China’s YMTC moves to break free of U.S. sanctions by building production line with homegrown tools — aims to capture 15% of NAND market by late 2026

China’s YMTC moves to break free of U.S. sanctions by building production line with homegrown tools — aims to capture 15% of NAND market by late 2026

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), China’s leading producer of NAND memory, has been on the Entity List of the U.S. Commerce Department since late 2022, which essentially bars its access to advanced fab tools. Despite sanctions and restrictions, YMTC plans to expand its production capacity this year, aiming to capture a 15% share of NAND…

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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn’t Danganronpa 4, but it’s happy to revisit some fan-favourite tropes

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn’t Danganronpa 4, but it’s happy to revisit some fan-favourite tropes

By happy coincidence, I finished playing Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony for the first time earlier this month – meaning that I’ve finally conquered the full main story of a massive multimedia franchise that’s had a chokehold on my attention ever since I got swept up by its mini-renaissance during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020. More…

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