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Wednesday 21 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly upgrading China NAND fabs to fend off YMTC amid softening US stance
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are upgrading their NAND flash factories in China to make chips with more than 200 layers, Reuters reported on October 21, citing four people...
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
Micron funds critical minerals processing at Indium Corporation's New York facility
Micron Technology said Tuesday it will fund critical minerals processing and high-purity materials manufacturing at Indium Corporation's facilities in Rome, New York.
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
Axcelis plans US$35 million semiconductor facility in South Korea
Axcelis Technologies plans to break ground on a US$35 million ion implantation equipment manufacturing facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, expanding its semiconductor infrastructure...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Micron faces potential Taiwan strike, union cites Samsung, SK Hynix profit-sharing benchmark
Micron Technology's Taoyuan union has announced a one-day warning strike for October 22, coinciding with a second round of labour mediation between the company and its Taichung union...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics wins KRW360.5 billion memory substrate deal as AI demand drives expansion
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has secured a KRW360.5 billion (US$271.8 million) long-term contract to supply package substrates for memory semiconductors, strengthening its position in...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Memory chip inflation accelerates smartphone brands' retreat from low-end devices
Rising memory prices are squeezing smartphone makers and consumers, pushing shipments to their lowest third-quarter level since 2012, and accelerating the market's retreat from entry-level...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics extends long-term contracts to memory substrates, totaling KRW4.3T
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) has signed a long-term supply agreement worth KRW360.487 billion (approximately US$260 million) with a major global company for memory packaging substrates,...
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
Kioxia targets higher-value AI storage with Nvidia partnership, advanced NAND technology
Kioxia is prioritising proprietary NAND flash technology and customer-specific development over aggressive capacity expansion, seeking to capitalise on rising AI storage demand while...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
South Korean govt, SK Hynix launch KRW2 trillion loan guarantee program for chip suppliers
SK Hynix, South Korea's industry ministry, the state-run Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-SURE), and four major commercial banks launched a KRW2 trillion (US$1.5 billion) loan guarantee...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Sandisk to be exclusive storage provider for Meta VR Glasses
Sandisk will be the exclusive provider of flash storage for Meta VR Glasses, supplying Meta-certified microSD Express memory cards and USB-C flash drives when the glasses launch in...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Yale develops fluidic memory chip using water flow, microfibers
A research team at Yale University in the US has found that flowing networks made of water or other fluids can store memory like computer chips, leading to the development of a fluidic...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
SK Hynix moves AI data centers from processor-centric to memory-centric design
SK Hynix has presented the Memory-Centric AI Rack System (MARS) at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit. The architecture separates memory from individual servers and pools...