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Saturday 15 August 2026
Gelsinger calls HBM 'lousy', SK Hynix says it's not memory's final answer

High-bandwidth memory (HBM), a core component in AI semiconductors, has drawn fresh scrutiny after former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger called...

Saturday 15 August 2026
Tripod posts record second-quarter margins on strong server and memory demand
Tripod Technology said revenue and profit both hit record highs in the second quarter of 2026, driven by strong shipments of server and memory products and the continued effect of...
Friday 14 August 2026
Memory supply crunch pushes long-term contracts beyond the big three
The global memory supply shortage is intensifying, with long-term agreements (LTAs) rapidly expanding beyond the three major memory manufacturers—Samsung Electronics, SK hynix,...
Friday 14 August 2026
SK hynix scouts US memory fab sites as customers seek local supply
SK hynix has spent more than a month studying potential locations in the US and other regions for a front-end memory fab, as American customers press the company to expand wafer production...
Friday 14 August 2026
South Korea chip cluster could expand to nine fabs as SK plans new investment
South Korea's planned southwestern semiconductor cluster could eventually expand from four fabs to as many as nine as the government accelerates land, power, and infrastructure work...
Friday 14 August 2026
South Korea's memory-chip exports surge 277% as system chips slip

South Korea's semiconductor export boom was heavily concentrated in memory in July. Memory-chip export value surged 276.9% year over...

Friday 14 August 2026
SanDisk lays out multiyear NAND roadmap and AI storage targets at investor day

SanDisk Corp used its August 13, 2026 investor day to detail a technology roadmap and a set of financial targets it says will carry...

Friday 14 August 2026
Samsung weighs moving legacy memory backend work to Vietnam to free up capacity for HBM
Samsung Electronics may move part of the general-purpose DRAM and NAND packaging and testing now handled at its Cheonan and Onyang sites in South Korea to Vietnam, potentially freeing...
Friday 14 August 2026
Silicon Motion completes US$1.15 billion zero-coupon bond offering
Silicon Motion Technology has completed a US$1.15 billion convertible bond sale, giving it fresh capital to support growth and debt repayment. For global investors and chip buyers,...
Friday 14 August 2026
SK Hynix looks beyond memory with new global growth team
SK Hynix has set up a dedicated team to search for growth opportunities beyond its core memory business and has put a senior group executive in charge, a move aimed at turning the...
Friday 14 August 2026
Phison reports record second quarter profit as AI storage demand surges
Phison Electronics reported record second-quarter results for 2026, with profit and revenue both reaching new highs as AI-driven storage demand accelerated. The Taiwan-based NAND controller...
Friday 14 August 2026
Applied Materials' growth is rotating from China volume to DRAM tooling
Applied Materials just posted its 13th consecutive quarter of year-on-year gross margin expansion, and it did so while its largest single country market shrank. Fiscal third-quarter...
Friday 14 August 2026
Asus sees stronger second-half PC demand despite memory pressure, stronger server outlook
Asus said record second-quarter results have set a higher base for 2026. Still, investors are now watching whether the company can sustain momentum through the second half as memory...
Friday 14 August 2026
Kioxia eyes customer trials for PCIe Gen6 optical SSD

Kioxia is developing a PCIe Gen6 optical SSD and hopes to work with customers on its next prototype, as the Japanese memory maker tackles...

Friday 14 August 2026
Intel tests system memory to ease AI KV-cache pressure
Intel tests presented at the OCP APAC Summit 2026 that moving the key-value cache used in large language model (LLM) inference from GPU memory to system DRAM can raise serving throughput...