micron Technology Inc. has acknowledged its legal problems have expanded, saying the European Union has been investigating price-fixing among worldwide memory chipmakers. Boise-based Micron's primary product is dynamic random access... Read more...

Micron Technology is Readying 4GB DDR-II Modules

configure — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:49:53 +0000

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Thanks xStainDx. Micron Technology delivered the industry's 4GB DDR-II registered dual in-line memory module to Intel Corporation. The new products may find themselves in IA32e Intel-based servers or workstations at a later date. ... Read more...

Micron says half of revenues to come from Asia

configure — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:10:51 +0000

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Micron Technology Inc. said it anticipates more than 50 percent of its revenue would be generated in southeast Asia within a few years with China, Hong Kong and Japan accounting for a significant portion of... Read more...

Stronger memory market boosts Micron

configure — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:49:20 +0000

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Shares of Micron Technology rose Wednesday after the company announced a surprise first-quarter profit on strong demand for memory chips. The Boise, Idaho-based company had net income of $1 million for the first... Read more...

Micron puts new memory into action

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:01:09 +0000

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Micron Technology will disclose on Monday that it has begun producing large numbers of DDR2 chips, a new generation of memory for computers. The semiconductor manufacturer is now assembling DDR2 chips into memory modules, Micron... Read more...

Micron ships DDR 2 to 'Lindenhurst' server vendors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0100

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Micron today became the latest memory manufacturer to win Intel approval for the use of its DDR 2 SDRAM in the chip giant's upcoming server chipsets. It also said that it had begun shipping DIMMs... Read more...

Nvidia delivers first graphics processor in 0.13 micron semiconductor process

Mr magoo — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:23:54 +0000

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Big boys beware.... nvidia has chairs... "Deep Sub-Micron Process Technology Enables PC Industry's Most Advanced Cinematic GPU : GEFORCE FX LAUNCH - LONDON - November 18, 2002 - NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the... Read more...