Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest chipmaker, is likely to be affected by a labor shortage in China that is expected to negatively impact Asian manufacturers, an analyst at a Japanese investment bank said Tuesday.
“Among semiconductor …

Elpida Memory, the world’s third-largest memory chipmaker, widened its share of the global market in the last three months of 2009, narrowing the gap with South Korean chipmakers, industry data showed Thursday.
Japan’s biggest computer memory …

Samsung Electronics said Monday it has developed the world’s first 30-nanometer dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip.
The company expects the new product will lower power consumption to 85 percent of existing 40-nanometer DRAM chips. A …

South Korea’s information technology (IT) exports fell 7.8 percent annually in 2009 mainly due to weak demand for electronics goods caused by the global economic slump, a government report showed Wednesday.
Overseas shipments of IT products …

The recent uptick in contract prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips has shown signs of abating amid a recovery in global chipmakers’ supplies since early November, according to industry data Wednesday.
According to Taiwan-based …

South Korean chip makers grabbed the largest-ever share of the global DRAM market in the third quarter of this year, widening their lead over foreign competitors, a report showed Wednesday.
According to market researcher iSuppli, South …

Prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips have stabilized after continuously rising for four months, industry data showed Tuesday.
According to the data by gathered by Taiwanese online chip clearing house DRAMeXchange, the contract price …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second largest chip maker, said Friday its new memory chips have won validation from U.S. chip giant Intel.
Hynix said its two-gigabit DDR3 DRAM chips based on the 40-nanometer class technology have …