Conventional DRAM and NAND hit record highs in July: the memory squeeze widens
Korean industry data show conventional (non-HBM) memory prices at all-time highs in July—the AI supercycle now spills into the general-purpose stack.
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CXMT closes in on LPDDR6 mass production at 12,800 Mbps - the Chinese memory step-up
ChangXin Memory Technologies nears mass production of 12,800 Mbps LPDDR6 mobile DRAM—a real technological leap for China's memory industry, months after its IPO surge.
Aug 1, 2026 at 09:40 12 13
Samsung pushes HBM5 base die to 2nm targeting +50% speed - the memory war moves to logic-class nodes
Samsung plans to build the base die of HBM5 using its 2nm process, aiming for a 50% speed improvement. Memory is no longer just about increasing capacity; it's also about leveraging advanced logic-node economics.
Jul 27, 2026 at 10:16 14 12
Nvidia's $1.5B Amkor deal: the US packaging leg finally gets its capex
Nvidia signs $1.5B with Amkor for advanced packaging in the United States. The compute AI bottleneck rises one notch towards the sovereignty of the back-end.
Jul 26, 2026 at 18:40 8 9
Korea-US $950B: the AI supercycle signs its most political contract yet
Three days of meetings in Seoul and San Francisco result in a Korea-US package valued by ETNews at ~$950B. The `korea-ai-supercycle` thread moves from signal to lock.
Jul 26, 2026 at 18:40 14 11
Nvidia secures $1.5B in packaging from Amkor: the TSMC squeeze spreads
The agreement signals that the bottleneck of the AI rush is moving downstream, from the advanced wafer (TSMC) to assembly - and that Nvidia is securing its US queue upstream of the queue.
Jul 24, 2026 at 09:33 7 8
Wall Street syndicates $35B for a SPV that buys Google/Broadcom chips and leases them to Anthropic
The true design of the deal: a special-purpose vehicle that buys chips designed by Google and Broadcom and leases them to Anthropic - AI debt is structured as in-house GPU leasing.
Jul 23, 2026 at 07:45 8 10
Taipei investigates former TSMC employees accused of selling chip secrets to China
The investigation shifts supply-chain tension from equipment to human capital - the most difficult constraint to protect.
Jul 20, 2026 at 16:42 13 17
Korea bets 10,000 Vera Rubin GPUs on a sovereign AI stack
ETNews reveals Seoul's 2027 procurement: all-in on Nvidia's next generation, no domestic silicon in the mix.
Jul 19, 2026 at 16:32 9 8
TSMC A14 en 2028 : la feuille de route fixe le prix du calcul IA pour le prochain cycle
TSMC confirms A14 (1.4nm-class) production for 2028 - pushing the sub-2nm horizon back to a schedule that anchors every hyperscaler's 2027 capacity plan.
Jul 18, 2026 at 11:11 26 8
Kyushu becomes finance-industrial: Japan's Silicon Island pulls in the capital stack
Japanese financial groups are relocating to Kyushu around the TSMC/Rapidus cluster - the physical proof that a compute hub is also a capital hub, and the constraint that follows.
Jul 18, 2026 at 11:11 18 8
CXMT files $9.8B IPO: China's memory push seeks a public balance sheet at cycle peak
CXMT aims for a $9.8 billion IPO. China lists its memory at the peak of the HBM/DRAM cycle, continuing the thread opened with the previous fundraising.
Jul 17, 2026 at 09:19 34 8