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China exported $177.28 billion in integrated circuits during the first half of 2026, a 96% year-on-year increase driven by global memory price inflation rather than shipment volume. The surge reflects higher prices for commodity chips like DRAM and NAND, as Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron shift capacity to AI-focused high-bandwidth memory.
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