Micron

Now you've all quit buying RAM and personal gear, chip wafer demand stumbles

We thought you loved us, cries someone in a fab somewhere, probably

Systems03 May 2023 | 6

China sticks national security probe into America's Micron

Looking for leaky memory, and possibly revenge

Systems01 Apr 2023 | 16

Diving DRAM prices are a problem not even AI can solve

Analysts just don't see digi-brains making a difference to dismal demand that's caused deep discounting

Systems29 Mar 2023 | 16

Micron writes off $1.43B in inventory as sales dive, claims only way is up

AIs are going to need memory and storage silicon, you know

Systems29 Mar 2023 | 8

Feeding the smartphone frenzy? It’s a matter of time and space

Micron’s novel 1-beta node can connect your smartphone and the enterprise

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Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet

Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need

Storage02 Jan 2023 | 83

Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels

Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production

Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12

Micron double decimates production as sales stall

DRAM and NAND wafer production cut 20%

Systems17 Nov 2022 |

Micron samples first DRAM built using 1-beta process node

Performance boost down to fresh processes, new materials, and more advanced equipment

Storage01 Nov 2022 | 2

Samsung bucks industry trend, maintains memory investments

This is despite weakening demand and operating profit down by 49% in semiconductor division

Systems27 Oct 2022 |

More chipmakers report falling revenue as market braces for tough year

Made in Taiwan: Only TSMC seems to be dodging the downturn

Systems07 Oct 2022 | 7

Hot DRAM, Micron promises $100b for 'largest chip fab in US history'

Memory maker says plant will help to boost memory production in America

Systems05 Oct 2022 | 17

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers races to break ground in Texas before tax breaks dissolve

Everythings bigger in Texas, including the tax breaks

On-Prem13 Sep 2022 | 4

US semiconductor industry has a lot of ideas about where CHIPS Act money should go

Outsourced assembly and test a key missing part of supply chain, and foreign entities aren't beyond the pale

Systems02 Sep 2022 | 7

Micron confirms first US memory fab on home soil in 20 years

$15 billion Idaho facility is the first step as chip biz feeds on CHIPS Act

On-Prem01 Sep 2022 | 6

Micron wants tax breaks for '$160b' Texas chip fab plant

If it ever gets built, that is

Systems26 Aug 2022 | 35

The CHIPS Act won't end US reliance on foreign foundries

Analysis For all the billions poured in, is a 'Made in America' sticker worth it?

Systems18 Aug 2022 | 34

Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow

Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory

Storage16 Aug 2022 |

US CHIPS Act: Getting the funding is just the start

Analysis Plan to regain semiconductor production market share may be a case of too little, too late

Systems15 Aug 2022 | 12

Micron pledges $40b for US fabs as financial headwinds mount

The memory biz is bracing for a recession-fueled drop in demand

Systems09 Aug 2022 | 5

CXL absorbs OpenCAPI on the road to interconnect dominance

It's not the first rival open standard has assimilated – remember Gen-Z?

Storage02 Aug 2022 |

Micron pledges US memory expansion after CHIPS Act passes

With $52 billion on the table, everyone wants their fair share

Storage29 Jul 2022 | 6

Micron's 232-layer NAND is a game changer for database workloads

Analysis Faster, higher capacity, and cheaper per gig. What more could you ask for? Oh yeah, endurance?

Storage27 Jul 2022 | 28

Seagate lowers production and sales forecasts amid weakening economy

US datacenter demand holding up, floundering in China. Consumers? 'Spending money on other things'

Storage22 Jul 2022 |

SK hynix reviews investments as chip market slows

When the chips are down: Memory device maker the latest to evaluate direction

Systems15 Jul 2022 |

Power outage at Hiroshima facility may hit DRAM supply

Micron says ‘inclement’ weather responsible for complete production shutdown, apparently

Systems13 Jul 2022 | 9

Micron releases DDR5 DRAM ready for next-gen servers

The memory chips are here, we're just waiting on Intel and AMD

Storage07 Jul 2022 | 2

Micron aims 1.5TB microSD card at video surveillance market

Embedded World Ideal for corporate fleet dash cameras, smart home security, police bodycams, VSaaS and more, says chip giant

Storage21 Jun 2022 | 54

Micron dangles predictable memory price agreements in front of vendors

The idea? To get investors muttering: DRAM, those gross margins are stable...

Storage13 May 2022 | 4

This may seem weird but don't give us all the chip funding, say Intel and friends

Semiconductor Alliance wants US R&D billions to be dished out fairly, broadly, objectively

Systems07 Apr 2022 | 11

Epyc move: Micron shifts high-demand chip design apps to AMD

Memory and storage maker skips over Intel this time

Systems21 Mar 2022 | 3

Who's Intel Inside and Outside today: PC chip boss installed after EVP heads for exit – plus next CFO named

25-year veteran Michelle Johnston Holthaus appointed alongside beancounter from Micron

Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 |

Micron expects COVID-19-hit Xi'an DRAM factory to reopen as normal soon

Neither cough nor sneeze nor gloom of coronavirus stays these chip makers from their appointed rounds

On-Prem07 Jan 2022 | 3

Memory maker Micron moots $150bn mega manufacturing moneybag

AI and 5G to fuel demand for new plants and R&D

Storage20 Oct 2021 | 2

Memory maker Micron offers hope for PC parts supply returning 'in the coming months'

Oh, and boasts over record-breaking return from IoT segment, too

Storage29 Sep 2021 |

Micron announces EUV fabs by 2024 as it flogs Utah facility to Texas Instruments

Oh, and it would like everyone to know it had a fantastic sales quarter, natch

Storage01 Jul 2021 | 3

Cisco names Micron as supplier of SSDs that make Nexus and Firepower kit snooze

Drive looks to be an industrial model, so probably not a wider threat

Networks26 May 2021 | 2

Micron chief warns 'severe shortage' of DRAM expected to continue this year

And drought in Taiwan threatens supply. Good news for firm's wallet, not so much for chip buyers

Storage01 Apr 2021 | 9

Micron: We're pulling the plug on 3D XPoint. Anyone in the market for a Utah chip factory?

Intel's Gelsinger has a decision to make

Storage17 Mar 2021 | 19

Hot DRAM: Shortage of memory chips will continue this year, says Micron

Good news for memory makers, not such great news for wider tech world

Storage04 Mar 2021 | 1

After first floating $20bn penalty, DoJ suggests $60m fine for UMC's theft of Micron’s DRAM secrets

Taiwanese chipmaker promises ‘substantial assistance’ in ongoing China IP theft action

Security23 Oct 2020 | 6

Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3

Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background

Storage30 Jun 2020 | 1

Wanted – DRAM or alive: US Feds bag arrest warrants for three Taiwanese accused of stealing Micron's mem secrets

Former employees missed court appearence, maybe because a Taiwan court already found two of them guilty

Storage26 Jun 2020 | 10

Meeemories, fuel our revenue's incline: Micron sees uptick in PC and data centre demand as WFH becomes new normal

Pyjama party for NAND and DRAM flinger

On-Prem26 Mar 2020 | 1

Cheap as chips? Not for much longer, analysts reckon, after rough year for memory makers

'It's going to be amazingly OK'

On-Prem04 Feb 2020 | 10

No Huawei: Micron hit by oversupply, US-China trade issues as DRAM sales sliced in half

But says customers at last chowing through memory stockpile

Storage27 Sep 2019 | 4

God DRAM you! Prices to slide more than 40% in 2019 because chip makers can't forecast

Didn't see the slide in the PC market? Smartphones? Missed the hyperscale cloud builders?

Storage22 Jul 2019 | 23

Tech jocks headed for White House powwow on 'economic matters' (read: Huawei ban)

Qualcomm, Google, Micron, Microsoft, Broadcom and Intel said to be invited

Networks22 Jul 2019 | 9

You know what's besides the XPoint, Intel? Somebody else's storage-class memory – SK Hynix

Another vendor mounts the crossbars

Storage02 Jul 2019 | 7

Micron: Look, we've resumed trade with Huawei on a wee 'subset' of DRAM

Cough... Yep, profits down 78% in our car crash Q3 financials... cough

On-Prem26 Jun 2019 | 8

Arrays in a mangler, need new storage bed: Huawei and the US tech block

Analysis A tired Ren Zhengfei'll seek read-and-write heads

Storage20 Jun 2019 | 13

NAND down we goooo: Flash supplier revenues plunged in first quarter

Oversupply blues set to continue into the second too

Storage30 May 2019 | 3

DRAM, that's cold: Overclockers squeeze out extra Micron DDR4 performance with liquid nitrogen system

Hardly practical but the headroom is there

Storage17 May 2019 | 13

Time to reformat the old wallet and embiggen your smartmobe: The 1TB microSD is here

$450 massive capacity micro flash card could go in a drone or a snapper too

Storage16 May 2019 | 33

Micron's new 9300 SSDs are bigger, faster and simpler... which is nice

Updated 3 variants become 2 with lower latency and just the one format

Storage23 Apr 2019 | 22

Make America buy phones again! Smartphone doom 'n' gloom crosses Atlantic to cast shadow stateside

Analyst revises forecast ... further down

Personal Tech27 Mar 2019 | 42