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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Elpida Memory Incorporated filed for bankruptcy protection today in the largest manufacturing corporate failure since WWII. The filing resulted from the company’s inability to refinance debts, which total US $5.5 billion.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
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Japan’s last remaining DRAM manufacturer, Elpida Memory Inc., presented a broad based recovery plan based on a partnership with Micron Technologies and Nanya Technologies in a meeting with lenders on Wednesday.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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A story in Yomiuri Shinbun reports that financially stressed Elpida is in discussions with U.S. based Micron Technology and Taiwan based Nanya Technology.
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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Elpida announced its first high-speed non-volatile resistance memory [ReRAM] prototype. The prototype was fabricated using 50nm process and consists of a 64Mb array making it the highest density prototype thus far.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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RIM's first tablet came to market on Tuesday, achieving above expected sales results, beating hyped tablets such as Motorola's Xoom. As usual, experts at iFixit tore it apart what's beneath the bonnet.
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BUSINESS, HARDWARE
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Elpida Memory announced that Akita Elpida Memory Inc., packaging and testing facility resumed operation as electrical power supply recovered. Factory was down since the quake on March 11.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Memory chip prices surged Monday, underscoring concerns that global technology firms will have to contend with higher component costs and product shortages. We take a look at Japanese disaster from an IT perspective...
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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The bad news is that memory suppliers have outdone themselves once again and have stepped off the proverbial cliff [almost on cue]. The good news is that this may be perfect timing for the solid state storage market.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc. and Sharp Corp. announced the formation of a Resistive RAM [ReRAM] development program which promises commercial devices as early as 2013, reported Nikkei Business Daily.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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The bankruptcy proceedings of now defunct Qimonda AG gave birth to two new GDDR players: Elpida and Winbond can start manufacturing GDDR5 memory.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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Corsair today re-launched its Dominator GT line, which had been removed from the market due to unacceptable failure levels of the Elpida Hyper chips with which the modules are built.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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Corsair has made an announcement on various forums indicating their concern with the use of the Elpida "hyper" ICs in their high-end memory.
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