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SK Hynix, 3 other tech giants to take stakes in Nanya Technology. 03/26/2026 12:00 PM Taipei, March 26 (CNA) South Korea's SK Hynix and three other international tech giants will invest in Taiwan's Nanya Technology Corp., taking a stake in the Taiwanese dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chipmaker in a likely bid to boost their role in artificial intelligence development. SK Hynix's subsidiary Solidigm Inc., Japanese Kioxia Corp., and two American companies - Cisco Systems Inc. and SanDisk International's unit SanDisk Technologies - will inject a total of NT$78.72 billion (US$2.47 billion) into Nanya Technology through a private placement, the Taiwanese chipmaker said in a statement posted Wednesday on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, where its shares are traded. After the investments, SK Hynix is expected to take a 2 percent stake in Nanya Technology, Kioxia 2 percent, SanDisk 4 percent, and Cisco 2 percent, the statement said. On Wednesday, Nanya Technology announced the pricing of the private placement for the four investors to subscribe to its shares at NT$223.9 each, a small discount to Nanya Technology's closing price of NT$226.5 that day. The four foreign investors will acquire an aggregate 351.57 million Nanya Technology common shares through the private placement, which is scheduled to be completed on April 8, the company said. The funds raised from the private placement will be invested in advanced memory chip development and expand production capacity, Nanya Technology said. Liu Pei-chen (劉佩真), an economist with the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), told CNA it is not purely a financial investment by the four companies but also a strategic move to enhance their roles in artificial intelligence development. Taiwanese memory chip suppliers like Nanya Technology are playing a critical role in the current AI boom, moving away from the concept that they are just followers of their foreign counterparts, Liu said. SK Hynix, the second largest DRAM supplier in the world, is expected to take advantage of the Taiwanese company's technology strength, focusing on high bandwidth memory (HBM) development, which is crucial to AI computing, she said. Static random access memory (SRAM) technology is also one of the strengths of Taiwan's memory chip suppliers, Liu said, adding that this technology is expected to raise the local memory chip industry's profile in AI development. (By Chang Chien-chung and Frances Huang) Enditem/pc

Solidigm launches new AI vision platform Luceta AI software suite. * 2026.03.16 * 12:29 * Industrial and Commercial Times, Li Juanping Solidigm announced the launch of the new Luceta AI software suite, targeting visual AI applications such as industrial quality control, security monitoring, and logistics warehousing. It focuses on lowering the entry barrier for traditional computer vision adoption and accelerating data preparation, model building, deployment, and continuous optimization processes. Solidigm stated that Luceta can assist frontline teams in quickly deploying models directly at data generation sites, addressing pain points such as slow manual inspection speeds, insufficient stability, and limited flexibility of traditional machine vision. The platform integrates four major modules: Data Agent, Model Agent, Pipeline Manager, and Adaptive Agent. It features capabilities like automatic filtering and annotation of images, generating inspection models, edge deployment, and continuous optimization, adopting an edge computing-first and hybrid cloud architecture. Feedback from early adopters of Luceta shows that it has a low operational threshold and quick onboarding; even users without a data science background can rapidly generate practical benefits. One manufacturing client completed their first inspection model in just two weeks after implementation, achieving an accuracy rate of over 90%. Solidigm also concurrently introduced a hardware-matched PoC (Proof of Concept) verification plan to help enterprises conduct low-risk trial implementations.

Solidigm, an enterprise data storage company, has launched the Luceta AI Software Suite, a vision platform designed to address challenges in traditional computer vision applications for quality and inspection. The platform enables faster data preparation, model creation and deployment directly at edge devices. The suite comprises four integrated modules: a data agent for automated filtering and annotation, a model agent for generating inspection models, a pipeline manager for edge deployment, and an adaptive agent for continuous improvement. One manufacturing customer achieved over 90% precision within two weeks of deployment and can now generate new inspection models in minutes. Applications include manufacturing defect detection, safety monitoring and warehouse logistics. Solidigm is offering risk-free proof-of-concepts with hardware kits for interested customers.