Samsung & SK Hynix have announced a multi-billion-dollar expansion plan for AI and chip manufacturing in Korea. Korea's Largest Tech Firms, Samsung & SK Hynix, Pour In Over 1.3 Trillion Won For Major Expansion Plans In a bid to aggressively compete with rivals such as TSMC and Intel, Korea's major semiconductor firms, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, have pledged 1,350 Trillion Won towards the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing, AI Data Centers, and memory production. The expansion plan will span 10 years and will cost roughly 1350 Trillion Won or $870 billion. It's not just semiconductor manufacturing; the plan also involves […]

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Samsung's next-generation NAND Flash for SSDs will offer over 900+ layers, with two stacks bonded together for increased storage capacities. Samsung Wants To Bond Two NAND Cells Together, Forming A Large 900-1000+ Layer Storage Solution For Future SSDs Last month, we reported that Samsung was working towards 1000-layer NAND using brand new materials and bonding technologies. At the VLSI Symposium 2026, Samsung has revealed its full plans on how they aim to achieve that goal. In its latest slide, Samsung states that there's a big demand for high-capacity SSDs, and they are working towards an accelerated roadmap that focuses on […]

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SanDisk is looking for more innovative solutions to address memory limitations, such as stacking NAND Flash within chips. Memory Limitations Push DRAM/NAND Maker To Get More Innovative, SanDisk Proposes The Stacking of NAND Flash Within Chips The rapid rise of AI & the proportional demand for compute has led to the exposure of bottlenecks, which are pushing DRAM and NAND manufacturers into going with the out-of-the-box approach. In the past, chipmakers called it a day by introducing new memory technologies, and DRAM was the primary component. But the rise in costs, development/yield drawbacks, & increased power have led to a […]

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Samsung has officially discontinued older LPDDR4 memory production while hinting at "worse" shortages throughout 2027. Samsung Pulled Out Older Memory Production To Focus On Newer Technologies Required For Agentic AI, But Still Expects Worse Shortages In 2027 We have been hearing about Samsung pulling out from the production of older DRAM technologies such as LPDDR4X and LPDDR4. Now, the company has officially confirmed that both of these standards have been discontinued. At its official webpage, Samsung lists both LPDDR4X and LPDDR4 as "Discontinued". This move was made as the company wants to pool in more capacity towards the more profitable […]

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