For the first time since 2018, the biggest-selling semiconductor vendor in the world was not Intel, which lost the top spot to Samsung in 2021, per a report released today by Gartner Research.

Samsung Electronics reported on Thursday an estimated 50% jump in quarterly operating earnings to post its highest first-quarter profit since 2018, beating expectations as solid demand underpinned prices for Memory chips.

Samsung Electronics and Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a unique collaboration to standardize and drive broad adoption of next-generation data placement

Micron Technology Inc.'s profit surged in the latest period with 5G, artificial intelligence and electric vehicles' higher adoption driving demand growth.

Kioxia Holdings Corp said on Wednesday it plans to jointly build with Western Digital Corp a new flash Memory fabrication facility in its plant in northern Japan, which, a source said, may entail an investment of some 1 trillion yen ($8.3 billion).

A powerful earthquake on Wednesday has disrupted semiconductor production at several manufacturing sites in Japan, threatening to further damage an already fragile supply of chips for autos and Memory.

The semiconductor shortage that has impacted many industries could continue into next year.

Western Digital today provided an update on the production status of its joint venture flash Memory manufacturing facilities and outlook for fiscal third quarter 2022.

HP raised its annual profit outlook, boosted by strong sales of computers to businesses, but warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would dent its bottom line this quarter.

SMART plans to begin sampling of the DDR5 32 GB VLP RDIMM in Q1 2022.

Bloomberg reported on Feb. 8 that Nvidia gave up on Arm acquisition and Arm would go public instead of being sold by SoftBank.

Fabrication plants jointly run by Kioxia and Western Digital accidentally used a contaminated chemical to manufacture 3D NAND non-volatile flash Memory.

Toshiba announced on Monday that it now aims to break up into two companies instead of three, while also unveiling a big boost to planned shareholder returns in an effort to appease angry investors.

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said it expects supply chain issues to gradually improve from the second half of the year and demand for Memory chips to grow, after booking a four-fold on-year increase in fourth-quarter operating profit.

Samsung Electronics is speeding up research and development (R&D) of 3D DRAMs.