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2026-06-19
en.yna.co.kr
2026-06-19
Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The global memory chip market is expected to more than quadruple this year from a year earlier, driven by growing investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, industry data showed Friday.
The global memory market is projected to reach 1,500 trillion won (US$975 billion) in 2026, up 4.2 times from 360 trillion won recorded last year, according to data from
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digitimes
US President Donald Trump said on June 18 that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the US, a claim he made in a post on his Truth Social platform.
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2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
www.hardwarezone.com.sg
2026-06-19
HardwareZone Singapore
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Apple confirms price increases amid memory chip crunch
Apple has not revealed when the price hikes will take effect or how much more consumers will have to pay, but the September launch season could be the most likely starting point.
By Shawn Tan - 19 Jun 2026
The launch of the iPhone 18 Pro models in September could serve as Apple’s first opportunity to implement the price increases. Ph
2026-06-19
abcnews.com
2026-06-19
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Amid a global shortage of computer memory and storage chips, Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving customers a heads-up that a price hike on the tech giant's popular devices is "unavoidable."
Cook said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that an insatiable appetite for memory chips from artificial intelligence companies has Apple facing a crisis he compared to a "hundred-year flood."
"I've never
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Arab News PK
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openthemagazine.com
2026-06-19
Open Magazine
Apple could increase prices across some of its product lineup as the company grapples with rising memory and storage chip costs fueled by the global artificial intelligence boom. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company has absorbed significant cost pressures for as long as possible, but mounting expenses are making that increasingly difficult.
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2026-06-19
Crypto Briefing
Apple faces price hike for iPhone 18 Pro amid chip shortage
Tim Cook calls memory chip costs 'unsustainable' as AI demand drives DRAM and NAND prices through the roof
2026-06-19
techwireasia.com
2026-06-19
Tech Wire Asia
The memory chip shortage that pushed Apple to raise prices this week runs upstream to a small group of Asia-anchored suppliers and to decisions being made in Korea about who gets served first. Chief executive Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that price increases across Apple’s line are now unavoidable, blaming surging memory and storage costs and likening the squeeze to a “hundred-year flood”
2026-06-19
digitimes.com
2026-06-19
US President Donald Trump said on June 18 that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the US, a claim he made in a post on his Truth Social platform.
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2026-06-19
China's semiconductor supply chain is showing fresh signs of pricing strain, with microcontroller unit (MCU) makers and passive component suppliers facing rising costs, tighter capacity, and surging demand from AI servers.
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2026-06-19
Founded in 2014, Oppstar is one of the few Malaysian companies operating at the front end of the semiconductor value chain as an IC design house. The company was established by three founders with extensive experience in the IC design industry: Meng Thai Ng, Hun Wah Cheah, and Chun Chiat Tan. Headquartered in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Oppstar opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2022. From it
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2026-06-19
Taiwan's semiconductor equipment, components, and solutions providers posted robust revenue growth through the first five months of 2026, with 34 of 43 tracked companies reporting positive accumulated year-on-year figures.
2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
SK Hynix is reported to have held a private meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Allison Hooker, with industry sources speculating the discussions covered high-bandwidth memory cooperation with major U.S. technology firms and potential semiconductor investment expansion.
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2026-06-19
Kioxia, one of the world's major NAND flash memory suppliers, is prioritizing long-term agreements (LTAs), BiCS migration, and domestic fab efficiency over aggressive capacity expansion, signaling a more disciplined approach to the AI storage cycle.
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2026-06-19
India's air-conditioner supply chain may be becoming an early test case for a broader electronics manufacturing challenge: how to trace products, components, process data, and defects across high-volume production networks.
2026-06-19
www.tweaktown.com
2026-06-19
TweakTown
Repair channel buys ASUS RTX 4090 for $222 and finds plastic die with fake NVIDIA markings
The card looked real until the thermal paste came off, revealing a plastic block with etched markings and a PCB full of non-functional scrap memory.
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Hassam Nasir
Tech Reporter
Published Jun 18, 2026 6:18 PM CDT
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TL;DR: A Chinese repair channel bought a broken ASUS RTX 409
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www.fox10phoenix.com
2026-06-19
FOX 10 Phoenix
Construction worker rescued after getting trapped at Phoenix TSMC plant
By
Elias Weiss
FOX 10 Phoenix
North Phoenix
Published
June 18, 2026 4:08 PM MST
The Brief
A construction worker was injured and became stranded between floors at the TSMC semiconductor manufacturing complex in north Phoenix on Thursday afternoon.
Emergency crews from multiple regional departments used an onsite scissor lift t