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Monday 11 May 2026
Transcend chair sees AI memory supercycle
AI will bring an epochal technology revolution, as did the invention of steam power and electricity, according to Transcend Information chairman Chung-Won Shu. He argued that DRAM...
Monday 11 May 2026
Samsung strike threat puts memory output at risk as 18-day walkout looms
A planned 18-day strike at Samsung Electronics is shifting investor attention from labor negotiations to the risk of memory-output disruption, as estimates from Korean media point...
Monday 11 May 2026
Memory bottlenecks threaten data-center GPU efficiency as AI inference scales, says Micron SVP
Micron's senior vice president, Jeremy Werner, told The Circuit Podcast that memory has become a strategic bottleneck for data-center inference, warning that insufficient memory can...
Monday 11 May 2026
Phison targets AI storage and edge computing growth through Phison 3.0 strategy
Phison Electronics Corp. reported record revenue and profit for the first quarter of 2026, while Chief Executive Khein-Seng Pua warned that a severe imbalance in the global NAND market...
Monday 11 May 2026
AI inference boom fuels memory race, with Samsung in pursuit
AI-driven demand and new product cycles are accelerating competition among major memory makers, creating pressure across storage and component supply chains. Production is running...
Monday 11 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:
Monday 11 May 2026
The AI memory squeeze may not ease before 2028
Global memory supply is under severe strain, prompting major cloud service providers to sign multi-year contracts with memory makers and forcing the industry to rethink capacity spending...
Saturday 9 May 2026
Samsung accelerates Pyeongtaek fab expansion as memory supercycle builds
Samsung Electronics is reportedly moving up construction of the final production line at its Pyeongtaek semiconductor campus, accelerating one of its largest capacity-expansion projects...
Saturday 9 May 2026
Adata sees DRAM, NAND prices rise 40% in 2Q26
Adata said DRAM and NAND flash contract prices will each climb more than 40% in the second quarter of 2026, as supply is kept tight by cloud server giants that have already locked...
Friday 8 May 2026
2D NAND shortage spirals after Samsung, Micron, and rivals exit market
Major international NAND manufacturers are gradually exiting the mature-process 2D NAND market, triggering panic buying and a sharp spike in prices. Industry sources suggest the supply...
Friday 8 May 2026
Big Tech reportedly offers to fund SK Hynix fabs and EUV tools in escalating AI memory race
Global technology firms are reportedly offering unprecedented investment proposals to secure memory supply from SK Hynix, including funding new production lines and helping pay for...
Friday 8 May 2026
Samsung chiefs address pay talks as strike deadline nears
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and Device Solutions (DS) head Jun Young-Hyun, along with Device eXperience (DX) head Roh Tae-moon, issued a joint statement to all employees on the...
Friday 8 May 2026
Samsung workers seek bigger share of AI profits as strike looms

Samsung Electronics is facing mounting pressure from workers seeking a larger share of the AI-driven semiconductor boom, as unions threaten...

Friday 8 May 2026
PMIC supplier GMT bets on volume growth over higher prices
Power-management chip maker Global Mixed-Mode Technology, or GMT, said demand conditions in the first quarter of 2026 were stronger than expected, helped by an improved product mix...
Friday 8 May 2026
Transcend 1Q26 profit jumps 20-fold as gross margin hits 76%
Memory module maker Transcend Information posted strong financial results in the first quarter of 2026, with gross margin reaching 76.39%, comparable to levels seen at major international...