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YMTC parent seeks $4.9bn IPO after AI boom transforms NAND economics
CCSH Corporation, the parent of Yangtze Memory Technologies, is seeking RMB33 billion through a Shanghai STAR Market IPO after a surge in NAND pricing and AI data-centre demand transformed the chipmaker’s profitability.
Sandisk (SNDK) targets 80% gross margins and 100% cash return through FY2030
Sandisk's FY2028-2030 model targets 80% non-GAAP gross margins and 100% excess cash return, testing whether NBM contracts have broken NAND's cyclicality.
Veolia Environnement (VIE) links semiconductor fab water contracts to €1bn growth target
Veolia Environnement is positioning ultrapure water, wastewater recycling and long-term plant operations as critical infrastructure for the semiconductor industry, creating a potentially valuable recurring-revenue opportunity as chip manufacturing expands across the United States, Asia and Europe.
CXMT IPO turns China’s memory-chip champion into a $480bn market test
CXMT’s US$8.6 billion Shanghai IPO and 466% debut surge have turned China’s leading DRAM maker into a public-market symbol of AI memory demand, semiconductor sovereignty and valuation risk.
Etched raises $300m as $10.3bn valuation tests AI inference chip economics
Etched’s $300 million Series C gives the AI chip startup fresh capital to scale its Sohu inference systems, but the valuation depends on whether specialised hardware can break NVIDIA’s grip on data-centre computing.
Nanya Technology’s NT$200bn capex bet tests whether AI has changed the DRAM cycle
Nanya Technology plans to quadruple annual capital spending as AI diverts memory capacity away from conventional markets, but record margins and extreme stock gains raise the risk of investing near the top of the cycle.
ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) beats Q2 as €43-45bn 2026 sales guidance is raised
ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) beats Q2 at €9.3bn, raises 2026 sales outlook to €43-45bn and plans 30% capacity expansion for 2027 at both EUV and DUV lines.
SK hynix (NASDAQ: SKHY) rebounds, but is the ADR premium justified?
SK hynix stock has rebounded after its Nasdaq debut, but a large ADR premium raises a crucial valuation question before earnings.
SK Hynix (SKHYV) Nasdaq debut raises $26.5bn, second-largest US IPO ever after SpaceX
SK Hynix (SKHY) opens at $170 in $26.5B Nasdaq debut, +14% from $149; CEO Kwak says memory crunch persists beyond 2030 as Micron valuation discount closes.
Rambus (RMBS) launches DDR5 9600 Server RDIMM chipset with 20% bandwidth gain
Rambus (RMBS) launches DDR5 9600 Server RDIMM chipset for AI data centers, 20% bandwidth gain. Q2 fiscal 2026 earnings July 27 as memory interface scales.