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Wednesday 22 April 2026
Powerchip returns to profitability in 1Q26 following fab sale to Micron
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) reported revenue of NT$13.57 billion (approx. US$432 million) in the first quarter of 2026, up 6% from the previous quarter and 22% year...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
CXMT fills LPDDR4X gap as non-China CSPs seek capacity
Memory giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is stepping in to fill the consumer market shortfall left by Samsung Electronics' planned phase-out of LPDDR4X production. With memory...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
CXMT HBM3 timeline slips, mass production unlikely in 2026
China's leading memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is facing fresh uncertainty over the commercialization timeline of its fourth-generation high bandwidth memory...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung plans NAND expansion at P5 on AI-driven price gains
Surging demand for NAND flash, fuelled by artificial intelligence workloads and data centre expansion, is pushing memory makers into a new investment cycle, with Samsung Electronics...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
ASML's memory revenue tops logic in 1Q26, AI-fueled HBM demand surges
ASML revealed during its first quarter 2026 earnings call that revenue from memory systems has, for the first time, exceeded that of logic chips. Against a backdrop of sustained AI...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Beijing acts on memory price surge, AI demand reshapes device costs

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is stepping in to steady the memory supply chain after a sharp rise in DRAM...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027
Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up
GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...
Monday 20 April 2026
Chinese conglomerate makes entry into memory sector as AI drive structural shift
On April 17, Security Times reported that Beijing New Space-time Technology (Time Space Technology) plans to acquire Shenzhen-based memory module maker Powev Electronic Technology...
Monday 20 April 2026
Weekly news roundup: Samsung launches voluntary retirement; Qualcomm moves into custom DRAM with CXMT
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 13-19, 2026:
Saturday 18 April 2026
Memory price surge hits Xiaomi shipments, forces strategy shift
Rising memory prices are reshaping the global smartphone market. The shift is triggering a broad slowdown and accelerating structural shifts across China's handset industry. Data from...
Friday 17 April 2026
Tesla AI5 reaches tape-out; SK Hynix memory spotted in early sample

Tesla has reached the tape-out stage for its next-generation AI chip, AI5, marking a milestone in its in-house semiconductor development...

Thursday 16 April 2026
Samsung pushes HBM4 yields as advanced testing and cutting technologies emerge
Samsung Electronics is accelerating efforts to improve yields for its sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4), as it seeks to narrow the gap with market leader SK hynix. According...
Thursday 16 April 2026
Samsung targets May HBM4E samples for Nvidia after validation

Samsung Electronics is aiming to produce its first samples of next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4E) as early as May, with plans...

Thursday 16 April 2026
YMTC to ramp Wuhan fab in 2026, new capacity unlikely before 2028, oversupply risks seen limited

China-based Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) is advancing an aggressive expansion plan that could become the world's third-largest...