AI boom seen lifting chipmaking equipment sales 9% to $126 billion in 2026

Sales of equipment used to make computer chip wafers will rise about 9% to $126 billion in 2026 and a further 7.3% to $135 ...

AI dues are coming as soaring demand for memory chips set to boost computer prices

Lenovo, Dell and HP are likely to announce new prices within weeks, said a market intelligence provider. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Chip startup d-Matrix raises $275M to speed up inference with in-memory compute

Chip startup d-Matrix Inc. today disclosed that it has raised $275 million in funding to support its commercialization efforts. The Series C round was led by Bullhound Capital, Triatomic Capital and ...
Reuters

Micron to invest $9.6 billion in Japan to build AI memory chip plant, Nikkei reports

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Micron Technology (MU.O), opens new tab will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a new plant in Hiroshima in western Japan to produce advanced high-bandwidth memory (HBM ...
Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Secures AI Computing Power in $9.7 Billion Deal with IREN

Microsoft MSFT-2.74%decrease; red down pointing triangle has secured new computing power capacity with a $9.7 billion deal with IREN as big tech races to expand data center capacity across the U.S.