#macronix — Public Fediverse posts

The AI memory super-cycle has a shadow story.

2D NAND — the planar flash inside automotive ECUs, PLCs, switches, and medical devices — just spiked 2–3× as Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix exited. Macronix moved customers to monthly contracts. Winbond booked through 2027.

https://www.buysellram.com/blog/the-other-memory-crisis-2d-nand-prices-spike-2-3x-as-samsung-micron-and-sk-hynix-walk-away/

#NANDFlash #MemoryShortage #ITAD#MLCNAND #SLCNAND #2DNAND #EmbeddedMemory #FlashMemory #Macronix #Winbond #Samsung #Micron #SKHynix #Kioxia #AIInfrastructure #HBM #DRAM #DataCenter #AIMemory #tech

I was drawn to this essay for other reasons but this is my favourite quotation of Dr Miin Wu, founder of #Macronix, silicon chip manufacturer in #Taiwan: “That is my innovation, my contribution to the world... I was the one who brought the use of #statistics to the #manufacturing process. Working on such a small device, you must control the geometry very precisely... Using #data and statistics, first slowly, then more quickly, we were able to #optimise the devices.”
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/june/margaret-simons/when-chips-are-down#mtr

#Foxconn Acquires #Macronix 150mm Fab, Targeting Sic Semiconductors

Announce:
https://techtaiwan.com/20210806/foxconn-macronix-sic/