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Tuesday 28 October 2025
Memory shortage hits 70% order fulfillment; server DRAM prices surge 50%
The memory chip shortage has escalated into a severe crisis as upstream international manufacturers finalize contract prices for the fourth quarter of 2025. Intense competition for...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Winbond boosts memory production capex over fivefold amid tight supply
Taiwan-based memory manufacturer Winbond Electronics Corp. has approved a capex budget of NT$35.509 billion (US$1.16 billion) to restructure its memory production capacity in response...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
China's CXMT, YMTC power into AI memory super cycle
The global memory market is entering a "super cycle" driven by the booming adoption of AI, data center upgrades, and growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC). With inventories...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
HBM boom tightens DRAM supply as Samsung, SK Hynix secure long-term deals
As demand for memory surges alongside the build-out of AI infrastructure and soaring data volumes from AI agents developed by OpenAI, Google, and others, consumption has spiked not...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix memory hikes hit Chinese smartphone makers hardest
As global memory prices surge rapidly, smartphone makers face increasing cost pressures that are driving retail price adjustments. Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division anticipates...
Monday 27 October 2025
LG Electronics advances HBM and glass substrate equipment for advanced packaging
LG Electronics is aggressively entering the advanced semiconductor packaging equipment market to meet the surging demand driven by AI. The company plans to gradually localize production...
Monday 27 October 2025
Weekly news roundup: TSMC tightens China orders; Micron sees DRAM market tightening; CXMT, Huawei advance HBM3 chips
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 20 to 26, 2025.
Monday 27 October 2025
Etron's Nicky Lu sees DRAM rally lasting six months, bets on a strong 2026
The memory industry has recently become a hot topic, with Etron chairman Nicky Lu stating that the current AI boom will drive continuous growth in the semiconductor sector over the...
Monday 27 October 2025
China's semiconductor reckoning: YMTC chairman on 5 shifts that will redefine sector
As China gears up for its Fifteenth Five-Year Plan, Chen Nanxiang, chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and YMTC, said the country's semiconductor industry...
Monday 27 October 2025
Samsung launches aggressive price-cut strategy to catch up in HBM competition
HBM continues to be a critical resource as the AI boom is further tightening supply and demand in the memory industry. Memory leader Samsung Electronics is fixated on reclaiming its...
Sunday 26 October 2025
CXMT, Huawei align on HBM3 ahead of China's 2026 AI memory leap
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) has become the latest competitive front for global DRAM manufacturers. As Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron gear up for HBM4 mass production in 2026, China's...
Friday 24 October 2025
Micron begins sampling 192GB low-power DRAM module for AI servers

Micron Technology has started customer sampling of its new 192GB SOCAMM2 (Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Module), a low-power...

Thursday 23 October 2025
SEDEX 2025: Samsung debuts HBM4; SK Hynix showcases rival design
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix unveiled their next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) at SEDEX 2025 in South Korea, marking Samsung's first public display of an HBM4 sample...
Thursday 23 October 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix race to build US chip capacity
As the CHIPS and Science Act drives a shift in global semiconductor investments from Asia to the US, whether South Korean giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix can emerge successfully...
Thursday 23 October 2025
SK Hynix poised to benefit fully from DRAM demand as 'FOMO' rises
SK Hynix is positioned to thoroughly capitalize on the ongoing memory supercycle, driven by its superior DRAM technology and mass production capabilities, according to analysts.