SK Hynix has brought forward the ramp-up of its M15X DRAM facility in Cheongju, opening a second cleanroom and beginning equipment move-in about two months ahead of schedule amid rising demand for memory tied to artificial intelligence (AI), according to East Asia Daily.
Samsung Electronics is reportedly in discussions with Google and Microsoft to establish long-term memory semiconductor supply agreements, in what could become the first binding contracts of their kind in the memory industry, according to Korean media reports.
As global NAND flash makers shift toward higher-layer 3D architectures, legacy MLC NAND is slipping into a severe supply-demand imbalance and edging toward obsolescence.
