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Wednesday 21 October 2026
Micron's Taichung union deal eases Taiwan DRAM strike risk; Taoyuan dispute remains unresolved
With a strike by Micron Taiwan employees looming, Micron Technology said Micron Memory Taiwan and the Taichung chapter of the Taiwan Micron Memory Union had reached agreement on several...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
CXMT's next DRAM milestone: 4F² server memory with hybrid bonding by end-2026
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT is targeting higher-density manufacturing. At a recent shareholder meeting, management pledged to enter what it called the "uncharted territory" of extreme...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Breaking AI's memory wall: former TSMC VP charts a path with HBM, optical links and 3D stacking
AI processor performance continues to improve, but memory bandwidth is growing more slowly, making data supply a major constraint on AI chip performance and energy efficiency. Efforts...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Samsung's HBM4 supply lock-in exposes limits of China's CXMT as Apple and Tesla seek DRAM alternatives
Samsung Electronics is expected to enter 2027 with approximately 80% of its planned memory production secured under long-term contracts, reinforcing its pricing position while China's...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
AI dividend drives Taiwan's memory makers from trough to transformation
The AI wave is triggering a surge in memory demand that extends from cloud data centers to edge applications. This surge has not only delivered a substantial dividend to relevant supply...
Monday 19 October 2026
Elon Musk points to China's 2028 DRAM supply surge to challenge Samsung, SK Hynix pricing power
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has predicted a surge in Chinese memory chip production by 2028, raising questions over Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix's pricing power during an AI-driven dynamic...
Monday 19 October 2026
SK Hynix advances chip inspection technology as 3D memory pushes conventional metrology to its limits
SK Hynix is strengthening its metrology and inspection (MI) capabilities as the transition toward 3D DRAM architectures and increasingly complex NAND stacking creates new challenges...
Monday 19 October 2026
CXMT eyes nearly US$20 billion profit as AI-driven DRAM shortages fuel earnings turnaround
China's leading DRAM manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), expects to report net profit of CNY131 billion to CNY132.5 billion (≈ US$19.58 billion to US$19.8 billion)...
Monday 19 October 2026
Micron develops robot memory as Samsung, SK Hynix target physical AI
Micron is developing a memory architecture for humanoid robots, joining Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in efforts to serve AI systems that must process sensor data while operating...
Monday 19 October 2026
AI memory demand lifts Samsung, SK Hynix 2027 outlook
AI data center investment continues to expand, keeping the global memory market undersupplied in the fourth quarter of 2026. Rising DRAM and NAND Flash contract prices are boosting...
Friday 16 October 2026
China's chip earnings boom masks a widening gap between AI processor demand, fading DRAM, NAND price gains
China's semiconductor and computing hardware companies reported or forecast strong earnings growth in the first nine months of 2026, fueled by AI infrastructure investment, demand...
Friday 16 October 2026
CXMT targets DDR5 RDIMMs by end of 2026; SiCarrier showcases China's advanced chipmaking equipment
China's leading DRAM manufacturer CXMT has disclosed progress in its 4F² DRAM architecture and plans to introduce DDR5 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs) by the end...
Friday 16 October 2026
China's YMTC targets 9,600 MT/s with 4F² DRAM design
China's Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is developing a next-generation 4F² DRAM design targeting data transfer speeds of 9,600 megatransfers per second (MT/s), expanding beyond...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Samsung reportedly completes 4F² DRAM development as China's CXMT targets year-end launch
Samsung Electronics has reportedly completed development of next-generation 4F² DRAM technology and is aligning commercialization with customer requirements, even as China's ChangXin...
Thursday 15 October 2026
SK Hynix targets January 2027 for HBF standard, eyes DRAM stacked on AI chips
SK Hynix aims to finalize the technical specifications for high-bandwidth flash (HBF) in January 2027 as it develops new memory technologies to address growing bottlenecks in AI inference...