Chip shortage to extend into next year: WinbondBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporterWinbond Electronics Corp (華邦電子) expects supply constraints on memory chips to extend into next year, suggesting a further upside to chip prices, company president James Chen (陳沛銘) said yesterday. “The supply of specialty DRAM will continue to be tight next year.”“Based on what we know, the world’s top three memorychip makers do not plan to add new capacity for specialty DRAM next year,” he said. Winbond Electronics Corp’s logo is pictured outside its office building in Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City on Nov. 12, 2019. The company plans to make specialty DRAM chips using advanced 20-nanometer technology, which can boost output by more than 30 to 40 percent over the 25-nanometer technology that it currently uses. Specialty DRAM is one of Winbond’s major revenue contributors, accounting for about 46 percent of total memory chip revenue last quarter, while NOR and NAND flash memory chips made up the remaining 54 percent.

Source: Taipei Times August 05, 2021 15:56 UTC