Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Global memory chip markets, long weighed down by excess inventories and sagging demand, are showing early signs of a thaw.South Korea’s export...

SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker

SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker

SK Hynix Inc. has snatched the crown from Samsung Electronics Co. to become the world’s largest memory chip supplier for the first time since ...

SK Hynix, Samsung to cut legacy DRAM output as Chinese firms catch up

SK Hynix, Samsung to cut legacy DRAM output as Chinese firms catch up

South Korea’s two leading memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – are moving to significantly reduce their...

Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards

Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards

In recent years, the big buzz across industries has been around the power of artificial intelligence, with some critics raising concerns about AI ex...

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...

Samsung produces thinnest low-power DRAM for AI mobile devices

Samsung produces thinnest low-power DRAM for AI mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of the industry’s thinnest low-power double data ra...

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on next-generation memory technology, dubbed CXL, to lead the artificial intel...

Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset

Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has completed the performance verification of its latest LPDDR5X chip for use in ...

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...

SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth

SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth

Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...

Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2

Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...

Samsung's chip stockpile declines in Q4 2023

Samsung's chip stockpile declines in Q4 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. has reported a decrease in its semiconductor inventory for the first time in 10 quarters, signaling a rebound in the memory ...

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its supremacy in the DRAM segment strengthen last year with its market shar...

DRAM prices to rise up to 18% in Q1 2024: report

DRAM prices to rise up to 18% in Q1 2024: report

Memory chip prices are poised for a significant jump in the first quarter of 2024, with mobile DRAM spearheading the increase, according to research...

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Tuesday its chip business losses significantl...

Samsung, SK Hynix expect high 2024 profits as memory market returns

Samsung, SK Hynix expect high 2024 profits as memory market returns

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, expect to post decent chip profits next year as DRAM pri...

Samsung launches next-generation chip process development unit

Samsung launches next-generation chip process development unit

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has launched a business unit tasked with developing next-generation chip proces...

SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...

Samsung to continue DRAM output cut until year-end; NAND recovery slow

Samsung to continue DRAM output cut until year-end; NAND recovery slow

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will continue its ongoing DRAM chip production cut at least until the end of th...

SK Hynix bets on DRAM upturn with $7.6 bn spending; HBM in focus

SK Hynix bets on DRAM upturn with $7.6 bn spending; HBM in focus

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., is significantly increasing its capital spending on ...

DRAM contract prices rebound after 27 months on rising demand

DRAM contract prices rebound after 27 months on rising demand

DRAM contract prices rebounded for the first time in more than two years last month amid the recovery in the consumer electronics market.The price g...

Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips

Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips

SILICON VALLEY -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday showcased a number of new-concept, next-generation DRAM chips, including the industry’s mo...

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...

Average fixed transaction DRAM price in Sept bottoms out at $1.30

Average fixed transaction DRAM price in Sept bottoms out at $1.30

The average fixed transaction price of DRAMs last month stayed at $1.30, maintaining its sluggishness in the $1 range for the ninth consecutive mont...

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

South Korea’s No. 1 memory chip maker Samsung Electronics Co., also the world’s top player, is set to further break away from the pack w...

HBM chips key theme for Samsung Nov investors forum

HBM chips key theme for Samsung Nov investors forum

Samsung Electronics Co. will hold an investors forum in Hong Kong in November, where it is expected to share details about the development of high b...

HBM market to nearly double; next-gen DRAM to revive demand: KIW

HBM market to nearly double; next-gen DRAM to revive demand: KIW

SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are confident that a new memory chip market renaissance is just around the corner thanks to the generative...

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

TOKYO -- South Korea has ranked third among countries having the world’s most dominant products. In six categories, including smartphones, mem...

SK Hynix, Samsung's fight for HBM lead set to escalate on AI boom

SK Hynix, Samsung's fight for HBM lead set to escalate on AI boom

Long-time runner-up SK Hynix Inc. significantly narrowed the market share gap with global memory leader Samsung Electronics Co. to 6.3 percentage po...

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