More bang for DRAM

US memory chip maker Micron will build a new factory at its Japanese production site in Hiroshima at a cost of $7 billion.

Shortages in other places

Micron forecast current quarter revenue below analysts' expectations and warned that shipments for its memory chips were set to dip in the near term as its customers making personal computers face shortages of other parts.

Micron and AMD doing well

Chipmakers and AMD are attracting the interest of Wall Street with Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets forum becoming obsessed with the pair.

Based on 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory

During its Computex 2021 presentation, Micron announced it has started shipping its first PCIe 4.0 SSDs, the Micron 2450 and Micron 3400, both featuring the latest 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory.

Rise in demand thanks to 5G

Micron beat the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street soothsaying by predicting a better than expected fiscal third-quarter revenue.

Faster, cheaper SSD drives for everyone eventually 

Micron has announced it's shipping 176-layer TLC NAND flash memory to customers in a a move that portends larger, faster and even cheaper SSD drives.

Low-power DDR5 onboard

Micron launched its uMCP5 universal flash storage (UFS) multichip package with low-power DDR5 (LPDDR5) DRAM.

Coming with Nvidia RTX 30 series

After Nvidia had its moment yesterday, Micron has now officially announced its GDDR6X memory, capable of providing over 1TB/s of system bandwidth.

Work to home pushes notebook sales

Chipmaker Micron forecast current-quarter revenue above analysts’ estimates on Wednesday and said the shift to work from home globally due to the coronavirus outbreak is fuelling demand for notebooks and data centre services.

Will be seen in the Xiaomi Mi 10 

Micron Technology has shipped the world's first low-power DDR5 DRAM in mass production to be used in the soon-to-be-released Xiaomi Mi 10 smartphone.