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Wednesday 10 June 2026

Samsung weighs Gwangju packaging plant as power strains Seoul-area chip expansion

Samsung Electronics is considering building an advanced semiconductor packaging facility in the southwestern city of Gwangju, a move that...

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Interview: Taiwan's INFINITIX expands in South Korea to tap sovereign AI demand

As AI adoption accelerates globally, computing infrastructure is becoming a key competitive battleground. Taiwan-based AI software company...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Samsung foundry profit rebound may come in 3Q26 as 2nm orders rise 130%

Samsung Electronics' foundry business may return to profit as early as the third quarter of 2026, ahead of its previous target of late 2026 to 2027, as improving yields, larger orders,...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Nvidia-SK Hynix pact sharpens memory race with Samsung, Micron

Nvidia's multiyear technology partnership with SK Hynix could reinforce the South Korean chipmaker's role in the AI memory supply chain, raising pressure on Samsung Electronics and...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

YMTC returns to South Korea's consumer SSD market after four-year absence

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is bringing its consumer SSD brand ZHITAI back to South Korea after a four-year absence, as major memory makers devote more resources to high-bandwidth...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply

LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia-Microsoft AI PC alliance raises fears of South Korea being sidelined in next AI era

Nvidia and Microsoft have teamed up to launch RTX Spark, an AI PC superchip that could reshape personal computer architecture and intensify competition for AI leadership, according...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia and LG Group team up on AI factory, robotics, and autonomous driving in expansive Korea partnership

Nvidia and LG Group announced a wide-ranging partnership on June 7 covering AI factory infrastructure, home robotics, autonomous driving components, and sovereign AI model development,...

Monday 8 June 2026

Naver to build gigawatt-scale AI factories on Nvidia platform as Korea's sovereign AI push accelerates

Naver and Nvidia announced on June 7 that the South Korean internet company will expand its AI infrastructure using Nvidia's DSX platform, starting at 55 megawatts and targeting gigawatt-scale...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia and SK Hynix announce multiyear memory partnership covering AI servers, PCs, and robotics

Nvidia and SK Hynix formally announced a multiyear technology partnership on June 7 at SK's Seorin Building in Seoul, during Jensen Huang's third public meeting with SK Group chairman...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia and Doosan expand ties to target robotics and AI factory infrastructure

Nvidia and Doosan Group are widening their collaboration to develop physical AI, robotics, and AI factory infrastructure that could shape industrial automation worldwide. The effort...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia, SK Telecom plan gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea

According to Nvidia's press release, SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea, with the first AI factory set to go online in 2027. The project signals how telecom...

Monday 8 June 2026

KT Cloud speeds AI data center builds with modular construction and digital twin ops

KT Cloud is accelerating its artificial intelligence data center rollout in South Korea with modular construction, alternative power sourcing, and a digital twin operations platform...

Sunday 7 June 2026

South Korea data center market to hit KRW11T by 2029

South Korea's private data center market is set to expand rapidly as generative AI demand drives a global investment boom, with AI infrastructure, power supply, geographic dispersion,...

Saturday 6 June 2026

AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise

DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications,...

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