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TrendForce Expects the Flourishing Chinese NAND Flash Industry to Spur the Growth of Domestic Controller Chip Manufacturing

22 February 2016

China’s NAND Flash industry witnessed a steady growth in investments through 2015. As Chinese semiconductor companies build up their memory manufacturing capabilities at the wafer level, they are also beginning to pay greater attention to the production of controller chips for memory products. DRAMeXchange believes that the Chinese semiconductor sector will focus on controller houses in its next phase of development due to the component’s vital position in the NAND Flash chain.

TrendForce Says Prices of Multi-Si Products to Go Flat Due to Major Changes in PV Demand after Chinese New Year

19 February 2016

In China, more PV power plants are switching to mono-Si products. This factor and the impending end of the country’s installation rush have caused prices of multi-Si products (e.g. wafers, cells and modules) to level after the Chinese New Year holidays, said Corrine Lin, assistant research manager for EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce.

VR startup MindMaze attracts $100m in new funding

19 February 2016

TrendForce Reports Steady Smartphone Shipments Resulted in Just 1% Drop in Global Mobile DRAM Revenue for 4Q15

18 February 2016

DRAMeXchange, a division of global research firm TrendForce, reports that the decline in mobile DRAM prices eased in the fourth quarter of 2015. By comparison, PC DRAM suffered a 16% quarterly price decline during the same period. Since the second half of 2015 was the traditional strong season for smartphone shipments, the mobile DRAM industry saw its global revenue fell by a mere 1% in the final quarter.

Apple Surpassed 10% Share of Notebook Market in 2015 Amid Industry Decline

18 February 2016