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NEW DELHI -- In Nanded, an inland city of the Indian state of Maharashtra, 36-year-old farmer Gajanan Shidardi has seen weeks of waterlogging and storms leave his 22-acre (8.9-hectare) farm in ruins. [1]

SEOUL -- SK Hynix announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal to buy U.S. chipmaker Intel's NAND memory unit for $9 billion, an acquisition that is set to catapult the South Korean company into the No. 2 spot in the global NAND market. [2]

TOKYO -- U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology has put Asia at the center of its strategy for the NAND flash memory market, leveraging Singapore's generous government support as it looks to catch up with deep-pocketed rivals. [3]

TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Kioxia has developed NAND flash memory with roughly 170 layers, joining American peer Micron Technology and South Korea's SK Hynix in obtaining the cutting-edge technology, Nikkei has learned. [4]

SEOUL -- South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is developing 321-layer NAND flash memory for data storage, as the race for more layers of chips and greater data capacity continues in the industry. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has begun mass production of the world's most advanced, 286-layer NAND flash memory chips with expanded data storage capacity. [6]

TOKYO -- While prices of DRAM memory chips continue to drop as the market shrinks, NAND flash memory chips could bottom out before year-end. [7]

TOKYO -- After months of declines, prices of NAND flash memory will likely start picking up, thanks to its strength in helping deliver high-spec devices in the age of the internet of things. (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-30 · 65% match

India's flood response exposes cracks in system, experts warn

NEW DELHI -- In Nanded, an inland city of the Indian state of Maharashtra, 36-year-old farmer Gajanan Shidardi has seen weeks of waterlogging and storms leave his 22-acre (8.9-hectare) farm in ruins.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-20 · 75% match

SK Hynix to buy Intel's NAND memory unit for $9bn

SEOUL -- SK Hynix announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal to buy U.S. chipmaker Intel's NAND memory unit for $9 billion, an acquisition that is set to catapult the South Korean company into the No. 2 spot in the global NAND market.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-03 · 75% match

Micron taps Singapore as launch pad for NAND offensive

TOKYO -- U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology has put Asia at the center of its strategy for the NAND flash memory market, leveraging Singapore's generous government support as it looks to catch up with deep-pocketed rivals.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-19 · 75% match

Kioxia develops 170-layer NAND, joining elite chipmaking club

TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Kioxia has developed NAND flash memory with roughly 170 layers, joining American peer Micron Technology and South Korea's SK Hynix in obtaining the cutting-edge technology, Nikkei has learned.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-08-10 · 75% match

SK Hynix working on cutting-edge 321-layer NAND flash memory

SEOUL -- South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is developing 321-layer NAND flash memory for data storage, as the race for more layers of chips and greater data capacity continues in the industry.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-04-23 · 75% match

Samsung starts mass production of most advanced NAND memory

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has begun mass production of the world's most advanced, 286-layer NAND flash memory chips with expanded data storage capacity.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-04-30 · 75% match

DRAM prices still falling, but NAND prices may hit bottom in 2016

TOKYO -- While prices of DRAM memory chips continue to drop as the market shrinks, NAND flash memory chips could bottom out before year-end.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-06-02 · 75% match

NAND flash memory prices likely to climb again

TOKYO -- After months of declines, prices of NAND flash memory will likely start picking up, thanks to its strength in helping deliver high-spec devices in the age of the internet of things.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-10-15 · 75% match

Tokyo Electron takes aim at NAND etching leader Lam Research

TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaking equipment maker Tokyo Electron is going after U.S.-based rival Lam Research with a groundbreaking new technology in 3D NAND flash memory channel etching that could ultimately net the company billions of dollars.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-23 · 75% match

Hynix to make 72-layer 3-D NAND starting in second half of 2017

SEOUL -- SK Hynix, one of South Korea's leading manufacturers of memory semiconductors, plans to leapfrog rival Samsung Electronics to mass-produce the most-advanced generation of NAND flash -- chips that feature 72 layers of data-storing cells.

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