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Two Republican lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to rally US allies including Japan and South Korea in the wake of Beijing’s ban on the sale of some Micron memory chips.

Kioxia has begun operating two new R&D facilities in Japan - the Flagship Building at the Yokohama Technology Campus and the Shin-Koyasu Technology Front - bolstering the companys R&D capabilities in flash memory and solid-state drives (SSD), according to the company. In the future, other R&D functions in Kanagawa Prefecture will be relocated to these new R&D centers in order to increase research efficiency and advance technological innovation.

Memory chipmakers have shown downstream customers that they will no longer sell at low prices, while module manufacturers with high levels of inventory are eager to see spot market prices stabilize, according to industry sources.

Chinese memory module company Techwinsemi Technology plans to enhance its outsourcing business in Taiwan, looking to expand its supplier list to include flash controller vendors and backend service houses.

Memory module and SSD vendor Team Group reportedly recently landed a large-volume B2B memory module order from an international ODM, according to industry sources.

Micron Technology has introduced the Crucial Pro series, which consists of memory and storage products designed for gamers, content creators, workstation professionals, and anyone else desiring a robust, high-performance computing experience with plug-and-play functionality.

Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has seen its foundry utilization rates begin to recover, anticipating a return to monthly profits in the second quarter.

SK Hynix has completed the development of 1bnm, the fifth generation of its 10nm process technology, and the company and Intel have launched a joint evaluation and validation of 1bnm for DDR5 products destined for Intel Xeon Scalable platforms.

Phison Electronics, a NAND flash device controller specialist, believes that AI will gain traction in a variety of NAND storage applications, and that the company will expand its product offerings to satisfy growing NAND storage demands.

Adata Technology has observed signs of a potential demand reversal in the DRAM memory market during the second half of this year, according to Simon Chen, chairman for the memory module maker.