Micron Technology has recently notified its distributors that starting in May, it will not consider any requests for DRAM and NAND flash quotes lower than the current levels, according to market sources.
SK Hynix will postpone the completion of its second NAND plant in Dalian, northeastern China, and is also likely to directly sell the plant after the completion before installing manufacturing equipment, according to reports from Korean news media.
As a result of an report indicating that Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) is planning to use domestically sourced equipment to make advanced flash memory products following US sanctions, China s homegrown semiconductor equipment vendor Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China (AMEC) came under spotlight as investors inquired about the company s capability to support 3D NAND flash beyond 200 layers.
Samsung Electronics has focused its output reduction efforts on DRAM, while striving to maintain its NAND flash chip output to further enhance its market leadership, according to industry sources.
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