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Thursday 23 April 2026
Former Samsung Electronics researcher sentenced to 7-year prison term for leaking DRAM trade secrets
A former researcher at Samsung Electronics was sentenced to seven years in prison on April 22 by a South Korean court for leaking core semiconductor trade secrets to a Chinese competitor...
Thursday 23 April 2026
LG Display approves KRW1.1 trillion OLED infrastructure investment
LG Display approved an investment of KRW1.1 trillion (approx. US$740 million) to build OLED technology infrastructure. The move, running from April 22, 2026, to June 30, 2028, could...
Thursday 23 April 2026
SK Hynix to shift over half of NAND output to 321-layer chips
SK Hynix said it plans to expand production of its latest 321-layer NAND chips, as demand for AI applications leads to increased adoption of high-capacity enterprise storage.
Thursday 23 April 2026
SK Hynix flags persistent HBM shortage as demand outpaces supply
SK Hynix said demand for high-bandwidth memory is expected to outpace supply for several years, underscoring persistent constraints in the AI memory market even as the company ramps...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix race to upgrade China chip plants as NAND demand surges
As the artificial intelligence boom reshapes global computing demand, the memory chip industry is entering a new phase of strain and restructuring — one in which both DRAM and...
Thursday 23 April 2026
SK Hynix builds HBM packaging hub in Cheongju to expand AI memory capacity
SK Hynix has broken ground on a large-scale advanced packaging facility in Cheongju Technopolis, underscoring how the battleground for AI semiconductors is shifting beyond wafer fabrication...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Focus: South Korea builds a semiconductor talent pipeline

South Korea's long-running experiment with job-guaranteed semiconductor education is entering a more consequential phase, with the first...

Wednesday 22 April 2026
Samsung reportedly ramps up GDDR6 supply for Tesla but halts 1d DRAM mass production plan
Samsung Electronics is reportedly increasing production of GDDR6 specifically for Tesla starting in April 2026, even as it simultaneously scales back parts of its broader memory product...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Gangwon's expanding semiconductor cluster comes with global implications
South Korea's Gangwon Province is accelerating the development of a semiconductor cluster centered on Wonju, Chuncheon, and Gangneung, aiming to build a full ecosystem. Global supply...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Naver, TCS partner on AI and cloud in India during Korea-India summit
Naver has signed a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to jointly develop artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in India, marking one of the cooperation...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung plans NAND expansion at P5 on AI-driven price gains
Surging demand for NAND flash, fuelled by artificial intelligence workloads and data centre expansion, is pushing memory makers into a new investment cycle, with Samsung Electronics...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
India and Korea deepen strategic cooperation across technology, energy, and sustainability
The state visit of South Korea President Lee Jae-Myung to India on April 20, 2026, marked a broad effort by both countries to expand cooperation across trade, technology, and strategic...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Qualcomm Chief reportedly seeks memory and manufacturing deals in South Korea

Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon is expected to meet senior executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix during a recent visit...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027
Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up
GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...