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2026-07-07
digitimes.com
2026-07-07
Lenovo confirmed that some notebooks sold outside China now use solid-state drives from Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), marking the first known appearance of the Chinese memory maker's SSDs in an overseas Lenovo model. The move comes as global PC makers face tighter NAND flash supply and higher prices.
2026-07-07
digitimes.com
2026-07-07
Memory contract prices are poised for another sharp rise in the third quarter of 2026, even after several quarters of hikes have already begun to weaken consumer demand. Industry sources said hopes for a clear slowdown have faded, as upstream suppliers have signalled increases of around 30%, with enterprise SSD and server RDIMM prices likely to rise by more than 30%.
2026-07-06
eetimes.com
2026-07-06
Here is how the Japanese chipmaker is cashing in on NAND flash demand in data center SSDs.
2026-07-06
news.google.com
2026-07-06
ServeTheHome
2026-07-06
news.google.com
2026-07-06
ServeTheHome
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com
2026-07-04
Jowi Morales
The AI-driven memory and storage chip shortage is driving OEMs towards Chinese chip manufacturers.
2026-07-03
www.techradar.com
2026-07-03
TechRadar
2026-06-30
www.thelec.net
2026-06-30
thelec.net
ASICLAND headquarters. (Image: ASICLAND)
ASICLAND shares surged to the daily trading limit on June 29 after two contract disclosures related to SK hynix produced sharply contrasting market reactions.
The company made separate regulatory filings on the afternoon of June 26 and the morning of June 29. In the June 26 filing, ASICLAND revised the value of its application-specific integrated circuit
2026-06-27
tomshardware.com
2026-06-27
Matt Safford
What you clicked on, because of all the PC parts that were overpriced or unavailable
2026-06-26
tomshardware.com
2026-06-26
Hassam Nasir
A small victory in the face of a gargantuan problem.
2026-06-26
biz.chosun.com
2026-06-26
Chosunbiz
By
Jeong Du-yong
Published 2026.06.26. 18:53
Samsung Electronics' Seocho office building in Seocho-gu, Seoul./Courtesy of News1
Samsung Electronics plans to significantly boost the energy efficiency of high bandwidth memory (HBM) and server solid-state drives (SSD) to meet rising power demand at artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The overall employee turnover rate last year fell to singl
2026-06-25
digitimes.com
2026-06-25
Kioxia is preparing to enter the US capital market through American depositary shares (ADS) in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, just as its latest annual report points to accelerating demand for NAND flash memory, SSDs and next-generation storage used in AI and consumer electronics.
2026-06-22
tomshardware.com
2026-06-22
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2026-06-22
digitimes.com
2026-06-22
China's memory makers are moving from technology catch-up to capital-market expansion, with ChangXin Memory Technologies' (CXMT) parent and Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) both preparing initial public offerings (IPOs) to fund future capacity growth and technology upgrades. South Korean industry players are paying particularly close attention to YMTC, which focuses on NAND Flash and is closing in
2026-06-20
www.msn.com
2026-06-20
MSN
Record PS5 upgrade cost: SanDisk’s new officially licensed PS5 SSDs cost up to $2,959.99 for the 8TB model, far exceeding the price of the console itself.
Chip shortage pressure: Global NAND flash and DRAM shortages, fuelled by AI infrastructure demand, are keeping SSD prices high across consumer markets.
Price relief outlook: Analysts see only modest SSD price drops in late 2026, with high-capa
2026-06-20
www.msn.com
2026-06-20
MSN
Record PS5 upgrade cost: SanDisk’s new officially licensed PS5 SSDs cost up to $2,959.99 for the 8TB model, far exceeding the price of the console itself.
Chip shortage pressure: Global NAND flash and DRAM shortages, fuelled by AI infrastructure demand, are keeping SSD prices high across consumer markets.
Price relief outlook: Analysts see only modest SSD price drops in late 2026, with high-capa
2026-06-19
tomshardware.com
2026-06-19
Zhiye Liu
As part of an experiment, an enthusiast has written one petabyte of data on a legacy Sandisk P4 SATA II SSD that was released 16 years ago.
2026-06-19
digitimes.com
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.
2026-06-18
tomshardware.com
2026-06-18
Anton Shilov
CCP directives can be lifebuoy for Chinese producers of DRAM modules and solid-state drives as domestic memory makers may be obliged to support the module industry.
2026-06-16
tomshardware.com
2026-06-16
Anton Shilov
Vice president of client storage solutions at Silicon Motion warns that the retail SSD market has almost disappeared as NAND makers prioritize shipments of memory to AI data centers.