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NEWS TAGGED MEMORY CHIPS

Tuesday 21 April 2026

AP Memory posts 112% profit surge in March, expects stronger growth momentum in 2026

Niche memory design firm AP Memory announced a 112% year-over-year increase in its self-reported March 2026 revenue to NT$814 million (approx. US$25.9 million). Pre-tax net income...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung plans NAND expansion at P5 on AI-driven price gains

Surging demand for NAND flash, fuelled by artificial intelligence workloads and data centre expansion, is pushing memory makers into a new investment cycle, with Samsung Electronics...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

ASML's memory revenue tops logic in 1Q26, AI-fueled HBM demand surges

ASML revealed during its first quarter 2026 earnings call that revenue from memory systems has, for the first time, exceeded that of logic chips. Against a backdrop of sustained AI...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Beijing acts on memory price surge, AI demand reshapes device costs

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is stepping in to steady the memory supply chain after a sharp rise in DRAM...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Qualcomm Chief reportedly seeks memory and manufacturing deals in South Korea

Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon is expected to meet senior executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix during a recent visit...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027

Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up

GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

AI reshapes memory supply; Global Electronics Association warns that traditional procurement strategies will fail

The Global Electronics Association has released a report highlighting how AI demand is redistributing memory supply, causing extended lead times, rising prices, and increased market...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung's HBM4 yield improves, 4nm PMBIST upgrade receives praise from Nvidia

Samsung Electronics is accelerating its catch-up in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market against leader SK Hynix by advancing its sixth-generation HBM4. A key factor is Samsung's...

Monday 20 April 2026

Analysis: How TSMC avoids memory's boom-and-bust cycle

Ahead of TSMC's earnings call, DIGITIMES senior analyst Luke Lin explained that TSMC typically does not revise its full-year revenue forecast or capital expenditure during...

Monday 20 April 2026

Chinese conglomerate makes entry into memory sector as AI drive structural shift

On April 17, Security Times reported that Beijing New Space-time Technology (Time Space Technology) plans to acquire Shenzhen-based memory module maker Powev Electronic Technology...

Monday 20 April 2026

SOCAMM2 race intensifies as SK Hynix starts mass production, while Micron and Samsung push competing designs

SK Hynix has begun mass production of its 192GB SOCAMM2 memory module, marking a major step in the commercialization of next-generation low-power server DRAM designed for AI workloads,...

Monday 20 April 2026

Samsung reportedly signals exit from LPDDR4 market as memory industry shifts toward LPDDR5

Memory makers are accelerating the phase-out of older mobile DRAM generations, with policies on LPDDR4 and DDR4 increasingly converging toward end-of-life (EOL) management as the industry...

Monday 20 April 2026

Weekly news roundup: Samsung launches voluntary retirement; Qualcomm moves into custom DRAM with CXMT

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 13-19, 2026:

Monday 20 April 2026

As 2D NAND fades, UMC faces steep hurdles to enter a shrinking market

The global retreat from 2D NAND flash production is no longer a possibility but an emerging certainty. As major memory makers exit the segment,...

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