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Biwin enters the memory and SSD market with Black Opal line — OEM supplier begins selling products under its own brand

Biwin has long manufactured memory and SSD products for HP, Acer, Lenovo, and others. Now it plans to begin selling its own branded components to consumers.

Tom’s Hardware

Lexar SL500 Portable SSD Review: Silicon Motion SM2320 and YMTC NAND in a Potent Package

Lexar has a long history of serving the flash-based consumer storage market in the form of SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives. After having started out as a Micron brand, the company was acquired by Longsys which has diversified its product lineup with regular introduction of new products. Recently,…

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Micron is building a new packaging and testing plant in China despite sales ban — largest American chipmaker expands abroad

Micron continues Chinese expansion despite sales ban in China.

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Chinese flash memory maker claims breakthrough - QLC NAND matches endurance of TLC NAND

YMTC's X3-6070 3D QLC NAND can sustain 4,000 P/E cycles, according to the company.

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China-made RISC-V PCIe 5.0 SSD controller promises competitive performance — up to 14.2 GB/s without a fan

Yingren (aka InnoGrit) has announced the YRS820, a high-end PCIe 5.0 controller for consumer SSDs based on the RISC-V architecture.

Tom’s Hardware

SSDs are getting more expensive again because the biggest NAND supplier has throttled production to half its previous output

And where the leader goes, so the rest of the mob is likely to follow.

PC Gamer

Kioxia aims to sweet talk SK Hynix into letting the Western Digital merger go ahead, with a new manufacturing deal as the carrot this time around

Daytime soap operas don't have this much on-again, off-again drama.

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China's YMTC Preps Next-Gen Xtacking 4.0 NAND Tech

Yangtze Memory proceeds to Xtacking 4.0 architecture, but without increasing the number of layers.

Tom’s Hardware

Chinese Memory Maker YMTC Sues Micron for 3D NAND Patents Violation

The China-based YMTC memory maker accuses Micron of violating crucial 3D NAND patents.

Tom’s Hardware

Xiaomi Reportedly Using China-Based YMTC's 232-Layer 3D NAND Memory

Xiaomi's 14 Pro smartphone is set to take advantage of YMTC's 232-layer 3D NAND memory with Xtacking 3.0 architecture.

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China Chipmaker YMTC Spent $7 Billion to Overcome U.S. Sanctions

YMTC taps Chinese equipment makers to produce wafer fab equipment it needs.

Tom’s Hardware

China's Blacklisted YMTC Ships World-Leading 232-Layer 3D QLC NAND

YMTC first to ship 232-layer 3D QLC NAND memory, ahead of Micron, SK Hynix, and Solidigm.

Tom’s Hardware

China's YMTC Boosts SSDs With 232-Layer 3D NAND Memory

SSDs based on YMTC's leading-edge 232-layer 3D NAND readily available in China.

Tom’s Hardware

China's YMTC Starts Producing Mysterious New Memory, Ups 3D NAND Prices

Despite the market downturn, YMTC ups 3D NAND prices in China.

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US Considers AI Chip Export Restrictions To China Amid Tech Race

Proposed ban on AI chip exports could devastate chipmakers and spur China to strengthen its semiconductor industry

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Chinese Chipmaker Asks Suppliers to Buy Back Banned Fab Tools

YMTC chairman warns about turmoil and disorder in the semiconductor industry.

The Independent UK

China seethes as US chip controls threaten tech ambitions

China's leaders are seething at U.S. efforts to cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips

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Kioxia and WD Unveil World's Fastest 3D NAND Flash Memory

Kioxia's and Western Digital's 218-layer 3D NAND device boasts 1Tb capacity, 3.2 GT/s interface speed.

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Japan Officially Restricts Sales of Chipmaking Equipment to China

Japan follows the U.S. and the Netherlands with curbs against China's semiconductor sector.

Fortune

China's chip companies face cooling demand and U.S. sanctions at the same time

China’s semiconductor companies are reportedly delaying production, pausing operations, and laying off workers.

Bangkok Post

US blacklists more Chinese tech firms

The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd (YMTC) and 21 "major" Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China's chip industry.

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China Trying To Fight Back US Ban on Its Chip Industry

On Thursday, the U.S. government broadened its crackdown on China’s chip industry by adding memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a Commerce Department trade blacklist.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. to remove some Chinese entities from red flag list soon, U.S. official says

The Biden administration plans to remove some Chinese entities from a red flag trade list, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday amid closer cooperation with Beijing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Apple Freezes Plans to Use China’s YMTC Chips

US tech giant Apple Inc has put on hold plans to use memory chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) in its products, after Washington imposed tighter export controls against Chinese technology companies, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Apple had originally planned to start using state-funded YMTC's NAND flash…

Benzinga

What New China Semiconductor Restrictions Mean For US Investors

U.S.-listed Chinese stocks tumbled on Monday after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a new set of rules restricting the sale of advanced computing semiconductors or related manufacturing equipment to China.

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