KIOXIA is trading 4.4% down today at ¥59,160 following reports that Apple may adopt memory-compression technology, potentially reducing future DRAM and NAND requirements.
- The potential shift by Apple has unsettled investors, as the technology could significantly lower the long-term demand for traditional memory components.
- The decline comes amid a broader pullback in the memory chip sector, with the DRAM segment dropping over 4% during today's session.
- Market participants are reassessing the industry's demand outlook following a period of strong year-to-date gains for semiconductor stocks.