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Micron sees life in the memory industry
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:39

Micron sees life in the memory industry


Things are looking up

Micron claims to have overcome key DRAM and Flash memory problems and says the industry is looking rather good.

Micron talks 20Gbps GDDR6 memory
Published in Graphics
Monday, 04 June 2018 11:24

Micron talks 20Gbps GDDR6 memory


With a slight voltage bump

It appears that Micron will easily extend from its JEDEC 14Gbps transfer speed as, according to Micron, it can hit as high as 20Gbps with a slight voltage bump.

Qualcomm’s Raj Taluri goes to Micron
Published in IoT
Monday, 09 April 2018 22:33

Qualcomm’s Raj Taluri goes to Micron


SVP and GM Mobile BU

A key member of the Qualcomm team in charge of the IoT, has started working at Micron. He got a saucy offer and left to Micron to be SVP and GM of Mobile Business Unit.

Intel mulls Chinese date after Micron divorce
Published in News


96-layer 3D-NAND flash plans

After Chipzilla and Micron have agreed to start seeing other people after finishing the development of 96-layer 3D-NAND flash, it is looking like Intel wants a hot Chinese partnership.

AMD hires ex-Nvidia man + 1 to replace Raja Koduri
Published in Graphics


Rayfield runs the RTG, David Wang engineering

Before anyone jumps the gun claiming that Mike Rayfield, the newly promoted Senior Vice President and General Manager of AMD Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) is ex Micron, we wanted to point out that he used to run Tegra for Nvidia before. The man who will replace Raja Koduri’s engineering talents comes from ATI and Synaptics. David Wang is now Senior Vice President of Engineering at RTG.

Intel and Micron end partnership
Published in News
Wednesday, 10 January 2018 11:29

Intel and Micron end partnership


Thanks for the memories

Intel and Micron are to pull the plug on their long-running partnership on 3D NAND flash memory by early next year.

AMD hires ex-Micron chieftain
Published in News
Wednesday, 01 November 2017 15:48

AMD hires ex-Micron chieftain


The semiconductor man

Advanced Micro Devices has made the ex-CEO of Micron a director on its board.

Crucial unveils BX300 series SSD
Published in Gaming
Wednesday, 30 August 2017 14:06

Crucial unveils BX300 series SSD


Based on 3D MLC NAND

Crucial and its NAND partner Micron have unveiled its latest entry-level BX300 series SSD, which teams 3D MLC NAND in combination with a Silicon Motion SM2258 controller.

Rambus up for sale
Published in News
Monday, 10 July 2017 15:42

Rambus up for sale


No-one caught the bus

Controversial chip designer Rambus is trying to sell itself off.

Malfunction in Taiwan causes DRAM shortage
Published in Cloud


Expect more price hikes 


A malfunction in a Taiwanese factory is causing a global DRAM shortage which could lead to further price increases.