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2026-07-06
news.google.com
2026-07-06
Investing.com
2026-07-06
news.google.com
2026-07-06
renaissancecapital.com
2026-07-05
tomshardware.com
2026-07-05
Mark Tyson
Another modern maker discovers the charms of 1950s-era magnetic core memory.
2026-07-03
digitimes.com
2026-07-03
China's memory price rally continues to gather momentum. Giantec Semiconductor Corporation, a Chinese NOR flash supplier, recently notified its distribution partners that prices for its entire NOR flash memory product portfolio will increase by 25% beginning July 6, 2026. The new pricing will apply to both newly signed orders and outstanding orders that have yet to be delivered.
2026-07-02
tomshardware.com
2026-07-02
Kunal Khullar
Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh processors remain among the company's strongest desktop offerings, but newly updated pricing makes both CPUs noticeably more expensive than when they debuted in March.
2026-07-01
tomshardware.com
2026-07-01
Bruno Ferreira
Virginia county asks all employees including schools to save power, due to AI-driven power requirements— state's 400-plus datacenters steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing
2026-07-01
digitimes.com
2026-07-01
Cloud AI demand is reshaping the seasonal cycle of the semiconductor industry, with capacity tightness spreading from front-end manufacturing to back-end packaging and testing. Since late 2025, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test, or OSAT, capacity has tightened steadily. New capacity added in 2026 has also been filled quickly, prompting multiple IC design houses to lock in capacity and pus
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
digitimes
AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs, tightening capacity across both 8-inch mature processes and 12-inch advanced nodes. CoWoS's advanced packaging and HBM...
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2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
Microcontroller customers are accelerating shipments into the first half of 2026 as higher production costs ripple through the supply chain, with global implications for electronics pricing and availability. Industry sources said buyers are seeking to secure supply before further increases, while weak demand and AI-related capacity pressure continue to shape the market.
2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs, tightening capacity across both 8-inch mature processes and 12-inch advanced nodes. CoWoS's advanced packaging and HBM capacity are also set for a prolonged supply shortage, effectively rewriting the foundry industry's business cycle.
2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
For more than a decade, Apple built one of the industry's most profitable business models by using its purchasing power to drive down memory and component costs before turning hardware upgrades into high-margin revenue. The AI-driven boom in HBM and DRAM is now challenging that strategy.
2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
Memory pricing pressure continues to intensify. Contract prices have already recorded substantial gains for two consecutive quarters in the first half of 2026. The pace of quarterly increases may now moderate as the pricing base climbs higher. Still, the memory industry remains firmly in a seller's market. Supply constraints have spread beyond high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and premium DRAM products
2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
Apple's next iPhone Pro lineup could be heading toward one of its sharpest pricing tests in years, as surging memory costs threaten to raise hardware expenses just as the company pushes deeper into on-device AI.
2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
digitimes
Micron's latest earnings point to a shift in the AI hardware boom that could matter far beyond the US. The memory maker's surging revenue came mainly from higher prices, not bigger shipments, while its "Made in America" positioning appeared to strengthen its...
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2026-06-26
tomshardware.com
2026-06-26
Hassam Nasir
We tested both CPUs across gaming, rendering, encoding, efficiency, and pricing to see if the Ryzen 7 5800X3D can keep up with the newer Core i7-14700K with DDR4.
2026-06-26
digitimes.com
2026-06-26
SK Siltron is preparing to bring a new silicon wafer manufacturing facility online in South Korea next month. The expansion comes as AI data center investment helps lift wafer shipments, while pricing remains under pressure as capacity added during the last expansion cycle continues to weigh on the market.
2026-06-25
digitimes.com
2026-06-25
On June 24, Micron Technology reported record fiscal third-quarter results and issued a fourth-quarter forecast that significantly exceeded market expectations, reinforcing investor confidence in the AI infrastructure boom. Analysts said the company's expanding portfolio of multi-year customer agreements could help reduce the memory industry's traditional volatility, while persistent supply constr
2026-06-24
digitimes.com
2026-06-24
Reports of MediaTek price adjustments appear to confirm a broader pricing trend across Taiwan's IC design sector. Industry sources said many small and mid-sized chip suppliers have spent the past three months discussing potential price increases with customers, but MediaTek's move carries particular significance given its scale and market position.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
tomshardware.com
2026-06-23
Andrew E. Freedman
We talked to Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat ahead of the Steam Machine's launch to learn more about its pricing, engineering, and how the company is handling availability.