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Tuesday 8 September 2026
LG's robot actuator push turns appliance know-how into a physical AI supply-chain bet
As humanoid robots increasingly move from demonstrations toward factories and commercial deployments, competition is expanding beyond finished robots into the components that determine...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
US chip investment push puts ownership at center of Korea's $200 billion deal

A US push for additional Korean semiconductor manufacturing investment has entered bilateral negotiations just as the first project under...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
Samsung allocates more than half of 4nm foundry capacity to HBM4
Samsung Electronics is allocating more than half of its 4nm foundry capacity to base dies for sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) as it accelerates shipments to major AI...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Privacy displays become a premium smartphone battleground as Huawei brings one to a foldable

Huawei's Mate XT 2 combines an inward-folding tri-fold design with a built-in hardware privacy display, bringing two concepts already prominent...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
SK Hynix weighs Gwangju investment as Yongin buildout continues
SK Hynix is considering accelerating investment in South Korea's planned Gwangju semiconductor cluster so that development proceeds alongside its ongoing Yongin buildout, rather than...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
South Korea's UBATT targets 500 Wh/kg lithium-metal batteries for drone and defense markets
South Korean battery startup UBATT is targeting aerospace and defense applications such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
LG bets on in-cabin AI agents as South Korea races to catch China in autonomous driving
Rapid advances in China's autonomous-driving technology are increasing pressure on South Korea's auto industry to catch up, and LG Electronics is responding by expanding its push from...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Acer India tablet deal points to deeper push in Asia-Pacific
Acer has landed a nearly US$200 million tablet order from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, underscoring the company's growing public-sector business in one of its fastest-expanding...
Monday 7 September 2026
SK Hynix reportedly ends LG eSSD talks as ASICLAND deal expands
SK Hynix reportedly ended talks with LG Electronics over outsourcing part of the backend design for a next-generation enterprise SSD (eSSD) controller, but the memory maker told DIGITIMES...
Monday 7 September 2026
South Korea secures US$2B from Air Products, Axcelis, Corning, Pacifico Energy to bolster supply chains
Four major US technology companies have committed a combined US$2 billion to investments across South Korea's semiconductor materials, equipment, and clean energy sectors. The move...
Monday 7 September 2026
HBM4 squeezes DRAM supply as Samsung, SK Hynix inventories fall below 10 days
Memory inventories at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have fallen below 10 days of supply as AI infrastructure spending drives simultaneous demand for HBM, server DRAM and enterprise...
Monday 7 September 2026
Inside K-Safety Expo 2026: AI is disappearing into safety — and that changes everything
By the final afternoon of K-Safety Expo 2026, after three days of threading my way through BEXCO's sprawling exhibition halls in Busan, one impression had become difficult to ignore:...
Monday 7 September 2026
SK Hynix 1c DRAM production share to reach 34% by year-end ahead of HBM4E
SK Hynix is accelerating its shift to sixth-generation 10nm-class 1c DRAM, with the process expected to account for roughly 34% of its DRAM production by the fourth quarter as the...
Monday 7 September 2026
Exclusive: DIGITIMES' top 3 at K-Safety Expo 2026 shows where intelligent safety is heading — act 'before' disaster strikes
The most consequential safety technologies are often judged by what happens after something goes wrong: how fast an alarm sounds, how quickly rescuers arrive, or how effectively protective...
Sunday 6 September 2026
K-Safety Expo 2026: Safety gets smarter as six innovators win foreign media honors
The BEST OF K-SAFETY EXPO Global Media Awards on September 3 offered a revealing snapshot of where safety technology is heading: away from passive protection and toward systems that...