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Tuesday 29 September 2026
CXMT to spend US$5.2 billion on R&D and testing as DRAM supply stays tight
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) plans to invest CNY34.9 billion (approx. US$5.2 billion) in technology R&D and additional back-end DRAM testing capacity, stepping up...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
SoftBank subsidiary Saimemory taps Shinko to bring ZAM closer to commercialization
Saimemory, a SoftBank subsidiary, has brought Shinko Electric Industries into its effort to commercialize Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), adding packaging-substrate, high-density integration...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung reshuffles DRAM roadmap, prioritizing B1b hybrid bonding for D0a, HBM5
Samsung Electronics is reshaping its next-generation dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) roadmap, elevating its B1b wafer-to-wafer (W2W) hybrid bonding technology from a project-specific...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it
Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Solidigm weighs US IPO as AI storage demand lifts valuation
SK Hynix's US-based NAND flash and solid-state drive (SSD) subsidiary, Solidigm, is considering a US initial public offering as early as 2027, with reports indicating a potential valuation...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung bonus plan to lift South Korea talent race

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division is set to announce the calculation and payout rules for its special management performance...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
SK Hynix tests HBM5 with TSMC as HBM4 enters Nvidia's next platform

SK Hynix has validated its HBM5 memory with TSMC's CoWoS packaging, the company said in a September 28 post on its corporate newsroom...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
HBM to take nearly 30% of DRAM capacity as Samsung speeds up P5
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) is expected to account for nearly 30% of DRAM makers' total wafer capacity in 2027, up from about 20% currently, as Samsung Electronics moves to accelerate...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Chips make up nearly half of South Korea's September exports; China, Hong Kong account for 52% of them
Semiconductors made up nearly half of South Korea's exports in the first 20 days of September, while China and Hong Kong combined accounted for more than half of the country's chip...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
South Korean component makers face price cuts as memory costs climb

South Korean electronics component suppliers are under growing pressure as rising memory prices drive chip inflation deeper into the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
IDC says AI agent growth will widen global compute shortage by 2027

AI agents are moving into enterprise workflows and driving a sharp rise in demand for AI infrastructure, with a new report from IDC...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung invests US$1 billion in ex-AWS chief's AI data center venture, joining Nvidia as a founding investor
Six Samsung companies will invest a combined US$1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company set up by investment firm KKR to build data centers and the power supply they need...
Monday 28 September 2026
South Korea's HBM-linked exports surge as Taiwan, Malaysia emerge as high-value destinations

South Korea's exports of the customs category that carries high-bandwidth memory (HBM) are no longer a two-destination story. Unit-value...

Monday 28 September 2026
Weekly news roundup: China gains ground in memory and AI hardware as supply stays tight
China's AI sector is shifting from catch-up to commercialization, with value concentrating in hardware bottlenecks and large platforms rather than independent model labs. Across memory,...
Saturday 26 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: China's memory makers seek scale, funding to close the gap with global leaders

China's two leading memory suppliers are moving to raise capital and expand output as demand for chips grows, a shift that could reshape...