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Monday 19 February 2024
Memory industry awaits Q2 signals of price direction for 2H24
The memory industry has rebounded from the price trough. Although the long Lunar New Year holiday affected customers' willingness to have goods shipped earlier, and the global economy...
Monday 19 February 2024
Samsung reportedly to prioritize memory production facility at Pyeongtaek Plant 4
While the semiconductor market has seen signs of a recovery, various industries will make a comeback at a different pace. The volatile economic condition continues to affect major...
Monday 19 February 2024
Kioxia's losses widen as lack of HBM products takes toll
Japanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia has reported a significant net loss of JPY254 billion (approximately US$1.7 billion) in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2023 (April...
Friday 2 February 2024
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Friday 2 February 2024
Semiconductor revenue rankings in 2023: Intel reclaims top spot, AI wave lifts Nvidia to third, and Samsung drops on memory slump
In 2023, the global semiconductor industry saw its aggregate revenue fall 8.8% from 2022 to US$521.3 billion. Despite Intel reclaiming the top spot in annual revenue, it still recorded...
Friday 2 February 2024
Memory chip prices to continue rally after Lunar New Year
Spot prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory are likely to extend their surge following the Lunar New Year, thanks to chipmakers' ongoing output cutback measures, according to industry...
Thursday 1 February 2024
US accuses Chinese memory chipmaker, AI firms of aiding PLA
The Pentagon added China's leading memory chipmaker and prominent players in AI, energy, and automobiles to a href="https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jan/31/2003384819/-1/-1/0/1260H-LIST.PDF"...
Monday 29 January 2024
ASML rides dual-axis EUV boom as memory vendors join buying spree alongside logic chipmakers amid GenAI wave
When will memory manufacturers restart expansion plans after weathering the storm of a sluggish market and falling average selling prices (ASPs)? This question appears not hard to...
Monday 29 January 2024
SK Hynix returns to profit on GenAI boom, expects momentum from general server market in 2024
In 2023, the rapid growth of the generative AI market brought a turning point for SK Hynix's memory business. Following the AI server market taking off, the memory industry is now...
Thursday 25 January 2024
World's no. 2 memory chip maker SK Hynix reports surprise profit
SK Hynix Inc. posted its first operating profit in more than a year and affirmed plans to build high-end memory capacity to meet AI demand, the latest to signal hope for a long-delayed...
Thursday 25 January 2024
ASML expects strong rebound in 2025, optimistic about orders from memory makers
ASML reported strong books for the last quarter. The lithography equipment giant still expects uncertainties in the chip industry in 2024, and the demands from memory makers will...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
CXMT and YMTC to step up development pace
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), the former specializing in DRAM memory and the latter in NAND flash chips, have accelerated their development...
Thursday 18 January 2024
Samsung, SK Hynix battle over market share in HBM
After experiencing production cuts, South Korean memory manufacturers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are set to face a new wave of market share competition.
Thursday 18 January 2024
Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly requested price reductions from South Korean memory component suppliers
As memory prices begin to rebound, the South Korean industry is optimistic about the business performance of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in 2024. However, the upstream memory...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
2D semiconductor components R&D sees breakthroughs; innovative architecture enables in-memory computing
The spotlight is on two-dimensional materials in response to the demands of the artificial intelligence (AI) era, which necessitates high computing power, low energy consumption,...