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Wednesday 24 December 2025
PC giants rush to lock in memory supply as prices surge toward a new supercycle
As the global memory market enters its sharpest price upswing in nearly five years, one top-tier PC maker has moved quickly to lock in supply, dispatching senior executives to negotiate...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly hike HBM3E prices nearly 20% ahead of 2026 shift
South Korean memory giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have reportedly hiked prices for fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory by nearly 20% for 2026 deliveries, as soaring demand...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Taiwan's November export orders up nearly 40%, driven by US AI demand
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced on December 23, 2025, that export orders from the US reached US$28.45 billion in November 2025, up 12.5% sequentially and 56.1%...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Exclusive: Samsung slows DDR4 phase-out, reportedly requires NCNR contracts for server customers
Memory giant Samsung Electronics is slowing its planned DDR4 DRAM production phase-out in the fourth quarter of 2025 amid surging market prices and tightening supply. Sources say...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
US sets June 2027 deadline for China chip tariff spike
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has concluded a year-long Section 301 investigation into China's acts, policies, and practices related to its semiconductor industry,...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
2D materials: from memory entry to logic's future
Two-dimensional (2D) materials were once regarded as important candidates for extending semiconductor scaling. Because they are only an atom thick, they are theoretically very suitable...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Taiwan advances 'dream memory' R&D beyond DRAM for AI era
Once a low-cost commodity underpinning global computing, dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) has become a strategic chokepoint as AI-driven demand reshapes supply chains. With prices...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
ENE Technology warns DDR shortage may hit revenue, eyes drones for growth
ENE Technology said persistent shortages of DDR memory could weigh on revenue over the next two quarters, as tight supplies of DRAM and storage chips continue to pressure notebook...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Silicon Optronics eyes BSI and low-power products in face of memory supply concerns
Silicon Optronics (SOI) highlighted at its recent earnings call that ongoing price hikes and shortages in consumer memory remain unresolved, potentially tightening wafer foundry supply...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Samsung reportedly secures over 60% of iPhone 17 DRAM supply, extends lead to iPhone 18
Samsung Electronics has reportedly become the largest supplier of mobile DRAM for Apple's iPhone 17, a trend expected to continue with the upcoming iPhone 18. Industry analysts attribute...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
China's space launch surge exposes Taiwan's tech gap
As privately owned rocket and satellite manufacturers in the United States continue to surge, China has been accelerating its own commercial space ambitions. Beyond its extensive...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
With memory price hikes diluting end-of-year smartphone demand, AMOLED panel prices also drop
Despite approaching the end of the year and the promotional peak season coming to an end, overall utilization rates in the smartphone panel market have remained relatively high. Additionally,...
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung's HBM4 SiP tops Nvidia's performance tests, heating up memory race
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly intensifying their competition to supply Nvidia's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), known as HBM4. The new HBM4 will be...
Monday 22 December 2025
Etron founder sees Moore's Law rebound as memory crunch stretches to 2027

Etron Technology founder Nicky Lu says the boom in AI is accelerating semiconductor innovation and restoring the momentum of Moore's Law, even...

Monday 22 December 2025
Weekly news roundup: Intel's TSMC talent grab draws scrutiny, Samsung foundry lands Intel order, Moore's Law talent gap looms
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 15 to December 21, 2025.