Nvidia Corp. supplier Micron Technology Inc. said an ongoing memory chip shortage has accelerated over the past quarter and reiterated that the crunch will last beyond this year due to a surge in demand for high-end semiconductors required for AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe shortage we are seeing is really unprecedented,\u201d Micron Executive Vice President of Operations Manish Bhatia said in an interview shortly after the chipmaker held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $100 billion production site outside Syracuse, New York, on Friday, amplifying a similar forecast the company provided in December. <\/p>\n
High-bandwidth memory required to make artificial intelligence accelerators is \u201cconsuming so much of the available capacity across the industry that it\u2019s leaving a tremendous shortage for the conventional side of the industry, for phones or PCs,\u201d Bhatia said. He added that PC and smartphone makers have joined the queue to try to lock up memory chips after 2026.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Chinese media outlet Jiemian reported that major Chinese smartphone makers including Xiaomi Corp., Oppo and Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co. are trimming their shipment targets for 2026 due to rising memory costs, with Oppo cutting its forecast by as much as 20%. All three did not respond to requests for comment. <\/p>\n
Global smartphone shipments may decline 2.1% next year as a shortage of memory chips drives up costs and squeezes production, industry tracker Counterpoint Research estimated in December. PC makers including Dell Technologies Inc. have also warned they are likely to be affected by the ongoing shortage. <\/p>\n
The big three of the global memory chip industry \u2014 Micron, SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. \u2014 saw their share prices surge in 2025 thanks to the AI boom. SK Hynix said it has sold out its entire chip slate in 2026, while Micron has said its AI memory semiconductors are also fully booked this year. <\/p>\n
To prioritize supplying strategic enterprise customers including Nvidia, Micron said in December it will end its popular Crucial-branded consumer memory business. The AI industry\u2019s insatiable appetite for memory chips is also adding urgency to Micron\u2019s manufacturing expansion in both the US and Asia.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Micron announced plans to pay $1.8 billion for a site with an existing plant in Taiwan, which serves as a key production hub for the Boise, Idaho-based chipmaker.<\/p>\n
That move significantly shortens the time for Micron to bring a new factory online. The company says it will start meaningful output of DRAM wafers in the second half of 2027.<\/p>\n
DRAM provides the operating environment for complex processors from Nvidia and Intel Corp. to make calculations and is at the heart of high-bandwidth memory required for AI accelerators to work optimally.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019ll be doing at our Asian sites is continuing to transition to the next generation of technology,\u201d Bhatia said during the Friday interview.<\/p>\n
New wafer capacity, on the other hand, will take place almost entirely in the US, he added.<\/p>\n
Micron\u2019s $100 billion project near Syracuse is slated to host four DRAM fabs \u2014 each about the size of 10 football fields. First wafers are coming out of the production lines by 2030.<\/p>\n
The US chipmaker is also adding two fabs worth of capacity in Boise alongside existing research and development facilities there. The first Idaho fab is scheduled to begin production in 2027, and a second factory is also being planned.<\/p>\n
The plans are all part of the company\u2019s commitment to bring 40% of its DRAM manufacturing onto US soil, a goal enabled by a $6.2 billion Chips Act award the company clinched in 2024, and the ability to tap into a now-35% tax credit while construction is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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