China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing
A weakness of Japan's tech industry is that its talented engineers are held in low regard. An engineer at Toshiba invented NAND flash memory in the 80s, but he was told it wouldn't sell. The tech was then licensed to Samsung.
China's YMTC aims to become the world's largest NAND maker by the end of 2027, report says — company plans to overtake Samsung and SK hynix
Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited — new memory format strikes a balance between HBM and NAND flash
Memory crunch: Cloud operators may be pushed to splurge 68% of capex on DRAM and NAND
Micron commits $10 billion to new US-based Research Labs — Boise hub to target post-DRAM and NAND technologies and packaging
Enterprise SSDs now consume 48% of global NAND flash supply
SK Hynix pledges $38 billion to build two new DRAM and NAND factories
Kioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world's highest-density 3D NAND flash — 332 active layers and up to 4,800 MT/s interface
Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026
'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up
Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint
Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips
Researchers have found a way to combine NAND and DRAM technologies
NAND contract prices surge over 600% since September 2025, DRAM up ~400%
DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says AI server demand keeps supply tight
Sony halts memory card shipments due to NAND shortage
Micron’s planned $24 billion NAND flash expansion in Singapore will require 400 to 500 power transformers, which is more than double the 100 to 150 units a standard wafer fab
Phison CEO thinks NAND shortages could shut down entire consumer electronics companies in 2026 — claims at least one foundry demands three-year cash payment upfront
