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Tuesday 5 May 2026
South Korea eyes memory-led AI order against Nvidia
As AI shifts from training to inference and from single-task use to multi-agent collaboration, South Korea's semiconductor industry is seeking to recast the market around memory rather...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
SEMICON SEA 2026: the trillion-dollar chip era is already here
The global semiconductor industry is entering a "multi-trillion-dollar" growth cycle sooner than expected, SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha said, urging Southeast Asian countries...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Nanya Technology's April revenue soars, driven by strong ASP outlook and accelerated expansion efforts
Nanya Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$25.49 billion (approx. US$805.3 million) for April 2026, surging 717.33% from NT$3.12 billion a year earlier and 40.29% from March,...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
DDR6 server memory moves into early development as industry prepares for next-generation AI demand
The development of next-generation server memory DDR6 is reportedly entering early hardware validation, as memory makers and supply chain partners begin pre-development work ahead...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Memory price hikes push smartphone shipments down more sharply than notebooks
Rising memory prices have squeezed handset demand and are expected to widen the gap between smartphone and notebook shipment declines in 2026, according to industry reports. Global...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
SK Hynix weighs memory plant shift as HBM demand outlook changes

SK Hynix is considering a shift in its DRAM investment strategy at its new M15X memory production base in Cheongju, South Korea, from...

Tuesday 5 May 2026
Kioxia, SanDisk to unveil 3D flash architecture targeting 1,000-layer milestone
Kioxia and SanDisk are set to present a new 3D flash memory architecture aimed at extending NAND scaling beyond 1,000 stacked layers, as memory makers seek ways to overcome the physical...
Monday 4 May 2026
Samsung strike exposes AI-era pay divide, raises HBM supply risks

A looming strike at Samsung Electronics is exposing deeper fractures than a typical labor dispute, with widening pay gaps, divisional tensions,...

Monday 4 May 2026
DIGITIMES Chair: South Korea's 260,000 GPU plan relies heavily on Taiwanese production, highlights need for collaboration in AI era
As global demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, the collaboration between Taiwan and South Korea—the core pillars of the global semiconductor supply chain—is critical...
Monday 4 May 2026
Weekly News Roundup: Terafab already affecting wafer fab landscape; Intel launches multi-year reset
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 27-May 4, 2026:
Monday 4 May 2026
Samsung pulls ahead of SK Hynix as commodity DRAM prices surge

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are both riding a historic memory upcycle, but a profit gap of about KRW15 trillion (approx. US$10 billion)...

Monday 4 May 2026
China curbs memory speculation; DDR4 spot slides, contract prices surge

Spot memory prices surged in early 2026, triggering stockpiling and speculative buying across distribution channels, before reversing from...

Saturday 2 May 2026
China's memory makers post blockbuster gains as AI tightens supply and resets prices

China's memory sector is showing clear signs of recovery, with leading players including Shenzhen Longsys Electronics and Montage Technology...

Friday 1 May 2026
AI chip boom sends Korea exports to record highs, supply crunch deepens

South Korea's export surge is entering a new phase, with artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand powering record shipments even...

Friday 1 May 2026
Macronix eyes steady growth from 1Q26 amid eMMC supply gap
Memory maker Macronix (MXIC) is emerging from an operational slump in the first quarter of 2026, driven by explosive revenue growth in embedded multi-media cards (eMMCs) as major global...