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Monday 24 August 2026

Analysis: SK Hynix pushes beyond HBM with HBF and CPO

SK Hynix is moving on several fronts as it pushes deeper into system-level memory competition. From high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to a recently published...

Monday 24 August 2026

Podcast highlights: TSMC Arizona's profit turnaround, US manufacturing viability pressures South Korean memory makers

DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin noted on a recent podcast that when reviewing TSMC's semiannual and first-quarter 2026 financial reports, the operational health and profitability of its...

Monday 24 August 2026

AI chip boom lifts South Korean semiconductor materials makers' profits in 2Q26

The AI semiconductor investment boom is increasingly spilling over into the materials supply chain. South Korea's major semiconductor materials suppliers broadly improved profitability...

Saturday 22 August 2026

Automation Taipei 2026: If AI is advancing so fast, why is the factory floor still so hard to automate?

For all the extraordinary progress made by artificial intelligence, the physical world remains stubbornly difficult to automate.

Friday 21 August 2026

Lee Jae-myung meets SK chief Chey Tae-won with US chip investment pressure in focus

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has begun a fresh round of talks with the country's leading business figures, starting with a private dinner with SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won,...

Friday 21 August 2026

SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab in Miyagi, but says no investment is final

SK hynix is considering a large-scale memory semiconductor investment in Japan, with Miyagi Prefecture emerging as a potential site, although the company has stressed that no decision...

Friday 21 August 2026

HP Korea localizes AI strategy with Upstage in healthcare, finance

HP Korea is sharpening its localized AI strategy through a partnership with large language model (LLM) startup Upstage, and has already moved into AI transformation (AX), eyeing demand...

Friday 21 August 2026

Explainer: Why South Korea's semiconductor concentration may fare better than Taiwan's

As South Korea's semiconductor exports continue to power its economic expansion, market concerns are growing regarding the risks of excessive concentration in the tech sector. Recent...

Friday 21 August 2026

Elice to build South Korea's first warm-water-cooled AI data center, unveils coding agent

South Korean AI infrastructure provider Elice Group is expanding on two fronts, adding enterprise AI transformation (AX) solutions while building what it says will be the country's...

Friday 21 August 2026

Korean display makers step up OLED patent push as China narrows technology gap

Korean display makers are stepping up patent licensing and cross-border enforcement as Chinese rivals have sharply narrowed the technology and market-share gap in OLED since 2020,...

Friday 21 August 2026

Samsung holds off on High-NA EUV until 1nm production

Samsung Electronics does not expect to move High-NA EUV lithography into volume production until its 1nm-class generation, a timeline that points to around 2030, after it had earlier...

Friday 21 August 2026

DIGITIMES's Colley Hwang warns Taiwan AI data center capacity lags South Korea

The inference economy has arrived, and Taiwan's tech industry must transition from the "knowledge economy" to the "inference economy,"...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Samsung gains foundry pricing power as 4nm capacity stays tight through 2027

Samsung Electronics is gaining pricing power in its foundry business as AI and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand tightens advanced-node...

Thursday 20 August 2026

China tightens grip on global LCD market as TV panel share tops 70%

The global LCD panel industry continues to consolidate around Chinese manufacturers, whose share of the LCD TV panel market has remained firmly above 70% and is gradually approaching...

Thursday 20 August 2026

SK Hynix's new HBM team lands in Nvidia and AMD's backyard — co-design is becoming the way to win HBM4 orders

SK Hynix is reported to be assembling a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) design team in Silicon Valley, a move that would deepen its co-design work with major US chip customers. Analysts...

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