NAND Flash suppliers are forced to increase their supply of wafers in the spot market in order to reduce the rising inventory level amidst the gradually expanding output of higher layers in 4Q21...
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan at 1:11pm, October 24 local time with the epicenter in Yilan. Taiwan’s domestic wafer fabs are located in science parks throughout Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, and...
Despite the forecasted 18.6% YoY growth in total DRAM bit supply next year, the global DRAM market is still expected to shift from a shortage situation to an oversupply, according to TrendForce’s late...
It is near the end of October, and negotiations for 4Q21 contracts are still ongoing. Less than half of quarterly deals have been completed. In terms of MoM price changes for October...
Despite conforming to the quotation trend initially anticipated by TrendForce, the contract prices for 4Q21 remain at the coordination phase between the purchase end and suppliers...
Japanese news agencies have reported that major US-based DRAM supplier Micron is planning to build a new DRAM fab near its existing DRAM fab in Hiroshima...
It is now the second half of October, and negotiations for 4Q21 contracts are in a gridlock as TrendForce had anticipated earlier. DRAM suppliers are currently offering quotes only to Tier-1 clients.....
The relatively strict lockdown measures adopted by Malaysia since the end of August for the purpose of tackling the escalated pandemic development had slightly postponed the lead time for packaging an...
After TSMC officially raised the prices of its various process technologies in September, Samsung now plans to follow suit by raising its own quotes by about 20%...
Most suppliers have now provided their initial quotations for the procurement end under a large degree of conformance to the 4Q21 price projections previously updated by TrendForce...
Contract prices were flat in September because there were no tangible transactions. Presently, DRAM suppliers and their clients have shifted their attention wholly onto quarterly contracts...
DRAM suppliers and customers in the contract market have shifted their focus to the next quarterly deals, so DRAM contract prices have held relatively steady through September...
The demand for consumer electronics remained sluggish in September with the arrival of the end of the financial report quarter for most NAND Flash suppliers...
Regarding TSMC’s development of the 3nm node...
TrendForce’s recent observations on the sentiments of suppliers and clients find that it will be very difficult to keep prices on the upward trajectory for the upcoming quarterly contracts...
