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2026-08-24
Semiconductor Market News (AUG. 17 to AUG. 23)| NAND Q2 Revenue Surges 77% on AI SSD Boom; ADI to Raise Prices Across Portfolio in September…
The explosive NAND revenue surge is powered by AI servers, record-breaking Japanese chip exports, and ADI's latest round of price hikes. While end-market PC demand remains soft, AI computing and capacity expansion investments continue to steer the industry's direction, with an increasingly bifurcated supply-demand landscape.
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2026-08-17
Semiconductor Market News (AUG. 10 to AUG. 16)| MCU Prices Surge; Yageo Clients Pay Premium to Secure MLCC Supply; Nanya Tech Unveils Billions in Capacity Expansion…
A wave of price increases is spreading from MLCCs and MCUs to DRAM, as capacity expansion and supply shortages coexist. AI computing demand is squeezing memory supply, pressuring end-market costs and disrupting TSMC's advanced packaging operations, while industry bargaining intensifies.
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2026-08-10
Semiconductor Market News (AUG. 03 to AUG. 09)| DRAM Shortage Stalls TSMC; Samsung Electro-Mechanics Hikes MLCC Prices by 30%…
A wave of price increases is spreading from MLCCs and MCUs to DRAM, as capacity expansion and supply shortages coexist. AI computing demand is squeezing memory supply, pressuring end-market costs and disrupting TSMC's advanced packaging operations, while industry bargaining intensifies.
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2026-08-03
Semiconductor Market News (JUL. 27 to AUG. 02)| Memory Prices Surge Over 300%, AMD Pushes Into Robotics, U.S.-Made GB300 Debuts…
DRAM remains in tight supply, memory costs are reshaping the smartphone ecosystem, chip giants are battling for dominance in robotics, MLCC prices are rising in response, and U.S.-based manufacturing is gaining traction.
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2026-07-27
Semiconductor Market News (JUL. 20 to JUL. 26)| HBM4 Yield Race, Samsung Lands Another MLCC Mega-Order, AI Chip Shortage at 10x…
AI computing demand drives the memory and MLCC orders surge, though NAND tightness is set to ease next year and MCU recovery falters. The industry is shifting from a broad shortage to structural divergence, with AI hardware as the dominant theme.
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2026-07-20
Semiconductor Market News (JUL. 13 to JUL. 19)| SLC NAND Prices to Surge 120% in H2; Jensen Huang Visits Japan to Build Sovereign AI Ecosystem…
A structural shortage in memory chips is driving prices sharply higher, pressuring the smartphone market to a 13-year low. Meanwhile, foundries and memory makers are aggressively expanding capacity to meet AI demand, while silicon carbide and sovereign AI initiatives advance in parallel.
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