Posted on Thursday, December 22 2011 @ 20:55 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
A Nikkei business daily report
claims Japanese chipmaker Elpida will start merger talks next month with Taiwanese rival Nanya.
The report comes as Japan's last remaining player in the dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) market struggles with tumbling prices and loss of market share to South Korea's better-funded giants.
Samsung Electronics boosted its market share to 45 percent in July-September, according to research firm IHS iSuppli.
Hynix Semiconductor had a 21.5 percent share in the same period, while Elpida was a distant third with 12.1 percent, level with Micron Technology of the United States, and Nanya is smaller still.
DigiTimes on the other hand
reports Nanya dismissed the report and said it's not aware of such plans.
Nanya Technology on December 22 dismissed a recent report that claimed the company would be engaged in talks with Elpida Memory on a potential tie-up. Nanya said it was not aware of such talks.
