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Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung escalates South Korea buildout: maps fresh US$90 billion chip, display, battery push in central region

Samsung Group detailed plans on July 2 to invest KRW140 trillion (US$90 billion) in display panels, batteries, chips, and chip materials...

Friday 3 July 2026

SK Hynix puts US$64 billion into Cheongju chip buildout

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW100 trillion (approx. US$64.38 billion) to build new NAND memory chip and advanced packaging facilities in Cheongju, betting that AI demand will keep tightening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Kioxia begins sample shipments of 10th-generation flash memory

Kioxia has begun sample shipments of 1Tb triple-level-cell memory devices built with its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. The move underscores the race to supply...

Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung's HBM4E yield tops 70%, sharpening AI memory race with SK Hynix and Micron

Samsung Electronics is moving closer to commercialising HBM4E, its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), after internal testing showed reliability yields above 70%, strengthening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Apple's iPhone slips in China as local brands hold off challenge

Apple's iPhone lost momentum in China in the first five months of 2026, while domestic smartphone brands largely preserved their home-market advantage. The shift came as volatile memory...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Analysis: How long can memory's AI-driven boom last?

The global memory market is enjoying one of its most profitable cycles in years. AI data center demand has driven DRAM and NAND prices sharply higher, and the three companies that...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Micron and GM strike long-term memory supply deal for vehicles

Micron Technology and General Motors (GM) have signed a strategic customer agreement to secure a long-term supply of memory and storage products for vehicle production. The deal underscores...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Memory price relief for PC brands is expected to be temporary

Memory suppliers are renegotiating high-bandwidth memory contracts, and PC brands say price increases may slow later this year. For...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Qualcomm's Dragonfly raises the stakes, but MediaTek's TPU and ASIC ties keep it in the race

Qualcomm recently launched its Dragonfly platform, signaling a deeper push into cloud artificial intelligence and intensifying competition...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Apple's reported pursuit of Chinese memory chips revives supply chain and geopolitical tensions

Apple is once again exploring Chinese memory suppliers as a prolonged shortage driven by artificial intelligence (AI) demand reshapes the semiconductor supply chain, according to a...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Samsung exec calls for nuclear expansion to support Gwangju fab plan

Samsung Electronics' plan to build two new semiconductor fabs in Gwangju is turning South Korea's southwest chip push into a test of...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Analysis: Apple isn't a victim of memory price surge; it's the biggest winner

Every major consumer electronics company has raised prices this year. The reason, in almost every case, is the same: memory costs have surged, driven by AI data center demand that...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

South Korea's southwest chip hub plan faces supplier gap

South Korea's plan to build a KRW800 trillion (approx. US$51 billion) memory fab cluster in the southwestern Honam region is running into an inconvenient fact: the region has the country's...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

GigaDevice flags memory cycle risks amid share price surge

GigaDevice Technology Group has warned investors of heightened stock trading risks following its share price surge in recent weeks....

Wednesday 1 July 2026

SK Hynix talent hunt targets HBM's next frontiers while drawing Samsung employees' attention

SK Hynix's latest senior hiring drive has reignited debate in South Korea's semiconductor industry, with the move seen as more than...

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