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Wednesday 2 July 2025

Towa expands South Korea presence as AI spurs demand for HBM packaging tools

Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Towa Corporation, a global leader in advanced packaging systems, recently unveiled its newest technology for sixth-generation HBM4, aiming squarely...

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Samsung lags a year behind TSMC in 1.4nm race, shifts focus to 2nm reset

Samsung Electronics has delayed mass production of its 1.4nm process node to 2029, two years later than its original timeline and trailing TSMC's 2028 target. The shift reflects a...

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Naver unveils Korean AI model that rivals OpenAI's GPT-4.1

South Korean internet giant Naver has launched HyperCLOVA X THINK, a large language model that matches OpenAI's GPT-4.1 performance while excelling in Korean-language tasks, advancing...

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Samsung pitches 12-stack HBM3E to Nvidia after AMD's AI accelerator win

Samsung Electronics is intensifying its push to secure a major HBM3E supply deal with Nvidia, as Device Solutions chief Jun Young-hyun visited Nvidia's Silicon Valley headquarters...

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Production for iPhone 17 OLED begins; Korean display manufacturers cautious with orders due to Trump storm

South Korea's leading display manufacturers have officially begun production of OLED panels for Apple's upcoming iPhone 17, according...

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Samsung shifts focus to consolidating existing ecosystem, cancels SFF

Samsung Electronics will no longer hold its customary Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) in 2025, opting instead to host partner-exclusive events, drawing attention from industry observers...

Tuesday 1 July 2025

SOCAMM 2: Samsung's silent play to upend AI memory economics

Samsung Electronics is ramping up development of its next-generation SOCAMM memory, which it sees as a potential rival to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in terms of market opportunity...

Tuesday 1 July 2025

South Korea walks a tight rope as Trump shifts tariff strategy eastward

As the July 9, 2025 deadline approaches for the expiration of the United States' temporary suspension of "reciprocal tariffs," US President Donald Trump appears to be shifting his...

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Chinese TV brands surge as LG adopts three-pronged strategy to stabilize market share

Despite the growing competitive threat from Chinese brands such as Hisense, TCL, and Xiaomi in recent years within the TV and end-display industry, South Korean companies continue...

Monday 30 June 2025

Samsung acquires rights to Intel semiconductor patents in strategic bid to avoid global IP disputes

Samsung Electronics has secured a broad license to a portfolio of semiconductor patents originally developed by Intel, a move industry analysts view as both a defensive strategy against...

Monday 30 June 2025

China set to lead global foundry capacity by 2030 amid accelerating domestic expansion

China is poised to overtake Taiwan as the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, according to Yole Group. With 21% of global capacity in 2024 and rapid domestic expansion...

Monday 30 June 2025

Samsung reportedly promotes advanced 2nm process amid foundry setbacks

Samsung is pushing its second-generation 2nm process, SF2P, promising notable performance and efficiency gains. As its chip business faces mounting pressure, the company is betting...

Monday 30 June 2025

South Korea launches AI chip project with Taiwan's CoAsia and local unicorn Rebellions

CoAsia, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company, announced that its subsidiary, CoAsia SEMI, will partner with Rebellions, a South Korean AI chipmaker, to co-develop a next-generation...

Monday 30 June 2025

Rebellions readies next-gen AI chip to take on Nvidia’s H100

South Korean artificial intelligence chip startup Rebellions has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation neural processing unit (NPU), integrating Samsung Electronics' 12-stack...

Monday 30 June 2025

BOE ramps up iPhone OLED production, challenging Samsung and LG

Chinese display manufacturer BOE has secured production capacity of roughly 100 million OLED panels annually for Apple's iPhones, according...

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