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Chip Industry Week in Review: Memory Deals, AI Infra, and 2nm Advances

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A weekly chip industry review covers Infineon's $1.12B NOR flash sale to Winbond, SK hynix talks with Intel for US memory manufacturing, and 2nm and below advances.

Infineon agreed to sell its NOR flash and F-RAM businesses to Winbond for $1.12 billion in cash, allowing it to concentrate resources on its core semiconductor businesses. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2027. SK hynix is reportedly in exploratory talks with Intel to manufacture memory chips in the US, potentially by leasing part of Intel's Ohio fab or forming a joint venture with Intel and cloud providers. The review covers the AI Infra Summit news, US chip capacity plans, 2nm and below advances, Huawei's chip offensive, a RoT solution for data centers and AI SoCs, Chinese equipment makers gaining share, India's chip build-out, McKinsey's tech trends, major funding rounds, and Europe's AI infrastructure gaps. The Infineon sale is the memory deal, and the SK hynix talks are the US manufacturing angle.

A weekly industry review covering multiple events. The Infineon sale is the memory deal: $1.12 billion for the NOR flash and F-RAM businesses, closing in the second half of 2027. The 2nm and below advances are the node progress, and Huawei's chip offensive is the competitive angle. The RoT solution is the security angle, and the Chinese equipment makers gaining share is the supply angle. India's chip build-out is the geographic angle, and McKinsey's tech trends is the market angle. The major funding rounds are the capital angle, and Europe's AI infrastructure gaps is the regional angle.

This is a weekly review covering multiple industry events. The weekly review is the format, and the multiple events are the content.

The specifics of each event, the timelines, and the outcomes. The review covers the events, but not the full details or the outcomes, and the $1.12 billion is the deal figure, not a closed deal. The SK hynix talks are exploratory, and the 2nm advances are the node progress. The Huawei offensive is the competitive angle, and the Chinese equipment makers gaining share is the supply angle.

Whether the Infineon deal closes, whether the SK hynix talks progress, and whether the 2nm advances continue. For the chip industry, a weekly review covering memory deals, AI infrastructure, and node advances is the industry pulse, and the multiple events are the content that makes it a comprehensive review.

A weekly chip industry review covers Infineon's $1.12B NOR flash sale to Winbond, SK hynix talks with Intel for US memory manufacturing, and 2nm and below advances. A weekly industry pulse covering multiple events.

Infineon $1.12B NOR flash sale · SK hynix US manufacturing talks · 2nm and below advances · Huawei chip offensive

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September 20, 2026 · 3 min
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