{"id":3556,"date":"2009-01-27T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T15:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.legitreviews.com:\/\/aab54937f11a8f3592d636e2711b93e8"},"modified":"2009-01-27T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T15:50:36","slug":"asian-chip-makers-to-gain-from-qimondas-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=3556","title":{"rendered":"Asian chip makers to gain from Qimonda’s troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battered Asian memory chip makers will get some respite from oversupply in the long term after German chipmaker Qimonda filed for insolvency but the industry's recovery depends on a pick-up in demand. Makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used mainly in personal computers and increasingly in mobile devices and game consoles, are fighting a long supply glut and falling demand in a global downturn that is causing them to lose money on each chip they make.<\/p>\n

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Although the direct impact on chip supply would be limited, Qimonda's troubles should give investors a reason to focus on leading players, such as Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Elpida Memory. “The Qimonda news is like rain after a long drought,” said Jay Kim, an analyst at Hyundai Securities in Seoul. Qimonda, ranked as the world's fifth-largest memory chip maker in the second quarter of 2008, filed for insolvency on Friday as a result of huge industry price drops and a credit squeeze.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battered Asian memory chip makers will get some respite from oversupply in the long term after German chipmaker Qimonda filed for insolvency but the industry's recovery depends on a pick-up in demand. Makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used mainly in personal computers and increasingly in mobile devices and game consoles, are fighting a long supply glut and falling demand in a global downturn that is causing them to lose money on each chip they make.<\/p>\n

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Although the direct impact on chip supply would be limited, Qimonda's troubles should give investors a reason to focus on leading players, such as Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Elpida Memory. “The Qimonda news is like rain after a long drought,” said Jay Kim, an analyst at Hyundai Securities in Seoul. Qimonda, ranked as the world's fifth-largest memory chip maker in the second quarter of 2008, filed for insolvency on Friday as a result of huge industry price drops and a credit squeeze.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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