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NEWS TAGGED MEMORY CHIPS

Tuesday 20 January 2026

Memory supply constraints and rising costs force China's smartphone brands to scale back 2026 shipment forecasts

China's major smartphone manufacturers are revising their 2026 shipment forecasts downward amid tightening memory supply and surging prices, according to Jiemian News. Xiaomi,...

Tuesday 20 January 2026

Samsung Device Solutions eyes 47% bonuses after profit surge

Samsung Electronics on January 16 announced payout ratios for its 2025 excess profit performance incentive, with the Device Solutions...

Tuesday 20 January 2026

Rising memory prices threaten consumer electronics growth, squeezing smartphone, notebook, and TV markets

Memory price increases are significantly affecting consumer electronics, with smartphones and notebooks facing the greatest challenges, while TVs experience milder but still notable...

Monday 19 January 2026

SSD controllers face five challenges as NAND shortage drives sky-high prices

NAND flash prices have increased dramatically. Supply and demand are unlikely to ease this year as AI technology giants and large cloud service providers (CSPs) aggressively purchase...

Monday 19 January 2026

Micron sets 1γ as mainstream node for 2026 as HBM and SOCAMM2 ramp

With shipments of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and XPUs expected to rise sharply in 2026, AI accelerators are set to continue relying on fifth-generation high-bandwidth...

Monday 19 January 2026

TSMT bets on DRAM modules to fuel 2026 growth as consumer demand cools

Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp. said revenue returned to growth in 2025 after two consecutive years of decline, though rising prices and tight supply of key components are...

Monday 19 January 2026

China's Innosilicon launches LPDDR6 IP with commercial shipments

As AI smartphones and AI PCs surge, end devices demand unprecedented memory bandwidth. Recently, Chinese interface IP provider Innosilicon announced that its self-developed LPDDR6/5X...

Monday 19 January 2026

Weekly news roundup: memory shortages, packaging power, TSMC's global pivot

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories of the week of January 12-18, 2026.

Monday 19 January 2026

Advantest ATE lead times remain tight as AI and memory markets expand

As demand strengthens in markets such as GPUs and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), Japan-based Advantest said orders for semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE) remain stable, with...

Monday 19 January 2026

Ardentec utilization rate rises through 2025 on chip testing demand from networking, automotive, and storage sectors

Semiconductor testing company Ardentec reported steady utilization growth through 2025, driven by strong chip-testing orders from the networking, automotive, and storage markets. The...

Sunday 18 January 2026

SK Hynix reportedly completes 1a DRAM upgrade at Wuxi plant in China

SK Hynix has reportedly finished converting its key DRAM production facility in Wuxi, China, to the fourth-generation 1a process. The...

Sunday 18 January 2026

South Korea signs IP pact again, China-linked tech leaks still dominate

South Korea's Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on intellectual property cooperation with China's National Intellectual Property Administration...

Sunday 18 January 2026

SK Hynix accelerates advanced packaging from Korea to Indiana

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW19 trillion, about US$12.9 billion, to build an advanced semiconductor packaging plant in Cheongju, South Korea, as it moves to secure capacity for AI-driven...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Internal memo reveals Micron has locked in PSMC HBM capacity through prepayment

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) has provided new details on its planned sale of the Tongluo P5 fabrication plant...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Micron to buy PSMC Taiwan fab in $1.8bn deal as both recalibrate AI memory strategies

Micron Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation have reached a preliminary agreement under which Micron will acquire...

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