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Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are gaining pricing power as server makers raise prices for Nvidia-based AI systems by more than 15 percent for shipments starting in early 2027, according to Bloomberg. The increases, dr…
Largan Precision, the Taiwanese optical component maker known for iPhone lenses, has partnered with TSMC to develop co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI data centers, targeting bandwidth bottlenecks in copper inter…
Samsung confirmed at the Hot Chips 2026 conference that its HBM4E memory will reach 16 Gbps per pin, up from the 14 Gbps currently shipping since late May. At 16 Gbps, a single HBM4E stack will deliver 4 TB/s bandwidth, …
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced plans to raise HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) through new share placements, with all proceeds earmarked for artificial intelligence infrastructure, while CCSH Corporation, parent of …
Nvidia is set to report Q2 FY2027 earnings on Wednesday, August 26, with Wall Street expecting EPS of $2.07, following record Q4 FY2026 revenue of $68.1 billion, a 73% year-over-year increase. Marvell Technology reports …
Nvidia customers face AI server price hikes of more than 15% as memory chip costs soar, with increases taking effect on systems shipped in early 2027, including those with Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips. Contract s…
Nvidia AI server prices are rising 15% due to a DRAM shortage caused by Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron prioritizing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production for AI clusters, tightening standard DRAM supply. The price increa…
At Hot Chips 2026, startup d-Matrix unveiled Raptor, claiming it is the first 3D-DRAM accelerator for generative AI inference, delivering up to 10 times the memory bandwidth and energy efficiency of HBM4-based chips. Eac…
Tungsten prices have surged as much as 622% in 2026 as Chinese export restrictions and soaring AI chip demand created a supply crisis, with Japan's Kanto Denka and Central Glass—accounting for about 25% of global WF6 cap…
D-Matrix presented its Raptor 3D-DRAM accelerator for generative inference at Hot Chips 2026, claiming it addresses the bandwidth and capacity limits of SRAM and HBM by stacking compute directly on DRAM dies. The company…
Samsung Electronics Co. approved a record 2026 shareholder return plan worth 90 trillion to 110 trillion won ($80 billion), the largest ever by a Korean company, driven by the AI memory boom. The plan includes about 30 t…
A weekly digest of technology news for August 23, 2026, highlights security and accountability issues, including Claude Code agents creating self-replicating malware and OpenAI underestimating its models' cyber capabilit…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched a HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) share placement on Sunday to fund artificial intelligence-related development, marking the largest-ever primary follow-on offering by a Hong Kong-listed…
Etched AI, a chip startup founded in 2022, exited stealth on June 30, 2026, unveiling its transformer-only ASIC, Sohu, which the company claims delivers 500,000 tokens per second on an 8-chip server for Llama 70B, compar…
Samsung Electronics expects its Exynos 2700 chip, destined for the Galaxy S27 series, to outperform Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 in CPU, GPU, and AI benchmarks, according to a …
Nvidia Corp. has notified customers that AI server prices will rise more than 15% for systems shipping early next year, driven by memory costs that now account for about 25% of a high-end rack's build cost, according to …
Nvidia Corp. has warned some of its largest customers that prices for servers containing its AI chips will rise by more than 15% in many cases, driven by soaring memory chip costs, according to a Bloomberg News report. T…
Micron Technology at Hot Chips 2026 detailed how high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced packaging are central to AI system design, citing a widening gap where AI accelerator TFLOPS grow 3x every two years while HBM ban…
AMD announced on May 21, 2026, that it will invest over $10 billion (NT$315.58 billion) in Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem, focusing on advanced chip packaging technology developed with TSMC. The multi-year investment, …
Nvidia has told major customers that servers with its Grace Blackwell and next-generation Vera Rubin chips will cost more than 15% more in many configurations starting early next year, passing on surging memory costs. Me…