SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology is intensifying efforts to recruit South Korean semiconductor engineers, particularly from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, as competition in the fast-growing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market heats up amid soaring demand driven by artificial intelligence. According to industry sources on October 19, Micron has been contacting [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean semiconductor powerhouse SK hynix Inc. has won a non-compete injunction against a former researcher who left to work for its U.S. chipmaking rival Micron Technology Inc., sources said Thursday, amid an intensifying race for cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Last month, a Seoul court granted an injunction [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The local semiconductor industry is waiting for the latest corporate performance results of U.S. rival firm Micron Technology, Inc to get a better idea of where it is headed, officials said Tuesday. Micron is due to announce its profits for the September-November period Wednesday. “The market’s concern grew when [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today introduced the company’s first 3D NAND memory technology optimized for mobile devices and its first products based on the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.1 standard. Micron’s initial mobile 3D NAND-based 32GB solution is targeted specifically for the high and mid-end smartphone segments [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies’ share of the global mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip market hit an all-time high in the third quarter of the year, far outpacing their rivals, data showed Sunday. Samsung Electronics Co. accounted for 56.9 percent of global mobile DRAM sales in the July-September period, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech titan Samsung Electronics Co. posted a record share of the global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market in the second quarter, data showed Tuesday, reflecting the rising presence of chips in its business portfolio. Samsung’s share of the global DRAM market came to 45.2 percent of [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif. and BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC), dedicated to the development and establishment of an industry-standard interface specification for Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) technology, today announced the finalization and public availability of its HMCC 2.0 specification (HMCC 2.0). The new HMCC 2.0 specification advances data [...]
Companies Will Collaborate to Strengthen Core Root of Trust for Measurement for the Enterprise Supply Chain BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems, and Wave Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:WAVX), a leading provider of endpoint security, today announced they intend to expand their collaboration to [...]
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“TRC Capital”) to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of Micron’s common stock, at a price of $27.00 per share. This offering price is approximately 4.59% below the closing price per share of Micron [...]
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today announced results of operations for its fourth quarter and 2014 fiscal year, which ended August 28, 2014. Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 were $4.23 billion and were 6 percent higher compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and 49 [...]