Samsung refutes claims of ‘80% price hike’ across all memory products — leaks and rumors denied by Samsung PR amidst historic RAM shortages

Samsung today refuted claims from the internet that it was set to raise prices on all memory products by 80%. The claims, circulating on X, were quickly refuted by Samsung itself, but the messy RAM market still doesn’t loo…

V-Color Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x64GB Review: Two-Module Powerhouse

The Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 ranks among the fastest 128GB memory kits available today. But does it truly live up to the hype?

Chinese semiconductor industry gears up for domestic HBM3 production by the end of 2026 — CXMT to produce chips, while Naura, Maxwell, and U-Preseason design tools for assembly

The Chinese semiconductor industry is working to localize production of HBM3 memory, in addition to the tools required for HBM assembly. However, the exact progress of these projects is unknown.

Micron acquires PSMC fab site in Taiwan for $1.8 billion, acquisition to expand the memory maker’s operations within the region — move marks the end of the technology-for-capacity era

As fabs get dramatically more expensive than they used to be, technology for capacity partnerships lose their appeal, so Micron buys production facility from PSMC to upgrade it and run it itself.

SK hynix to spend $13 billion on the world’s largest HBM memory assembly plant amid the worst shortage on record — South Korea facility to handle packaging and testing for AI memory campus

SK hynix is investing $12.9 billion to build a campus-scale, HBM-only advanced packaging and test facility in Cheongju, South Korea, designed for the next generation of HBM memory and intended to ensure SK hynix’s leadersh…

Nothing CEO explains how and why you’ll pay more for your phones this year

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the era of cheaper smartphones is ending, with memory shortages and AI demand pushing costs so high that brands have little choice but to raise prices or rethink what phones offer.
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Micron says the memory shortage crisis is here to stay

Micron says the global memory crunch isn’t a short-term problem. With AI data centers demanding more DRAM than ever, even expanded production won’t bring real relief before 2028.
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