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Thursday 5 November 2026
South Korea's Moreh claims AMD MI355X delivers over twice Nvidia B200's inference throughput
South Korean AI software developer Moreh says AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs running its inference software delivered more than twice the throughput of Nvidia B200 GPUs in company tests,...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Naver Cloud ramps up use of AMD EPYC, citing high Intel CPU costs
South Korean cloud services provider Naver Cloud now runs AMD EPYC processors in about 35,000 servers and plans to deploy 144-core fifth-generation EPYC chips in its public cloud services...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Samsung reportedly plans 2nm fab to boost HBM base-die output
Samsung Electronics is preparing to build a 2nm- and 4nm-class foundry fab at its Giheung campus in Yongin, South Korea, to expand production of logic base dies used in high-bandwidth...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Empyrean's EDA acquisitions could give Korean chip designers cheaper tools—and stronger Chinese rivals
China's efforts to build a complete domestic chip-design software stack are gathering pace through acquisitions and strategic investments. Empyrean Technology's latest transactions...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Broadcom loses final appeal over Samsung chip supply deal
South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a KRW18.664 billion (approx. US$13.9 million) fine against Broadcom for pressuring Samsung Electronics into a long-term smartphone component...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
UTI begins iPhone Duo UTG shipments to Samsung Display
South Korean company UTI, the second supplier of ultra-thin glass (UTG) cover glass for Apple’s first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, has begun shipments to Samsung Display...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
LG Energy Solution expects fourth-quarter profit to slip as storage ramp costs linger
LG Energy Solution expects revenue to keep rising in the fourth quarter while profit dips. On its November 3 earnings call, it told analysts that its North American energy storage...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Decoy processors carry Korean HBM past US export controls into China
A loophole in US export controls reportedly lets high-bandwidth memory (HBM) made by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reach China's AI chip industry. The loophole shows how much Huawei's...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics' long-term deals top KRW5 trillion
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has disclosed more than KRW5 trillion in long-term supply agreements (LTAs) this year after signing another AI server capacitor contract. The company...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
South Korea urged to link chip fab support to local suppliers
South Korea should tie government support for new semiconductor fabs to commitments that benefit domestic chip designers, equipment makers, and packaging suppliers, a state-funded...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Apple's iPhone Duo launch lifts Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 sales in South Korea
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold 8 weekly sales in South Korea increased by more than 20% in the week after Apple launched its first foldable iPhone Duo, according to Seoul Economic...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung reportedly plans Galaxy-style TV lineup for 2027
Samsung Electronics is considering a major overhaul of its TV lineup for 2027, replacing technology-based product names with three tiers modeled on its Galaxy smartphones as it looks...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung to exit 8-inch foundry business by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics plans to shut down its remaining 8-inch foundry lines by the end of 2030, forcing South Korean chip designers to seek alternative manufacturing capacity as competing...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Micron dismisses 4F-squared DRAM as CXMT presses ahead — why Samsung, SK Hynix remain divided
Micron Technology and China's CXMT have taken sharply different approaches to next-generation DRAM scaling, exposing a divide over the commercial viability of 4F-squared memory-cell...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Nvidia strengthens South Korea ties at AI Day Seoul
Nvidia will showcase its expanding partnerships with South Korean companies at AI Day Seoul, where Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will present semiconductor development cases using...