Japan’s ¥8.89T Defense Budget: Ministry of Defense to Fund AI Command Systems and Drones
Japan's Ministry of Defense has requested a record ¥8.89 trillion (approximately $60 billion USD) for the 2027 fiscal year, aiming…
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Kioxia Quadrupled Q2 Sales on AI Flash Demand, Securing a Critical Non-Chinese Memory Source
Kioxia ranked 8th in global semiconductor sales for Q2 2026, marking the highest growth among the top 20 companies.
Anthropic Sued by Music Publishers: Why Claude’s Training Data Faces a Billion-Dollar Legal Threat
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music, along with other music publishers, have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, its CEO…
Japan’s ¥5T Flash Memory Investment Tests the Global Semiconductor Subsidy Race
Kioxia and SanDisk (Western Digital) announced a joint 5 trillion yen (over $31 billion) investment in flash memory production in…
Kioxia and Western Digital Plan a ¥5T NAND Expansion to Meet AI Storage Demand
Joint venture partners Kioxia and Western Digital's SanDisk have announced a massive ¥5 trillion ($31 billion) investment through 2032 to…
Rapidus’s 2nm Speed Strategy: Why Shinkansen Pricing Is the New Bet for AI Chip Startups
Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike stated that strong demand for AI semiconductors and data centers is a "powerful tailwind" for the…
Kioxia and Western Digital Plan ¥5T Expansion to Secure AI Memory Supply
Kioxia and its joint venture partner SanDisk have announced a massive ¥5 trillion (over $31 billion USD) investment plan through…
Intel’s Advanced Packaging Gains Traction as TSMC CoWoS Bottlenecks Persist
Analysts suggest TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging, while a key technology, is becoming a production bottleneck for integrating AI accelerators with…
$837B Memory Market Shift: Japan’s Chip Equipment Giants Pivot to AI Bandwidth
Gartner predicts the global semiconductor market will grow 92% year-over-year to $1.555 trillion in 2026, driven by continued AI infrastructure…
SSD Prices to Quadruple by 2026: Why Enterprise Storage Budgets Face an Unprecedented NAND Pinch
The storage market is facing extreme disruption due to a severe shortage and rapid price increases for SSDs.
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