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South Korea unveils $520 billion investment plan with Samsung and SK Hynix to expand memory chip dominance — plan includes four new fabs and HBM facilities, amid strong government support

…Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said the plan would let the country rapidly expand production by sharply shortening the timeline from licensing to construction. The centerpiece of the partnership is the construction…

Jun 29, 2026 · Etiido Uko

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Analyzing TSMC's fab expansion roadmap — multi-fab N2 ramp, CoWoS, SoIC, and uncorking bottlenecks

…If one fab phase experiences a contamination issue, tool failure, or yield issues, the entire N2 supply chain will not collapse. The same applies to ramping up production at two sites located…

Jun 10, 2026 · Anton Shilov

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AMD posts record first-quarter results, driven by skyrocketing data center CPU demand — company expects consumer and gaming revenue to decline in Q2 over rising memory and component costs

…Looking ahead, we expect server growth to accelerate meaningfully as we scale supply to meet demand." Article continues below Data center: A record quarter and great prospects Go deeper with TH Premium…

May 6, 2026 · Anton Shilov

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Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron sued over alleged DRAM price fixing amid record memory costs — lawsuit claims coordinated HBM shift was cover to curtail DDR3 and DDR4 production

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