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'Customer demand will remain higher than our supply capacity even beyond 2030': SK hynix CEO predicts memory supply crisis may run even longer than we feared
News What a difference a weekend makes.
SK hynix to invest over $60 billion in chip plants in South Korea, but the memory crisis still seems a long way from being over
News That's $52 billion for a NAND plant and $13 billion for a chip packaging plant.
South Korea's president declares that it will invest over $580 billion in its AI chip industry, with Samsung and SK hynix coughing up most of the money
News That's great and all that jazz, but can I have affordable DDR5 and SSDs again, please?
Samsung has swerved a planned South Korean factory strike with a last-minute deal, so the memory machine rumbles on
News The deal is currently undergoing an internal union vote.
'We have no choice but to impose a severe punishment': Ex Samsung researcher sentenced to 7 years in prison for leaking DRAM tech to a Chinese competitor
News The semiconductor process tech was reportedly deemed 'a core national technology' of South Korea.
South Korea takes one look at rising PC costs and decides to hand out free PCs to citizens
News Far better than 'wait and see'.
Memory prices could leap even higher as the supply of helium, crucial to making chips, is now impacted by the conflict in the Middle East
News There's no quick fix to getting hold of ultra-pure helium, either.
Spraying kerosene over the DRAM inferno, US commerce secretary suggests memory chip makers could face 100% tariffs unless they commit to increased US production
News 2025 was full of tariff talk. Now it's 2026's turn.
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