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Saturday 4 July 2026

Samsung and SK Hynix seek substrate price cuts for the second half of 2026

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Commentary: Korea's KRW800tn chip bet risks US fab pressure while Apple profits from memory shock

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened...

Friday 3 July 2026

South Korea bets on southwest semiconductor cluster, but key hurdles remain

South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces,...

Friday 3 July 2026

SK Hynix puts US$64 billion into Cheongju chip buildout

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW100 trillion (approx. US$64.38 billion) to build new NAND memory chip and advanced packaging facilities in Cheongju, betting that AI demand will keep tightening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung's HBM4E yield tops 70%, sharpening AI memory race with SK Hynix and Micron

Samsung Electronics is moving closer to commercialising HBM4E, its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), after internal testing showed reliability yields above 70%, strengthening...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Analysis: How long can memory's AI-driven boom last?

The global memory market is enjoying one of its most profitable cycles in years. AI data center demand has driven DRAM and NAND prices sharply higher, and the three companies that...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Samsung exec calls for nuclear expansion to support Gwangju fab plan

Samsung Electronics' plan to build two new semiconductor fabs in Gwangju is turning South Korea's southwest chip push into a test of...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix southwest fab plans put Gwangju's silicon photonics ambitions in focus

Samsung Electronics' and SK Hynix's planned memory investments in South Korea's southwest have mostly been viewed as a push to balance regional development and tap into local renewable...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

South Korea's southwest chip hub plan faces supplier gap

South Korea's plan to build a KRW800 trillion (approx. US$51 billion) memory fab cluster in the southwestern Honam region is running into an inconvenient fact: the region has the country's...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

SK Hynix talent hunt targets HBM's next frontiers while drawing Samsung employees' attention

SK Hynix's latest senior hiring drive has reignited debate in South Korea's semiconductor industry, with the move seen as more than...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

South Korea's AI memory push draws scrutiny from both Taiwan and China

South Korea's plan to send Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix into a new memory hub in Gwangju and South Jeolla is drawing scrutiny from Taiwan and China, as Seoul defends the project...

Tuesday 30 June 2026

SK Hynix accelerates Yongin fab timeline by 12 years as HBM strains memory capacity

SK Hynix said on June 29 it will spend KRW1,100 trillion (approx. US$710 billion) across three sites in South Korea over the coming decades, accelerating its Yongin cluster...

Tuesday 30 June 2026

DRAM price surge tests South Korean memory makers' HBM4 push

Reports in South Korea that SK Hynix is slowing the pace of converting production lines to sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory,...

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix step up CO₂ buying as supplies tighten

South Korea's inventories of high-purity carbon dioxide, a critical material used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, have fallen below normal buffer levels, raising procurement...

Monday 29 June 2026

Samsung could become HBM market share leader in 2027

Samsung Electronics could overtake SK Hynix in the global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market in 2027, driven by the competitive edge of HBM4, the sixth generation of HBM. Market watchers...

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