https://www.scmp.com/rss/522219/feed Micron Technology: A global leader in the semiconductor industry, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, U.S. Micron specialises in computer memory and data storage solutions, including DRAM, NAND flash, and solid-state drives, serving diverse markets such as data centres, mobile, automotive, and AI applications. Known for its technological leadership and significant R&D investments, Micron is a key player in high-performance memory, including High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Their business focus is on... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Vincent Chow Vincent Chow US lawmakers have advanced 20 new export control measures – including the controversial Match Act – to further restrict Chinese access to US technology and bar Chinese chipmakers from gaining access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. In the latest salvo in the US-China tech war, the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday passed the measures through the committee stage to be deliberated by the rest of the House, describing the action as the “largest significant export... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3351199/tech-war-us-congress-rolls-out-largest-export-control-upgrade-against-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3351199/tech-war-us-congress-rolls-out-largest-export-control-upgrade-against-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:26 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Malaysia is doubling down on renewables to secure its energy future, its deputy prime minister has said, as the government scrambles to mitigate the fallout from an escalating energy crisis triggered by the Iran war. Tehran all but shut access to the Strait of Hormuz last month in retaliation for the US and Israel’s attacks, disrupting a key energy chokepoint through which about 25 per cent of global seaborne oil trade and nearly a fifth of global liquefied natural gas exports pass – much of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3350025/malaysia-races-go-green-iran-war-squeezes-oil-supply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3350025/malaysia-races-go-green-iran-war-squeezes-oil-supply?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:13:21 +0000 Ann Cao,Iris Deng Ann Cao,Iris Deng In the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace in the bustling Huaqiangbei district of the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, memory is the new gold. On a Tuesday in January, a merchant surnamed Ye held up a list of prices that looked more appropriate for luxury goods than humble computer parts. A pair of 32-gigabyte, 6000-megahertz Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory sticks was priced at 6,878 yuan (US$990) – having shot up nearly fivefold since September. “In my over 10 years in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341762/how-hair-raising-prices-memory-chips-could-take-chinas-top-makers-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341762/how-hair-raising-prices-memory-chips-could-take-chinas-top-makers-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:00:08 +0000 Eunice Xu Eunice Xu Significant worldwide shortages of memory chips are expected to persist well into 2027, according to analysts, even as the sector’s top manufacturers – Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology – move to boost production capacity. According to a report by Hangzhou-based Zheshang Securities, industry expansion plans through 2026 and 2027 were unlikely to bridge the global supply gap. Micron on Saturday said it aimed to meet global memory chip demand via its US$1.8 billion acquisition of... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340568/global-memory-chip-crunch-persist-even-samsung-sk-hynix-micron-boost-production?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340568/global-memory-chip-crunch-persist-even-samsung-sk-hynix-micron-boost-production?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:15:09 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese smartphone makers are bearing the brunt of a global memory crunch, slashing their 2026 shipment targets by tens of millions of units, according to industry supply chain sources. Beijing-based smartphone and electric vehicle giant Xiaomi cut its latest shipment forecast for the year by between 10 and 70 million units in its guidance for upstream suppliers, a source said. This follows a target of 180 million units the company had set in the fourth quarter of last year, the source... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340567/chinas-xiaomi-transsion-slash-2026-smartphone-shipments-memory-crunch-bites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340567/chinas-xiaomi-transsion-slash-2026-smartphone-shipments-memory-crunch-bites?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:13 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao The shortages and associated price increase in the global memory chip sector could potentially intensify, as the US government threatened to impose hefty new tariffs on some major foreign manufacturers. Speaking at Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Micron Technology’s US$100 billion factory in New York, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned that memory chipmakers – without naming any company – had two options: “They can pay 100 per cent tariff, or they can build in America.” Lutnick... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340428/global-memory-chip-crunch-set-intensify-amid-trumps-new-industrial-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3340428/global-memory-chip-crunch-set-intensify-amid-trumps-new-industrial-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:00:10 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow A technical paper co-authored by Liang Wenfeng, the founder of Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek, and a group of Peking University researchers has proposed a new model training technique, which they say can facilitate “aggressive parameter expansion” by bypassing graphics processing unit (GPU) memory constraints. The development underscores the Hangzhou start-up’s continued focus on maximising cost efficiency amid a deficit in computational power relative to US industry leaders,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339740/deepseek-founders-latest-paper-proposes-new-ai-model-training-bypass-gpu-limits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3339740/deepseek-founders-latest-paper-proposes-new-ai-model-training-bypass-gpu-limits?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters Samsung Electronics is expected to flag a 160 per cent jump in its fourth-quarter operating profit spurred by a severe chip shortage that has sharply driven up ‍memory prices as customers scramble to meet booming demand for artificial intelligence. Semiconductor prices have rocketed in recent months, as the industry’s shift to AI-related chips has curbed production for traditional memory, while demand has been surging for both conventional and advanced chips to train and run AI models. Samsung... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338849/samsung-likely-flag-160-jump-fourth-quarter-profit-ai-boom-stokes-chip-prices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338849/samsung-likely-flag-160-jump-fourth-quarter-profit-ai-boom-stokes-chip-prices?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:50:09 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted 10 people, including former Samsung Electronics executives, for allegedly leaking the company’s technology to Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on Tuesday said five people had been arrested, including a former Samsung executive who allegedly recruited key personnel and leaked the company’s proprietary technology to CXMT, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency. They face charges for... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337835/chinese-chipmaker-cxmt-crosshairs-south-korean-prosecutors-over-samsung-tech-leak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337835/chinese-chipmaker-cxmt-crosshairs-south-korean-prosecutors-over-samsung-tech-leak?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:00:09 +0000 Kolette Lim Kolette Lim After finishing his postgraduate studies in May, Tan Kwan Ann expected the job hunt to be difficult, but not so disheartening. The 33-year-old, who specialised in structural biology at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), sent out more than 600 applications while waiting for the formal conferment of his doctorate, but heard back from almost none of them. “It seemed like I was excluded from society and made me feel very lousy. It made me question if it was my fault that I chose to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3337546/singapores-young-graduates-feel-heat-draining-job-hunt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3337546/singapores-young-graduates-feel-heat-draining-job-hunt?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:00:14 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao China has made significant progress in artificial intelligence hardware as the country’s top memory chipmaker has joined Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to supply some of the world’s most advanced products. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on Sunday unveiled its new Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) products with high frequency and expanded memory, which are vital for state-of-the-art AI computing servers and stacks. The DRAM chips were released at the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3333938/chinas-cxmt-challenges-samsung-and-sk-hynix-cutting-edge-ddr5-ai-memory-chips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3333938/chinas-cxmt-challenges-samsung-and-sk-hynix-cutting-edge-ddr5-ai-memory-chips?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:18 +0000 Wency Chen,Coco Feng,Ben Jiang Wency Chen,Coco Feng,Ben Jiang US software company SAS Institute has withdrawn from mainland China and dismissed its local staff, according to a Beijing-based employee affected by the move, as the analytics specialist ended more than two decades of operations amid intense domestic competition and geopolitical tensions. The company on Thursday announced the lay-offs via an email and hosted a short video call, in which executives thanked local employees for their contribution and cited “organisational optimisation” for the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331099/us-software-firm-sas-exits-china-after-25-years-lays-about-400-staff?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331099/us-software-firm-sas-exits-china-after-25-years-lays-about-400-staff?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters Micron Technology plans to stop supplying server memory chips to data centres in China after the business failed to recover from a 2023 government ban on its products in critical Chinese infrastructure, according to two people briefed on the decision. Micron was the first US chipmaker to be targeted by Beijing – a move that was seen as retaliatory for a series of curbs by Washington aimed at impeding tech progress by China’s semiconductor industry. Since then, both Nvidia and Intel have... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3329379/micron-cease-supply-server-memory-chips-data-centres-china-after-ban-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3329379/micron-cease-supply-server-memory-chips-data-centres-china-after-ban-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:01:21 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China’s top DRAM chipmaker, is taking a step closer to a mega initial public offering (IPO) on the mainland, as the high-end memory chip market experiences supply shortages amid the global artificial intelligence frenzy. CXMT had “resolved issues” related to the election of employee representative directors and the identification of state-owned shareholders, according to a statement on the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328400/chinas-top-dram-maker-cxmt-edges-closer-mainland-ipo-amid-ai-memory-chip-supply-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328400/chinas-top-dram-maker-cxmt-edges-closer-mainland-ipo-amid-ai-memory-chip-supply-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:02:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Shares of chipmakers rose on Tuesday as the group posted its longest winning streak in almost eight years. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index rose 0.3 per cent in its ninth straight positive session, its longest such streak since 2017. The gauge has jumped 8.7 per cent over the period and is now up 22 per cent this year, beating the Nasdaq 100 Index’s almost 16 per cent gain. Among notable movers, ON Semiconductor jumped 3 per cent, Intel rose 2 per cent and Applied Materials... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3325800/chipmakers-post-longest-win-streak-2017-amid-ai-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3325800/chipmakers-post-longest-win-streak-2017-amid-ai-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:40:09 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC), China’s top flash memory maker, has established a US$3 billion venture in its home city of Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, as the company doubles down on next-generation NAND chips. The new venture, led by YMTC chairman Chen Nanxiang, was incorporated last week with a registered capital of 20.7 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to information from Chinese corporate data provider Qichacha. YMTC held a 50.2 per cent stake in the venture,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324762/tech-war-chinas-top-flash-memory-maker-ymtc-creates-us3-billion-chip-venture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324762/tech-war-chinas-top-flash-memory-maker-ymtc-creates-us3-billion-chip-venture?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:00:17 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng US computer maker Dell Technologies has targeted some of its employees in China for job cuts in the latest case of American businesses retreating from the world’s second-largest economy. Dell would have individual meetings with the affected employees this week, and their last day would be October 10, according to two people who received the notice. Prior to their last day, employees could apply for any internal vacancies, they added. The job cuts mainly affect Dell’s EMC storage unit and its... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3324734/computer-maker-dell-cut-jobs-china-latest-us-retreat-worlds-no-2-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3324734/computer-maker-dell-cut-jobs-china-latest-us-retreat-worlds-no-2-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:00:17 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick The Trump administration on Friday revoked waivers that let Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix use American technology in their Chinese factories, a move that tightened controls on Beijing’s access to advanced chips while putting South Korea’s two largest chipmakers under fresh political and commercial pressure. The change, recorded in the Federal Register, meant the companies would need to seek licences each time they bought American chipmaking equipment for their plants in Xi’an and Wuxi. Intel... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323722/us-restricts-samsung-intel-sk-hynix-chip-production-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323722/us-restricts-samsung-intel-sk-hynix-chip-production-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:06:04 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao US chipmaker Micron Technology has started a new round of lay-offs that is expected to shed hundreds of jobs in mainland China, as part of the company’s global retreat from the lacklustre mobile NAND memory market. Micron – with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xian, capital of northwestern Shaanxi province – said the “challenging financial performance of mobile NAND products” prompted it to “discontinue development of new mobile NAND products globally”, a company representative said in an... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321613/micron-starts-lay-offs-china-us-memory-chipmaker-retreats-mobile-nand-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321613/micron-starts-lay-offs-china-us-memory-chipmaker-retreats-mobile-nand-market?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:00:18 +0000 Reuters Reuters The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit all-time highs on Friday as megacap stocks surged on renewed AI enthusiasm and the prospect of a looser monetary policy, powering a recovery in US stocks from a months-long rout. The benchmark index rose 0.2 per cent to 6,154.81 points, surpassing the previous peak of 6,147.43 on February 19, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.3 per cent to 20,229.31 points, exceeding its record high of 20,204.58 on December 16. Markets rallied this week as an upbeat... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316168/sp-500-nasdaq-hit-record-highs-renewed-ai-bets-rate-cut-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316168/sp-500-nasdaq-hit-record-highs-renewed-ai-bets-rate-cut-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:09:39 +0000