While Nanya Technology drew market attention with a $2.5 billion private placement backed by SanDisk, Kioxia, and Solidigm, the Taiwanese DRAM maker also posted strong results on April 13. Notably, Next Apple, citing General Manager Lee Pei-ying, reports that DRAM prices in the second quarter are ex...

Japan’s public-private foundry Rapidus is targeting mass production of 2nm chips in the second half of fiscal 2027. According to Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) approved an additional ¥631.5 billion in support on the 11th, bringing total government backin...

As memory prices are expected to continue rising in the second quarter amid tight supply, both DRAM and NAND players remain cautious on when the bottleneck will ease. Central News Agency and Anue, citing Wallace C. Kou, president of NAND flash controller chipmaker Silicon Motion, report that the mem...

SanDisk is reportedly moving to establish a supply chain for HBF, a next-generation memory that stacks NAND. According to ETNews, sources say the company has begun engaging materials, components, and equipment partners to build out an ecosystem for an HBF prototype production line. It aims to introd...

Ahead of TSMC’s earnings call later this week, the spotlight is once again on its advanced packaging roadmap—and CoWoS is no longer the only story. According to Commercial Times, TSMC’s CoPoS (Chip-on-Panel-on-Substrate) pilot line has already begun tool deliveries to R&D teams in February...