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Tuesday 10 February 2026

SK Hynix set to ship HBM4 for Nvidia's Vera Rubin this month

SK Hynix is expected to begin shipments this month of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, a high-performance, low-power...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

China reportedly enters HBM3 mass production as South Korea pushes into HBM4

China is preparing to initiate large-scale production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), narrowing a technology gap with South Korea in a...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Phison CEO meets India's Modi to boost NAND, edge AI strategies

Phison Electronics CEO Khein-seng Pua met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 8, 2026, to discuss leveraging their respective strengths to advance the deployment of...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Behind Nvidia’s fried-chicken diplomacy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly hosted a "fried chicken and beer" meeting in Silicon Valley on February 5, 2026, with SK Group chairman Tony Choi, according to industry sources...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Memory cost pressures lead ODMs to adopt cautious 2026 outlook for notebook shipments

Notebook ODMs reported mixed January 2026 shipment results, with Quanta declining year-over-year while Wistron and Inventec showed growth. The industry expects a first quarter seasonal...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Japanese election landslide puts Korean spotlight on chips, Rapidus and TSMC

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a decisive victory in the February 8, 2026, lower house election after her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 seats, surpassing the...

Monday 9 February 2026

Can ZAM replace HBM? Intel, SoftBank push 'alternative' memory architecture

As the global AI computing race intensifies, the primary constraint is shifting from GPU architecture to memory physics. HBM capacity remains concentrated among Samsung, SK Hynix,...

Monday 9 February 2026

Samsung boosts HBM4 DRAM investment to secure market leadership

Samsung Electronics is set to begin mass production of the world's first sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips later in February 2026, marking a major milestone in the...

Monday 9 February 2026

Generic DDR shortage persists as smartphone brands adopt multi-pronged strategies

The smartphone industry is facing ongoing challenges from soaring memory prices, with many expecting the market to contract in 2026. Mid- and low-tier smartphones are projected to...

Monday 9 February 2026

Winbond, Macronix post strong January sales as memory demand heats up

Memory makers Macronix International and Winbond Electronics reported impressive revenue growth for January 2026, signaling a positive trend in the memory market despite the traditional...

Monday 9 February 2026

Silicon Motion expands enterprise storage amid NAND supply shift

NAND flash supply shortages have pushed original manufacturers to focus on AI servers, leaving PC and smartphone markets to memory module vendors. This shift offers Silicon Motion...

Monday 9 February 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix shift to shorter memory contracts as prices surge

Memory chip manufacturers are adjusting long-standing supply practices in response to rising prices. According to South Korean media reports,...

Monday 9 February 2026

512Gb NAND wafer shortage triggers forced upgrades, narrows gap with 1Tb

The supply landscape for 3D NAND wafers is being structurally reshaped as major manufacturers shift capacity aggressively toward enterprise...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Silicon Motion posts strong Q4 results, forecasts continued growth in 2026

Silicon Motion Technology, a leading global supplier of NAND flash controllers, reported robust financial results for the fourth quarter...

Saturday 7 February 2026

SK Hynix clears power hurdle in Yongin as Samsung faces site delays

South Korea is moving ahead with plans to develop what it bills as the world's largest semiconductor cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province,...