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NEWS TAGGED MEMORY CHIPS

Monday 6 July 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron face HBM4 race as custom chip demand grows

The global high-bandwidth memory market is expected to pivot from HBM3E to HBM4 in the second half of 2026, setting up a sharper contest...

Monday 6 July 2026

Longsys forecasts sharp 1H26 profit growth on stronger memory market, AI demand

Longsys Electronics expects a sharp rise in first-half profit as global memory supply stays tight and demand from artificial intelligence-related devices strengthens. The outlook points...

Monday 6 July 2026

South Korea's chip hub push, led by Samsung, SK, draws KRW896 trillion — and a market selloff

SK Group, Samsung Electronics, and Amkor will invest a combined KRW896 trillion (US$585.2 billion) to build South Korea's second major...

Monday 6 July 2026

South Korea weighs longer hours for chip R&D in new tech zones

South Korea is considering exempting research and development personnel from the country's 52-hour workweek limit inside proposed Mega...

Monday 6 July 2026

Samsung said to seek up to 20% DRAM price hike as AI demand tightens supply

Samsung Electronics is negotiating with customers to raise average selling prices for commodity DRAM by as much as 20% in the third...

Monday 6 July 2026

Exclusive Interview: Dutch startup Nearfield bets on process control to rival EUV in AI chip manufacturing

As Moore's Law approaches its physical limits, simply shrinking semiconductor process nodes is no longer the sole path to improving...

Monday 6 July 2026

SEMI warns Trump admin against meddling in memory market

SEMI has warned the Trump administration that intervening in memory-chip pricing or production capacity could worsen a historic supply...

Monday 6 July 2026

Phison says AI demand could erase NAND memory's boom-and-bust cycle

AI is reshaping the memory market in ways that could matter well beyond Taiwan and China, according to Phison Electronics founder and chief executive Pua Khein-Seng. He said growing...

Monday 6 July 2026

Micron breaks ground on Hiroshima expansion to boost AI memory chip production

Micron Technology has begun construction on an expansion of its existing semiconductor plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, western Japan, as part of a JPY1.5 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion)...

Monday 6 July 2026

Analysis: AI supercycle could drive semiconductor market beyond US$2 trillion by 2030

The global semiconductor market is entering a historically significant growth phase. According to WSTS's latest June forecast, global semiconductor revenue is projected to grow by...

Monday 6 July 2026

ESMT revenue hits record high as DDR2 and DDR3 prices keep climbing

Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT), a memory IC design house, posted record monthly consolidated revenue of NT$4.85 billion (approx. US$152 million) in June 2026,...

Sunday 5 July 2026

Component inflation weighs on manufacturing momentum as Taiwan PMI growth moderates

Surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers has driven shortages and sharp price increases for conventional memory, while microcontroller (MCU) suppliers have...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Commentary: Korea's KRW800tn chip bet risks US fab pressure while Apple profits from memory shock

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened...

Friday 3 July 2026

Apple plans five iPhone launches to capture market share amid component shortages

Apple is reportedly planning to launch at least five new models by this time next year, with the company expanding its foldables' production...

Friday 3 July 2026

Chinese NOR Flash supplier Giantec raises prices 25% as memory market risks persist

China's memory price rally continues to gather momentum. Giantec Semiconductor Corporation, a Chinese NOR flash supplier, recently...

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