Despite bit supply growth, DRAM industry value fell by 4.8% QoQ to US$11.4 billion in the second quarter due to an approximately 10% QoQ decline in average contract price. DRAM oversupply continued as the notebook and smartphone markets remained soft in the second quarter, with shipments of the former dropping by 2.9% QoQ and the latter only increasing by 1.2% QoQ...
Since the second half of 2013, China has been accelerating the development of its 4G market. In addition to building base stations and other network infrastructure, the government has enlisted aggressive solutions suppliers like Marvell and Qualcomm to help bring the supply chain into the 4G generation...