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The global market for DRAM and NAND memory chips, spanning production by makers like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron and demand from AI, phones and devices.
Apple reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on November 2 against its own forecast of 9% to 11% revenue growth, in John Ternus's first call as CEO. Hardware buyers should listen for what he and CFO Kevan Parekh say about memory pricing and supply.
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Apple's next entry-level iPad will skip the A18 and use the A19 chip, according to a leak from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Anyone ordering base iPads for a team now has to decide whether the A16 model on sale is worth buying before its successor lands.
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Apple was the only tech megacap absent from Trump's White House AI lunch, where leading AI companies signed a safety accord. The meeting was about frontier models Apple does not build, and the policy questions that reach Apple's costs are in trade and chip supply.
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Reuters reports exploratory talks over leasing part of Intel's Ohio complex or building a joint venture with cloud buyers who want guaranteed memory. Intel says the site comes online between 2030 and 2031.
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Insta360, which holds 73% of the 360-camera market, spent $298 million on memory chips as it builds mirrorless cameras and smart glasses. IDC gives it 20% of handheld smart cameras to DJI's 73%.
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Apple lists the iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199 and the Pro Max at $1,299, each $100 above last year's models, and it still replaces an iPhone 15 battery for $99. Fast Company blames the AI memory chip shortage.
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The Wall Street Journal reports OpenAI raising at $1.2 trillion, up from $852 billion in March, and the memory shortage that money is meant to buy through is drawing SK Hynix toward Intel's planned Ohio fab.
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The foldable expected on Wednesday is priced within about 5% of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 either side, but the figure that moves cash is Bank of America's read that the base iPhone 18 slips to Spring 2027, leaving Pro mix to carry December.
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Chinese issuers are raising money into a domestic bid that then multiplies it by five, which says more about rationed supply than about durable AI earnings. Shein, the non-AI name in the queue, got the residual.
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