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[News] NAND Prices on the Rise: Micron and SanDisk Lead in April, with Samsung, SK hynix Likely to Follow

The NAND market seems to be finally seeing a turnaround. According to Commercial Times and TechNews, U.S. memory makers like Micron and SanDisk have decided to kick off price hikes next month, with SanDisk set to raise NAND prices by …

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[News] Amazon Unveils First Quantum Chip, Cutting Error Correction Costs by 90%

Following Google and Microsoft’s advancements in quantum chip research, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has recently unveiled its first prototype quantum chip, “Ocelot,” designed to test the effectiveness of AWS’s quantum error correction architecture. Compared to current quantum error correction methods, …

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[News] Micron Pioneers 1γ DDR5 Samples with Reduced EUV Use, But Future Risks Loom

In late February, Micron announced in a press release that it had delivered 1γ (gamma) DDR5 samples to customers like Intel and AMD, becoming the first in the memory sector to do so. Notably, according to Chosun Biz, Micron applied …

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[News] Lenovo Aims for 100% Local PC Production in India, with AI Server Production to Kick off Soon

According to a report from ijiwei, citing Fortune India, Lenovo has announced plans to manufacture all PC models for the Indian market locally within the next three years. Notably, the company also intends to produce AI GPU servers in Pondicherry, …

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[News] U.S. to Hold Hearing on China’s Legacy Chip Dumping, with Taiwanese Foundries Poised to Benefit

According to Economic Daily News, citing Reuters, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow (the 11th) on Chinese-made “legacy” semiconductors. This investigation was launched before the end of the Biden administration. The report …

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