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Trump announces 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports

US President Donald Trump said the tariff will not impact companies if they have already invested in US facilities.

Al Jazeera

SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia's AI GPUs

SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

Tom’s Hardware

Samsung reportedly slashes HBM3 prices to woo Nvidia — cuts could put the heat on rivals SK hynix and Micron as company attempts to spur AI turnaround

Samsung is reportedly slashing HBM3E costs to win back Nvidia and challenge rivals SK hynix and Micron. A ZDNet Korea report reveals internal pricing changes and packaging tweaks as Samsung aims to make its AI memory more competitive in a high-stakes battle for dominance in the AI hardware space.

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SK hynix confirms 3GB GDDR7 memory modules are in the works — higher capacity could pave the way for fabled RTX 50 Series Super cards with 24GB VRAM

While aimed at AI accelerators, new 3GB GDDR7 chips could help deliver 18GB and 24GB VRAM GPUs more efficiently

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US Chip Maker Intel Says Revenue Rose As It Cut Ranks

Intel on Thursday posted quarterly revenue that topped market expectations, saying it has cut about 15 percent of its workforce to be "more agile."

International Business Times

3 Catalysts Converge on Intel Ahead of a Critical Earnings Report

Financial discipline, a critically acclaimed new processor, and a major foundry partnership have created positive momentum for Intel ahead of its earnings.

MarketBeat

SK hynix's first PCIe 5.0 SSD is finally available in the U.S., sports impressive performance and pricing — Platinum P51 flaunts speeds up to 14,700 MB/s

SK hynix Platinum P51, the successor to the Platinum P41, is available for purchase in the U.S. market.

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Intel jumps to HBM4 with Jaguar Shores, 2nd Gen MRDIMMs with Diamond Rapids

SK hynix revealed that Intel's upcoming Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' CPUs will adopt 2nd Gen MRDIMMs and its next-generation Gaudi AI accelerator 'Jaguar Shores' will feature SK hynix HBM4 memory.

Tom’s Hardware

Intel hosts Direct Connect Asia event in Seoul — company tries to lure Samsung Foundry clients in its own backyard

Intel Foundry hosts its first Direct Connect Asia event in Korea, targets local chip designers, automotive industry.

Tom’s Hardware

New US restrictions could prevent leading chip manufacturers from installing chipmaking tools in their China fabs — TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix potentially impacted

The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China.

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Softbank and Intel want to rival Samsung and SK Hynix with HBM memory alternative but I don't think they will succeed - Here's why

SoftBank and Intel plan new AI memory chip to challenge Samsung and SK Hynix dominance in HBM.

TechRadar

RTX 5050 could use the same 20 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 — Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible

A new leak suggests Nvidia will be using the fastest mass-produced version of GDDR6 for the RTX 5050, capable of running at 20 Gbps. These modules are the same ones powering the RX 9070 series and the RTX 4070 GDDR6.

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Some RX 9070 XTs are reportedly slightly slower than others thanks to Samsung GDDR6 memory chips

Very slightly, admittedly.

PC Gamer

AMD RX 9070 XT GDDR6 sources have a small effect on performance — testing reveals 1 - 2% delta

Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models

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SMI CEO says no PCIe 6.0 SSDs for PC 'until 2030', Nvidia demands SSDs with 100 million IOPS — Wallace C. Kou on the future of SSDs

The CEO of Silicon Motion discusses the prospects of independent developers of SSD controllers, PCIe 6.0 SSDs, PLC 3D NAND, and other exotic types of non-volatile memory, as well as why NAND makers are poised to continue using controllers from third parties.

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CHIPS Act beneficiaries 'mired in NIMBY fights and two-year permits' — delays to Micron, Amkor, and SK hynix NY fabs costing $5M per day

Several major U.S. semiconductor projects — including Amkor’s packaging plant in Arizona, Micron’s $100B DRAM fab in New York, and SK hynix’s HBM site in Indiana — are facing delays or opposition due to environmental reviews and local protests.

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Nvidia RTX 5050 won't use GDDR7 memory— entry-level GPU tipped to use Samsung & SK hynix GDDR6 modules instead

A media outlet has reportedly received confirmation from Nvidia's board partners that the upcoming RTX 5050 will receive GDDR6 memory rather than GDDR7.

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Alienware releases a PC Lego set — Area-51 kit has 318 bricks, builds NUC NUC-sized PC

Alienware has added a tiny NUC-sized PC to its roster - but it's a Lego kit.

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CAMM2 and modules smile to the camera, but do not expect them on the market soon

Multiple makers of enthusiast-grade DRAM modules showcased CAMM2 memory at Computex 2025, but there are doubts about its adoption due to uncertain motherboard support and trade-offs compared to traditional DIMMs.

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Top Chinese memory maker expected to abandon DDR4 manufacturing at the behest of Beijing

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is expected to end production of DDR4 memory in favor of DDR5 by mid-2026.

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Computex 2025 Day Four Wrap-Up: PCIe 6.0 SSD prototype, 321-layer 4D NAND, cheap 10 GbE controllers inbound

There are still a ton of interesting hardware developments for the fourth day of Computex 2025

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SK hynix announces 321-layer, UFS 4.1 chips — TLC 4D NAND set to land in PCs and data centers

SK hynix today announced that it has developed a UFS 4.1 storage solution built upon 321-layer 4D NAND flash.

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Suspected SK hynix HBM tech leaker arrested boarding flight to China

A man suspected of attempting to smuggle SK hynix tech secrets to China was apprehended at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport earlier this month

International Business Times

Protection Racket? Asian Semiconductor Giants Fear Looming Tariffs

Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing.

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Samsung to adopt hybrid bonding for HBM4 memory

Samsung plans to adopt hybrid bonding for HBM4 to improve thermal and interface performance, potentially gaining a competitive edge over SK hynix, which may delay its use due to costs concerns.

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