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Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI demand is turning memory chips into rationed assets, Morgan Stanley says
AI is reshaping the global memory-chip market, according to Morgan Stanley, by pulling in more DRAM, HBM, and NAND, and turning once-cheap components into scarce resources. The shift...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI chip race lifts semiconductor equipment sales to record US$36.55bn
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit a record first-quarter 2026 high, as the AI buildout lifted investment in leading-edge logic, DRAM and advanced packaging.
Monday 8 June 2026
CXMT's cheap DDR5 myth fades as supply, not price, becomes China memory maker's edge
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is gaining attention as a potential new force in the global DRAM market, but memory module vendors say the Chinese chipmaker is not offering the...
Sunday 7 June 2026
ADATA goes global with data centers, eyes 1Q27 payoff
Strong demand for memory procurement from AI servers continues, and ADATA chairman Simon Chen believes the AI expansion cycle is expected to sustain strong growth for at least another...
Saturday 6 June 2026
AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise

DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications,...

Friday 5 June 2026
HBM is too expensive, DRAM can't scale — Kioxia tells Computex SSDs are the answer for agentic AI
Koichi Fukuda, technology executive for applied SSD technology at Kioxia, used a Computex 2026 forum session on June 4 to argue that as enterprise AI shifts toward agentic systems,...
Friday 5 June 2026
CXMT's South Korean hiring spree puts Samsung, SK Hynix memory lead on alert
More than 200 South Korean engineers are conservatively estimated to be working at CXMT, China's leading DRAM maker, according to industry sources. Chinese semiconductor companies...
Friday 5 June 2026
Commentary: Memory boom driven by DRAM now, but HBM will decide future
AI demand is fueling a broad semiconductor upswing and pushing the memory industry into what many see as a long-awaited super-cycle. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have both reported...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Micron unveils AI memory and storage roadmap at COMPUTEX 2026
Micron outlined a broad AI memory and storage strategy ahead of Computex 2026, saying surging demand across data centers and intelligent edge devices is reshaping the semiconductor...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Phison and Intel roll out aiDAPTIV to boost local AI on Intel AI PC platforms
Phison Electronics announced a collaboration with Intel to bring aiDAPTIV memory extension technology to Intel AI PC platforms running Intel Core Ultra processors, aiming to enable...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
China's underwhelming holiday season shows memory hikes still weigh on consumer demand
After sharp swings in the memory spot market in April and May 2026, the industry's tight supply-demand balance has not changed. Spot prices through the end of May have recovered modestly...
Saturday 30 May 2026
Samsung tops Micron in automotive memory as AI tightens supply

Samsung Electronics has overtaken Micron Technology to become the world's largest supplier of automotive memory chips for the first...

Friday 29 May 2026
Winbond pushes 3x-priced AI Si-Cap shipments as Semco order ramps in 2027
AI demand for high-performance chips is driving up orders for semiconductor silicon capacitors, or Si-Caps, with Samsung Electro-Mechanics and several Taiwanese memory makers emerging...
Friday 29 May 2026
Qualcomm bets on US$300 laptops as memory costs squeeze PC makers
Qualcomm Technologies is pushing its Windows-on-Arm strategy into lower-cost laptops with a new Snapdragon C platform, betting that PC makers squeezed by rising memory costs will look...