While Iran and the U.S. have agreed to a ceasefire contingent on guaranteed safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the helium crisis across the semiconductor supply chain shows temporary signs of easing. However, as highlighted by Forbes, Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, which supplies r...

Apple may be moving to bring AI server chip development further in house, as recent developments suggest. According to Wccftech, citing The Elec, sources say Samsung Electro-Mechanics has supplied semiconductor glass substrate samples to Apple. Following earlier sample shipments to custom AI chip de...

According to TrendForce's latest memory spot price trend report, DRAM continues to face contained selling pressure, with spot prices maintaining a gradual downward trend. In the NAND segment, most sellers are expecting further increases in 2Q26 contract prices, in an attempt to lift spot prices as w...

Intel is stepping into Elon Musk’s TeraFab initiative to help to produce 1 TW/year of compute. According to Tom’s Hardware, the company said Tuesday that it is now part of the project, a move that highlights Intel’s ability to design, manufacture, and package advanced processors at scale, pote...

As memory giants accelerate the phase-out of legacy NAND like MLC, they are doubling down on next-generation, high-performance storage to ride the AI wave. On April 8, SK hynix announced it has begun shipping its latest cSSD, PQC21 — the first in the industry to feature 321-layer QLC NAND flash. ...