Amid tightening memory supply, the industry is shifting focus to high-margin, cutting-edge products catering to hyperscalers. Legacy, consumer-oriented memory is gradually reaching end-of-life, with 2026 poised as a watershed year for key players. Here’s a look at how Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron...

As AI workloads continue to grow, high-bandwidth flash (HBF) is gaining momentum, with experts forecasting earlier-than-expected commercialization. According to Sisa Journal, KAIST professor Joungho Kim—widely regarded as the “father of HBM”—indicates that Samsung Electronics and SanDisk pla...

Memory giants are treading carefully on NAND capacity expansion and phasing out older products like MLC (Multi-Level Cell), while doubling down on advanced technologies. Notably, at the San Francisco 2025 IEDM conference in December, SK hynix unveiled its cutting-edge 5-bit NAND flash, claiming read...

MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500, targeting the upper-midrange smartphone market. According to ijiwei, the Dimensity 9500s represents an expansion of the Dimensity 9000 series lineup. It is built on TSMC’s 3nm process and continues MediaTek’s all-big-core CPU architec...

After months of negotiations, Taiwan and the U.S. on Jan. 15 (U.S. time) sealed a long-awaited deal that cuts broad tariffs on most Taiwanese goods exported to the U.S. from 20% to 15%, while Taiwanese chipmakers, including TSMC, stand to benefit from lower duties on semiconductors and related manuf...