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Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung advances 1d DRAM roadmap; pilot production eyed by end-2027
Samsung Electronics is reportedly working with multiple partners to develop production equipment for its seventh-generation 10nm-class (1d) DRAM process. The company aims to begin...
Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Hynix scraps degree rules to court AI chip talent

SK Hynix has eliminated degree requirements from its regular recruitment process for new employees, as the memory chip giant seeks...

Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Group tops KRW2,000 trillion as AI memory demand and Nvidia visit lift valuation

SK Group's combined market capitalization on the South Korean stock market surpassed KRW2,000 trillion (US$1.32 trillion) for the first...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Commentary: US delays DeepSeek blacklist, exposing AI export-control dilemma
The US has held back from adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other entities to a key trade blacklist, underscoring Washington's struggle to...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Nvidia Vera CPU strains LPDDR supply as AI servers tap phone memory

Nvidia is expected to surpass Apple and Samsung Electronics' mobile division to become the world's top buyer of LPDDR, as AI servers and...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix suppliers seek war-cost payback after US-Iran shock drains chip materials inventory

Semiconductor materials suppliers are moving to rebuild depleted inventories and recover sharply higher costs from Samsung Electronics,...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
Samsung reportedly moves closer to 5nm-class MRAM as TSMC advances its roadmap

Samsung Electronics has secured key technology for a 5nm-class magnetoresistive random-access memory cell, according to Korean financial...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
TSMC eyes A16 mass production in 4Q26 and Intel refines 18A roadmap with 18A-P
Researchers and chipmakers presented new logic, memory, and device architectures at the 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposium in Honolulu, with several results pointing...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Apple's Siri AI push drives 12GB DRAM demand for Samsung and SK Hynix

Apple is stepping up the AI capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, and analysts say memory chip demand will rise along with it,...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
AMD to acquire MEXT to expand AI memory optimization tools
AMD said it will acquire MEXT, a move aimed at strengthening its AI and data center portfolio amid rising global memory demand. The deal is intended to help customers improve performance,...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Kioxia surpasses Toyota, eyes M&A push in face of AI boom
NAND flash memory supplier Kioxia Holdings has surpassed Toyota Motor in market capitalisation, becoming Japan's most valuable company. The development highlights how the global artificial...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Commentary: AI memory boom turns WF6 squeeze into an opening for CXMT

The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
AI chip race sends WF6 prices soaring after Japan supply shock
Global expansion in AI chips, advanced logic processes, and multilayer 3D NAND flash memory is driving demand for tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), a critical electronic specialty gas used...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
SK Hynix reportedly readies HBM4E samples for Nvidia as Samsung pulls ahead
SK Hynix moved closer to shipping seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4E, to key customers as timing emerged as a critical competitive factor in the global memory market....
Monday 15 June 2026
Micron CEO turns visa rejection into US$1 trillion milestone
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's recent trip to South Korea put the spotlight on the rivalry between Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, while memory giant Micron crossed the US$1 trillion...