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Tuesday 31 March 2026
Innodisk: AI memory demand outpaces supply; NAND, DRAM price keeps climbing
AI and edge computing demand is accelerating, prompting industrial memory module maker Innodisk to project strong growth through 2026. Chairman and president Randy Chien said NAND...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Memory chip shortage drives surge in China's used phone chip market
The used mobile phone recycling market in China has recently heated up, with even non-functional old phones being collected at significantly higher prices than before. This surge is...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Apple business units and Nintendo drive Weblink's optimistic 2H26 outlook
Weblink International, a subsidiary of Acer Group, is benefiting from growth in software subscriptions, Apple business device sales, and rising demand for Nintendo hardware and software,...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Memory shortage persists as AI-era supply-demand imbalance deepens
Global memory chip shortages have shifted industry focus from price competition to securing supply, driven by explosive demand for AI servers. Advanced production capacity is being...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Samsung faces 17,700-worker strike as DS division talks collapse
Samsung Electronics is embroiled in a deepening labor dispute after intensive negotiations between management and workers — which began on March 26, 2026 — broke down without...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly set for record profits as long-term contracts expand
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to post record first-quarter profits as surging artificial intelligence demand drives memory prices higher, with suppliers pushing to...
Monday 30 March 2026
Kioxia outlines supply strategy, stresses new 2027 capacity won't disrupt NAND market balance
As generative AI (GenAI) shifts from large-model training to large-scale inference, Japanese NAND giant Kioxia forecasts continued price increases for NAND and SSD products. Despite...
Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung reportedly shifts Xi'an plant to 236-layer NAND

Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun mass production of 236-layer NAND flash at its Xi'an plant in China, marking a key step in...

Monday 30 March 2026
Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices amid memory costs spike
Sony Group's gaming subsidiary, Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced on March 27 that it would raise the global retail price of its flagship home console, the PlayStation 5, effective...
Monday 30 March 2026
AI-driven memory market set to top US$600 billion on rising storage demand
The global semiconductor memory market is expected to surpass US$600 billion by 2026, as artificial intelligence accelerates a shift toward high-performance storage, according to industry...
Monday 30 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI, supply chains, new entrants intensify global chip race
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 23-27, 2026:
Monday 30 March 2026
AI compression won't ease memory crunch, NAND shortage set to persist
AI-driven demand is tightening global memory supply, pushing NAND flash and server DRAM into shortages, price hikes, and capacity constraints. Server memory demand is expected to grow...
Monday 30 March 2026
DRAM scaling hits limits as next-generation memory faces delays

The global DRAM industry is approaching a structural inflection point, as traditional scaling methods struggle to deliver the performance...

Sunday 29 March 2026
Samsung's 2026 strike poses bigger challenges despite economic shift and tripled scale
Samsung Electronics is facing a looming labor strike in May as its memory and foundry businesses take off, marking a more complex challenge than the initial 2024 walkout. The upcoming...
Sunday 29 March 2026
Innodisk says AI success depends on software-hardware integration, signaling shifts for edge and industry deployments
Innodisk told attendees at the 2026 AI EXPO that effective AI deployment requires more than raw computing power; it depends on tight integration between software and hardware, and...