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Micron makes surprise loss
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 23 December 2015 10:05

Micron makes surprise loss


Suddenly it became like everone else

While the bottom had dropped out of the PC market, Micron had been managing to do quite well.  Today though it suprised observers by forcasting a surprise loss for the second quarter.

Micron buys all of Inotera
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 14 December 2015 10:58

Micron buys all of Inotera


Thanks for the memories


Micron has bought Inotera's remaining shares for $3.2 billion.

Intel’s memory plans could kill Micron
Published in Cloud
Thursday, 22 October 2015 12:10

Intel’s memory plans could kill Micron


Wall Street warns


Wall Street analysts have downgraded Micron technology’s value after Intel’s announcement that it will expand investment in NAND.

Intel gets into Memory
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 12:35

Intel gets into Memory


Converts its China plant

Intel wants to step up its involvement in the memory market by converting one of its Chinese plants to make memory chips.

3D Xpoint memory uses 20nm process
Published in Cloud
Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:10

3D Xpoint memory uses 20nm process


Intel confirms

Earlier this wee, Intel and Micron announced a new memory that is 1,000 times faster than 3D NAND. 

Intel and Micron to introduce new 3D Xpoint memory
Published in Cloud


Products in 2016, 1000x faster than 3D NAND

Intel and Micron have just announced a new revolutionary memory called 3D Xpoint. 

Tsinghua still wants Micron
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 23 July 2015 12:21

Tsinghua still wants Micron


Climb every mountain

China's Tsinghua Holdings is still hoping that it can by the US chipmaker Micron, despite offering a price which is too low and for a deal that might be blocked by security watchdogs.

Chinese Micron take-over will be tricky
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:11

Chinese Micron take-over will be tricky


Analysts warning

The takeover of the chipmaker Micron by a Chinese government controlled outfit is going to be extremely tricky, warned analysts.

Micron and Intel ship 256Gb 3D NAND
Published in Cloud
Friday, 27 March 2015 07:32

Micron and Intel ship 256Gb 3D NAND


Toshiba and SanDisk start sampling 48-layer 128Gb chips

Micron and Intel have announced the availability of 256Gb NAND, the world’s highest density flash memory, but Toshiba is hot on their heels. 

Intel's new 3D NAND features 32 layers
Published in Cloud
Friday, 21 November 2014 16:38

Intel's new 3D NAND features 32 layers


256Gb (32GB) per single MLC die

During its latest investor meeting, Intel revealed a few more details regarding its upcoming solid-state drives that will be based on 3D NAND chips and should come in the second half of 2015.