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The Latest Breaking News from Silicon Motion

5 things to buy now before the RAM crisis worsens — from affordable SSDs to price hike-beating MacBooks

Here's what I'd advise you to consider buying now ahead of likely price hikes, especially if you can get a decent deal.

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SSD expert shares some worrying truths about Chinese chip makers — and I think this could be more bad news for the RAM crisis

Here's another sign the RAM crisis is here to stay, as boss in SSD supply chain shares some home truths about Chinese chip makers.

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Chinese makers of DRAM modules, SSDs have a serious advantage over American and Taiwanese suppliers, says SMI SVP — state guidance secures local DRAM and SSD supply while the Big Three chase AI margins

CCP directives can be lifebuoy for Chinese producers of DRAM modules and solid-state drives as domestic memory makers may be obliged to support the module industry.

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The PC component crisis isn't going away: retail market for SSDs has 'almost disappeared' we're told, and DDR5 RAM prices refuse to drop

SSD prices remain sky-high alongside the cost of RAM — and a report suggests hard drives are getting more expensive too.

TechRadar

SMI says Nvidia is driving its consumer PCIe 6.0 roadmap, not AMD and Intel — RTX Spark agentic AI platform fuels a hunger for storage bandwidth

Nvidia may be ahead of AMD and Intel with PCIe Gen6-supporting platform for client PCs due to its client agentic AI ambitions, and that roadmap has suppliers like Silicon Motion paying attention.

Tom’s Hardware

Silicon Motion says 'the retail SSD market has almost disappeared' as NAND shifts towards AI servers and OEMs scoop up the drives that usually sit in our gaming PCs

Yet another day during the RAMpocalypse.

PC Gamer

'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up

Vice president of client storage solutions at Silicon Motion warns that the retail SSD market has almost disappeared as NAND makers prioritize shipments of memory to AI data centers.

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SMI's PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply — An interview with Silicon Motion's SVP Nelson Duann

Silicon Motion's Nelson Duann discusses NAND supply crisis in the consumer SSD market and the future of consumer storage.

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Silicon Motion increases sales of SSD controllers amid NAND shortage, but expects NAND shortages to get worse in 2027 — 'supply conditions will become even worse'

Sales of Silicon Motion’s SSD controllers are record high, but supply of NAND for client applications may get worse in 2027, the company tells us.

Tom’s Hardware

New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency

Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOPS, and sustained random performance.

Tom’s Hardware

Silicon Motion Stock Popped More Than 40% in a Single Day. Investors Are Still Ravenous for Storage Amid the AI Rally.

Investors are still ravenous for storage amid the AI rally.

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With a 76% Post-Earnings Rally, MaxLinear May Have Just Become the Top AI Infrastructure Stock to Buy

Maxlinear is well-positioned to continue benefiting from the ongoing growth of hyperscalers' data centers.

Barchart

3 Small-Cap Semiconductor Stocks With Explosive Upside

Semiconductor stocks are rallying again, but the biggest gains are coming from some of the smallest companies, like these 3 small-cap picks and shovels plays.

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MaxLinear Stock 2026: Hold or Sell MXL Shares as Analysts See Limited Upside Amid AI Bets

MaxLinear Inc. (NASDAQ: MXL), a provider of radio frequency, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, trades with mixed signals in April 2026 as investors weigh its push into high-speed AI data center connectivity against ongoing losses, analyst caution and a consensus price target implying downside from recent levels.

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'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar

Good news, everyone! I mean, terrible news, everyone!

Tom’s Hardware

Silicon Motion gives a glimpse of its PCIe 6.0 controller for client SSDs — 25+ GB/s sequential reads, 3.5 million random IOPS, coming 2028-2029

Silicon Motion previews its next-gen Neptune SSD controller for client PCs, featuring a PCIe 6.0 x4 interface and over 25 GB/s read speeds, but mass production is only set for 2028.

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Next-gen PCIe 6.0 SSD to reach 512GB in capacity and 28GBps in performance, almost 2X faster than PCIe 5.0, but I can't see it reaching my desktop PC before 2030

SM8466 PCIe 6.0 SSD controller is built for data centers, not desktops, despite its 28GBps speed and enterprise-grade security features.

Tom’s Hardware

Silicon Motion reportedly prepping SM8466 SSD controller with a PCIe 6.0 x4 — leak claims it will be unveiled at FMS 2025, sporting speeds of up to 28GB/s

Silicon Motion is expected to formally introduce its first PCIe Gen6 controller for next-generation data center SSDs at the upcoming FMS 2025 conference next month, according to a leak.

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Analysts Are All In on This Tech Stock—Why You Should Be, Too

Silicon Motion's unique combination of sound management, strong fundamentals, crucial and niche tech, and analyst enthusiasm point to continued success.

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Towards the Giga IOPS pipedream: How Nvidia wants to reach 100 million IOPS - even if it means inventing totally new types of memory

Nvidia’s 100 million IOPS goal pushes SSD tech beyond today’s limits, says Silicon Motion CEO.

PC Gamer

Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2 TB review

Taking the fight to Phison, the drive that may or may not exist.

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Silicon Motion MonTitan SSD can be rewritten over almost 2000 times but I fear that in the battle against NAND vendors like Samsung, it's just too little too late

New MonTitan SSD boasts nearly 2000 rewrites and low latency for heavy enterprise and edge workloads.

Tom’s Hardware

PCIe 6.0 SSDs for PCs won't arrive until 2030 — costs and complexity mean PCIe 5.0 SSDs are here to stay for some time

Client PC PCIe 6.0 x4 SSDs offering up to 32 GB/s bandwidth are not arriving until around 2030 due to high implementation costs, according to Silicon Motion CEO.

Tom’s Hardware

SMI CEO claims Nvidia wants SSDs with 100 million IOPS — up to 33X performance uplift could eliminate AI GPU bottlenecks

The chief executive of Silicon Motion said in an interview that Nvidia is looking forward to ridiculously fast storage devices to eliminate performance bottlenecks for its AI GPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

SMI CEO says no PCIe 6.0 SSDs for PC 'until 2030', Nvidia demands SSDs with 100 million IOPS — Wallace C. Kou on the future of SSDs

The CEO of Silicon Motion discusses the prospects of independent developers of SSD controllers, PCIe 6.0 SSDs, PLC 3D NAND, and other exotic types of non-volatile memory, as well as why NAND makers are poised to continue using controllers from third parties.

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