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A new survey indicates that the biggest issue for virtualization deployment is insufficient memory installed in servers and not, as is commonly believed, CPU performance.

Powerchip Semiconductor, formerly the largest DRAM maker in Taiwan, was able to secure agreements with enough holders of a convertible bond that came due at the end of last week to move forward on a new repayment plan, but the company faces further loan repayments soon.

Memory cards based on a new specification will boost storage of consumer electronics to as much as 2TB, the SD Association said Thursday.

Samsung Electronics Co. announced today that it is shipping a 32GB NAND memory card, the highest-density embedded memory card to date and one that offers twice the capacity of previous cards.

Japan's Elpida Memory made a massive loss in the year to March 31 due to falling DRAM prices, according to preliminary figures published Monday.

A Taiwanese research group has turned to RRAM (Resistive-RAM) as the latest possible Holy Grail of memory chips, one that can replace both DRAM and NAND flash memory.

A bond redemption that could sink DRAM maker ProMOS will begin on Tuesday and last seven days.

DRAM prices soared in early trading in Asia as traders returned to work following the Lunar New Year holiday.

AMD will soon introduce processors that are capable of supporting DDR3 memory, earlier than the company had anticipated.

Qimonda received a €325 million loan package from the German state of Saxony, a financial institution in Portugal and its parent company, Infineon.

Elpida will raise its stake in a Taiwanese DRAM venture by 3.2 percent to provide its partner some much needed cash.