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Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) said that strong memory market demand is lifting its outlook and expanding its role in the memory supply chain, while also strengthening its importance in surface-mount technology (SMT) for AI server boards with major US clients.

AI chip boom strains ABF substrate supply chain

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

AI is shifting the semiconductor supply chain's next bottleneck from wafer fabrication and HBM memory to ABF substrates — a lower-profile but critical packaging material used in high-end CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, and networking chips.

AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory

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tomshardware.com 2026-05-21 Jake Roach

They’ll show up in Ryzen AI Halo boxes “soon,” and pre-orders for Ryzen AI Halo with Strix Halo open in June, starting at $3,999.

AMD Ryzen AI Max Gorgon Halo Unified Memory 3nm Process x86 Processor AI Acceleration Radeon GPU

Commentary: China builds its memory twin engines; IPO push for YMTC, CXMT intensifies

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

China's memory chip industry is entering a critical capital markets phase, with YMTC formally launching IPO counselling and CXMT resuming its STAR Market listing review after updating its prospectus. The parallel moves mark an accelerated push by China's two leading memory chipmakers to secure long-term funding and expand their role in the global semiconductor industry.

SK Hynix reportedly shifts Cheongju mask fab toward HBM yield push

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

SK Hynix is reportedly moving to reshape part of its Cheongju campus around wafer testing, a shift that underscores how high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is putting new pressure on the back end of the chipmaking process.

Samsung labor dispute adds pressure to memory chip market

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

Surging demand for AI data center infrastructure has already pushed the memory market into a structural shortage. Now, Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is adding another layer of uncertainty for DRAM and NAND Flash prices.

China memory supplier Biwin's AI photonics funding raises questions about strategy and risk

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

China's AI infrastructure race is entering a new phase, with industry focus shifting from raw computing power toward data transmission efficiency.

LG Innotek wins long-term substrate deals as Intel and cloud giants secure supply

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

LG Innotek has secured substrate supply terms with major technology customers that increasingly resemble long-term agreements used in the memory-chip sector, boosting the South Korean supplier's revenue visibility and reducing profit volatility, according to reports.Hankyungand Yonhap, citing a KB Securities report, said the proposed contracts include large upfront payments, binding multi-year sup

China-led low-spec HBM front expands, raising concerns over impact on Korean memory profits - 디지털투데이

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www.digitaltoday.co.kr 2026-05-21 디지털투데이

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DRAM Has Nearly Doubled Since Its April Launch and After Following the AI Memory Shortage Daily These 3 Semiconductor ETFs Keep Rising in My Research - 24/7 Wall St.

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247wallst.com 2026-05-21 24/7 Wall St.

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Four-Tier Memory Hierarchy for LLM Reasoning (USC, UW) - Semiconductor Engineering

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semiengineering.com 2026-05-21 Semiconductor Engineering

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