A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on April 20, putting renewed focus on potential disruptions to the semiconductor supply chain, given the region’s concentration of key memory production and chipmaking materials and equipment suppliers. According to ijiwei, Kiox...

Please note that this article cites information from TechNews and The Elec. Shortly after its earlier announcement to discontinue thin small-outline package (TSOP) products in late May, Kioxia China, according to TechNews, issued another end-of-life notice to customers on March 31, stating that it...

Please note that this article cites information from Reuters, Nikkei, Economic Daily News, Commercial Times, EBN News and Nanya Technology. The memory market may be moving beyond a “zero-sum” game. Following Micron’s acquisition of PSMC’s fab to expand DRAM capacity in early 2026, collabo...

Please note that this article cites information from TechNews, The Elec, and Kioxia. As memory giants restructure capacity amid tight supply, Japan’s Kioxia joins the wave, with a client notice indicating it will discontinue Thin Small Outline Package (TSOP) products, final shipments set for Ma...

Fueled by soaring demand for AI chips, memory, and logic processors, Asia’s top chipmakers are ramping up their 2026 capital spending. Nikkei and TrendForce report that leading semiconductor firms across South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China plan to invest over $136 billion this year, a 25% increa...