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Friday 2 May 2025

Memory market soars as Samsung's DDR4 phase-out sparks supply squeeze and price surge

The memory market is seeing a sharp surge, fueled by rising contract prices since the second quarter and Samsung Electronics' move to phase out DDR4 modules, as revealed in communications...

Friday 2 May 2025

Samsung chip earnings nosedive 62%: HBM edge ceded to SK Hynix?

Samsung Electronics beat expectations in the first quarter of 2025, posting revenue of KRW79.1 trillion (US$55 billion) and operating profit of KRW6.7 trillion. However, its Device...

Friday 2 May 2025

US$1 trillion AI rush: China's memory boom shakes global chip market

China's rapid expansion of domestic memory chip production is creating market volatility and forcing established players to adjust their strategies amid already challenging geopolitical...

Thursday 1 May 2025

DRAM process development challenges: DRAM structure in process miniaturization

Since its 1970 debut, DRAM has supplanted magnetic core memory as an essential element in von Neumann's computer architecture. By the mid-1980s, fueled by the popularity of PCs and...

Thursday 1 May 2025

Samsung taps Llama 4 to close semiconductor gap with Hynix, Micron

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has begun deploying Meta's latest generative AI model, Llama 4, marking a strategic...

Thursday 1 May 2025

China's DRAM surge could upend global memory prices and supply chains, warns Etron

The global memory market is recovering from a downturn, with memory poised to become a key pillar of AI computing. However, Etron Technology Chairman Nicky Lu warned that Chinese...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Samsung reportedly exits HBM2E under Chinese price offensive, shifts focus to high-end market

Samsung Electronics is cutting production of mature-node DDR4 memory and reportedly scaling back its third-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM2E) business to focus resources on...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Korean presidential candidate Jae-Myung Lee vows to build South Korea into top semiconductor nation with special law

Jae-Myung Lee, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea and the frontrunner for the next presidency, recently pledged that upon taking office, he will promote...

Tuesday 29 April 2025

YMTC lands US$1.3B funding as financials reveal post-Unigroup fallout

YMTC, one of China's leading semiconductor firms, has secured a new funding round with a CNY1.6 billion (approx. US$220 million) capital...

Tuesday 29 April 2025

China launches 'human wave strategy' for R&D, poaching top-level South Korean scholars

Reports indicate that many outstanding South Korean research scholars have been moving to Chinese universities. These experts hold world-class authority in foundational fields of...

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Samsung shifts focus to 3D DRAM in intensifying competition from SK Hynix and Chinese rivals

Samsung Electronics has reportedly decided to adopt Vertical Channel Transistor (VCT) DRAM as its core next-generation memory product, with plans to begin mass production within the...

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Longsys rolls out bespoke automotive memory solutions to power smarter mobility

At Auto Shanghai 2025, Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. unveiled its full range of automotive-grade memory solutions, including two new in-house products: the eMMC Full-chip Custom...

Monday 28 April 2025

Weekly news roundup: China's chip merger, Samsung delays, CXMT's rise, and TSMC's global expansion battle

These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 21 – April 27.

Friday 25 April 2025

China's Montage Technology storms into global DDR5 top three as AI chip demand explodes

Montage Technology reported robust first-quarter 2025 results, with revenue climbing 65.78% year-over-year to CNY1.222 billion (approx...

Friday 25 April 2025

Exclusive: Google considers HBM3E supplier change

Samsung Electronics has recently intensified its deployment in advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM) processes. However, supply chain sources reveal that Samsung's HBM3E certification...

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