Micron Technology News

Micron Technology, which is in exclusive talks to buy failed Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory, may ask creditors of Elpida to forgive more than 300 billion yen worth of debt, Jiji press reported, without citing sources.

The price of dynamic random access memory chips will continue to increase in the months ahead amid rising demand and fewer suppliers, a senior executive of Inotera Memories Inc.

So far in 2012, Micron Technology Inc.'s shares are down 7.63 percent. On Wednesday, Transform Solar, a joint venture between Micron and Australian-based Origin Energy, announced that it will stop its its Idaho-based operations and cut its workforce in the next three months.A Daniel Francisco, a Micron spokesman, said the decision came from the ... (more)

Micron Technology president and CEO Mark Durcan is expected to attend Inotera's shareholder's meeting on May 31.

Another Idaho solar energy project has fallen victim to sliding prices and industry turbulence.

It is really bad news for a company of Micron Technology's stature when you hear that one of its products, the DRAM, is on the way down due to low demand.

Amid great fanfare last May, Chinese bus manufacturer Zonda announced it had selected Boise as its USA headquarters to make electric buses.

That is what some of the top executives in the U.S. computer chip industry said Thursday about the possibility of the Capital Region becoming the next Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas, where multiple chip "fabs" have been built and the technology sector grew for decades at a feverish pace.

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Uniquely combining affordable projection with long battery life, the PoP Video provides users with an unparalleled viewing experience." The reason the folks at QuickLogic - creators of low-power Customer Specific Standard Products - are so excited is that their Visual Enhancement Engine technology has been integrated into Micron Technology's 'PoP ... (more)

Seeking regulatory love Japan's main electronic platforms gird for real competition - if regulators agree.

Global semiconductor companies agreed to request tariff bans on chips that pack many capabilities into one small package, something that would help them better compete in the global marketplace.

El Segundo, Calif., May 23, 2012 - In one of the more ironic developments ever to transpire in the dynamic random access memory market, now bankrupt Elpida Memory Inc.

Semiconductor companies are those that create the products that enable the technology that consumers know and love today.

Barclays will divest its $6.1 billion investment in BlackRock , which comprises a 19.6 percent economic interest in the company.

A group of Elpida Memory bondholders opposes Micron Technology's offer to buy the bankrupt Japanese chipmaker as too low and has begun talks with South Korea's SK hynix and U.S.-based GlobalFoundries on an alternative plan, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Micron Technology has begun sampling its first DDR4 DRAM module, with plans to begin volume product in Q4 2012.

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DRAM makers are a hardy bunch, but there's only so much pummeling even they can take, as evidenced by the recent bankruptcy filing of Elpida Memory Inc.