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Saturday 17 January 2026

Internal memo reveals Micron has locked in PSMC HBM capacity through prepayment

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) has provided new details on its planned sale of the Tongluo P5 fabrication plant...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Micron to buy PSMC Taiwan fab in $1.8bn deal as both recalibrate AI memory strategies

Micron Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation have reached a preliminary agreement under which Micron will acquire...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Micron's new fabs target 2030 rollout as supply shortages linger

Micron is scheduled to begin construction on its planned New York state megafab site on January 16, 2026, advancing its US manufacturing...

Saturday 17 January 2026

NAND makers hike prices up to 100%, squeezing low-end consumer drives

The large-scale deployment of artificial intelligence servers has driven a sharp increase in demand for mass storage, with market sources saying NAND flash contract prices for the...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Samsung DS rebounds to record KRW20 trillion under new leadership

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun, since his appointment in May 2024, has spearheaded significant changes at the company's Device Solutions (DS) division, reversing...

Saturday 17 January 2026

TSMC sees memory price hikes unlikely to curb demand as Apple and Samsung adapt

Tight memory supply has driven market prices sharply higher, prompting industry expectations that 2026 PC and smartphone end-demand will face downward pressure. However, TSMC stated...

Friday 16 January 2026

Biwin Storage profit jumps 427% as memory cycle turns

China's domestic memory module maker Biwin Storage Technology has released the A-share market's first major 2025 profit outlook, signalling a sharp earnings rebound as memory prices...

Friday 16 January 2026

Samsung to lift DRAM output 5% in 2026 as supply tightness persists

Samsung Electronics is expected to increase DRAM production by about 5% this year, but the expansion is unlikely to ease the global supply shortage as demand continues to outpace available...

Friday 16 January 2026

Research Insight: Taiwanese network vendors face mounting cost pressures from memory shortages

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) applications has pushed cloud service providers to increase capital expenditures on data centers, prompting major memory manufacturers to...

Friday 16 January 2026

Memory supply shortage to boost secondhand smartphone market growth

The ongoing memory supply shortage is impacting overall smartphone shipments, with no immediate resolution in sight. Market forecasts predict a decline in global smartphone demand...

Thursday 15 January 2026

SK Hynix accelerates Yongin fab launch by three months

SK Hynix plans to bring forward the opening of a new semiconductor factory by three months and will also begin operating another new plant in February 2026, as surging memory demand...

Thursday 15 January 2026

South Korea's memory chip giants pivot back to capacity expansion

As the global memory market enters a prolonged upcycle, South Korea's two leading memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix,...

Thursday 15 January 2026

Memory supply bottlenecks to drive PC price hikes and spec reductions through 2027

Global memory shortages are expected to continue until late 2027, leading to higher costs for PCs, tablets, and smartphones. In an interview with The Register, IDC research...

Thursday 15 January 2026

Samsung reportedly files new HBM trademarks as HBM4 advances

Samsung Electronics has reportedly filed a series of new trademarks related to high bandwidth memory as it advances preparations for its sixth-generation HBM4 products.

Thursday 15 January 2026

Exclusive: T-Glass shortage ripples through memory and advanced packaging markets

The global memory industry is confronting a growing capacity crunch, one that is increasingly rippling upstream to a shortage of glass...

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