Waiver yanked, fabs stalled, shares tanked

Washington has slammed the door shut on a loophole that let South Korea’s biggest chipmakers sneak US gear into their Chinese fabs without the usual bureaucratic hoops.

Chipmaker claims world’s first 300-plus layer QLC flash 

SK hynix has started mass production of what it calls the world’s first 321-layer QLC NAND flash chip, a 2Tb storage device designed to push density well past anything seen before.

Kicks off HBM4 supply

SK hynix is cranking up the memory arms race, confirming it’s building 24 Gb GDDR7 modules to give next-gen GPUs fatter VRAM buffers while lining up HBM4 for AI and HPC workloads.

Chipmakers to make production cuts

Due to oversupply, NAND flash prices are expected to fall faster than a team of free-falling parachuting elephants who have forgotten to pack a key ingredient of their act.

Up to 12 percent performance improvement

SK hynix has announced the mass production of the world's first triple-level-celll-based 321-high 4D NAND flash with 1Tb capacity. This means that SK hynix will be the first supplier of NAND with more than 300 layers, with availability expected as of the first half of next year.

Increased production decreased demand

According to a new report by the divination team of TrendForce analysts, client SSD prices are predicted to fall by 5-10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024.

For enterprise and datacenter implementation

KIOXIA America has announced the availability of its new KIOXIA XD8 Series PCIe 5.0 Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S SSDs.

In 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacity and peaking at 7,250/6,300MB/s

Samsung has officially launched its new 990 EVO Plus SSD, promising an enhancement of up to 50 percent compared to the previous generation and using the latest 8th generation V-NAND in combination with a 5nm controller.

Sabrent has announced the new Rocket 2242 M.2 Gen 4 NVMe SSD, based on a rather short M.2-2242 form factor, which is often used with some handheld consoles, like the Lenovo Legion Go.

Aimed at gaming, content creation, and scientific computing

Micron Technology has announced its latest Micron 3500 NVMe SSD. Based on 232-layer NAND, the Micron 3500 SSD series comes in M.2 form-factor and in capacities of up to 2TB.