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Tuesday 16 June 2026
SK Hynix reportedly readies HBM4E samples for Nvidia as Samsung pulls ahead
SK Hynix moved closer to shipping seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4E, to key customers as timing emerged as a critical competitive factor in the global memory market....
Monday 15 June 2026
Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026
South Korea's chip equipment players ride the HBM4 wave

South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics...

Monday 15 June 2026
SK Hynix to test ChatGPT and Copilot as Samsung widens enterprise AI use
SK Hynix said it is evaluating external generative AI models, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot, as it pilots broader AI use across the company, following Samsung...
Monday 15 June 2026
Samsung's Exynos 2600 doubles on-device AI performance in MLPerf benchmarks
Samsung Electronics announced that its Exynos 2600 mobile application processor delivered more than double the on-device AI performance of the Exynos 2500, according to benchmark results...
Monday 15 June 2026
SK Hynix readies HBM4 packaging push as Nvidia demand grows

SK Hynix is bringing additional back-end equipment into its Cheongju P&T6 facility as it steps up mass-production preparations for...

Monday 15 June 2026
LG Energy Solution secures patent licensing deal with Sunwoda, ending two-year dispute
LG Energy Solution (LGES) reached a patent licensing agreement with Chinese battery maker Sunwoda, ending a two-year legal battle that had involved courts in Germany, China, and South...
Monday 15 June 2026
X app age rating raised to 19+ on South Korean Google Play Store after Grok's adult-content policy change
On South Korea's Google Play store, the X app (formerly Twitter) was reclassified to "19 and up" after the social platform updated its community guidelines to permit consensual adult...
Monday 15 June 2026
LG Innotek's Vietnam substrate investment plan comes as FC-BGA demand broadens

LG Innotek plans to invest more than KRW1 trillion in a new semiconductor substrate plant in Haiphong, Vietnam, reflecting rising demand...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Samsung to review strategy as memory boom pressures devices

Samsung Electronics is set to hold its semiannual global strategy meeting from June 16 to 18, with executives expected to review a split...

Saturday 13 June 2026
SK Hynix weighs supplier price hikes as HBM boom lifts equipment makers

SK Hynix is reviewing rare price increase requests from several tier-one equipment suppliers, a sign that the high-bandwidth memory...

Friday 12 June 2026
Shin-Etsu plans rare earth plant in Japan to counter China supply curbs

Shin-Etsu Chemical plans to build a new rare earth production facility in Fukui Prefecture, aiming to expand domestic smelting capacity...

Friday 12 June 2026
Samsung's packaging gap clouds chip comeback as TSMC, Intel push ahead

Samsung Electronics is regaining ground in high-bandwidth memory and foundry services, but advanced packaging remains a weak point...

Friday 12 June 2026
South Korea taps LG to localize robot simulation tech

South Korea has launched a two-year, KRW34 billion (US$22.22 million) project to develop domestic world model and robot foundation model...

Friday 12 June 2026
South Korea concrete strike clouds chip supply: Samsung, SK Hynix fabs construction reportedly stalls

A strike by South Korea's ready-mix concrete transport union is disrupting major semiconductor construction sites and raising concerns...