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15 April, 2016
Japan Suffers Serious Earthquake
9 February, 2016
Earthquake in Taiwan
20 October, 2015
Western Digital To Acquire SanDisk
13 July, 2015
Micron a Takeover Target
26 March, 2015
Four New Players Join 3D NAND Market
2 March, 2015
NXP and Freescale Become One
1 December, 2014
Cypress and Spansion to Merge
3 November, 2014
Samsung Acquires Proximal Data
1 July, 2014
Samsung Samples 3D NAND SSD
16 June, 2014
SanDisk to Acquire Fusion-io
19 December, 2013
Avago to Acquire LSI Corporation
12 December, 2013
Rambus and Micron Sign License Agreement
27 November, 2013
OCZ to File for Bankruptcy
10 September, 2013
Cisco to Acquire Whiptail
9 September, 2013
Western Digital Acquires Virident
4 September, 2013
Fire at SK hynix Wuxi Plant
2 July, 2013
SanDisk to Acquire SMART Storage
24 June, 2013
Western Digital to Acquire sTec
9 May, 2013
Fusion-io Founders Resign
29 January, 2013
Seagate Jumps Into PCIe SSD Market
14 December, 2012
Significant Earthquake off Japan Coast
27 November, 2012
New Report Analyzes IOPS Needs for Enterprise Applications
19 November, 2012
Intel’s Otellini to Step Down in May
16 August 2012
IBM Announces Intention to Acquire Texas Memory Systems
2 July 2012
Micron to Acquire Elpida, Majority of Rexchip
20 June 2012
SK Hynix Acquires Link_A_Media
28 February 2012
Intel Sells IMFT Assets to Micron
27 February 2012
Elpida Files for Bankruptcy
3 February 2012
Micron’s Appleton Killed in Plane Wreck
16 November 2011
Micron and Hynix Prevail in Rambus Suit
27 October 2011
LSI Acquires SandForce
17 May 2011
SanDisk Acquires Pliant Technology
29 April 2011
Look at AMD Before Thinking It Should License ARM
21 April 2011
Italy Proposes PV FIT Reductions
19 April 2011
Seagate and Samsung “Combine” HDD Businesses
6 April 2011
Texas Instruments to Acquire National Semiconductor
23 March 2011
Japan Earthquake Update
11 March 2011
Major Earthquake Hits Japan
7 March 2011
Western Digital to Acquire Hitachi Global Storage Tech for $4.3 Billion
31 December 2010
Powerchip to Become PC DRAM Foundry for Elpida
8 December 2010
Toshiba NAND Fab Suffers Power Outage
10 February 2010
Micron to Acquire Numonyx
3 February 2010
Microchip to Acquire SST
1 February 2010
Intel and Micron Introduce 25nm NAND
21 January 2010
Samsung, Rambus Settle Patent Litigation
8 December 2009
Seagate Finally Unveils SSD Offering
16 October 2009
Jim Handy to Speak at Bell Microproducts SSD Seminar
11 August 2009
Micron & Intel’s 34nm 3-bit NAND Arrives
16 April 2009
ReNECas: The Merger of Three MCU Companies?
8 April 2009
Spansion Settles with Samsung
8 April 2009
Italy Earthquake Threatens Micron Fab
2 March 2009
Spansion Files for Chapter 11 Protection
3 February 2009
Spansion President Resigns
23 January 2009
Qimonda Petitions for Insolvency Proceedings
2 December 2008
Intel & Hitachi Co-Develop Enterprise SSDs
17 November 2008
Spansion Sues Samsung
21 October 2008:
Samsung Withdraws SanDisk Bid
20 October 2008:
Toshiba to Acquire 30% of SanDisk’s Share of JV Production
13 October 2008:
Micron to Buy Out Qimonda’s Share of Inotera
19 September 2008:
Samsung Goes Public with SanDisk Offer
29 May 2008:
Intel & Micron Skip 40nm NAND Process – Jump to 34nm
20 May 2008:
Hynix China Fab Suffers Power Outage
14 April 2008:
Seagate Fires First Volley at SSD Maker STEC
31 March 2008:
Numonyx Makes its Debut
4 March 2008:
Micron/Nanya MOU – Qimonda’s Bane or Boon?
3 August 2007:
Power Outage in Korea: Six Samsung Fabs Closed
17 July 2007:
Earthquake in Japan – Little Fab Impact Expected
22 May 2007:
Intel & ST Create New Flash Company
27 April 2007:
Apple Story Portends NAND & DRAM Shortage
24 March 2007:
Earthquake in Japan – No Fabs Reporting Losses
21 March, 2007:
Hynix and SanDisk Cross-License NAND & Form JV
