AI boom, soaring memory prices lift Japan's chip exports 41%

What happened: Japan's exports of chip-related products rose 41% year on year in value terms in the April-September period, according to government data, as AI data center demand drove up memory prices. Key numbers: 41% year-on-year rise in chip-related export value, April-September. Export prices for some memory products up roughly fivefold. DRAM and NAND prices both soared. Why it matters: The chip boom helped blunt a trade deficit fueled by high crude prices, per the report.

Japan's exports of chip-related products rose 41% year on year in value terms in the April-September period, according to government data, as AI data center demand drove up memory prices.

The chip boom helped blunt a trade deficit fueled by high crude prices, per the report.