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2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
SK Hynix said on June 29 it will spend KRW1,100 trillion (approx. US$710 billion) across three sites in South Korea over the coming decades, accelerating its Yongin cluster timeline by 12 years as it warned that even faster construction will not be enough to meet projected AI memory demand.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs, tightening capacity across both 8-inch mature processes and 12-inch advanced nodes. CoWoS's advanced packaging and HBM capacity are also set for a prolonged supply shortage, effectively rewriting the foundry industry's business cycle.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
Rumors in Taiwan's capital markets that United Microelectronics Corp. may deepen cooperation with Intel from 12nm to Intel 3 are drawing skepticism from DIGITIMESanalyst Luke Lin. He said the main obstacles are the technology gap and Intel's internal capacity allocation, which make a near-term move commercially difficult.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
Microcontroller customers are accelerating shipments into the first half of 2026 as higher production costs ripple through the supply chain, with global implications for electronics pricing and availability. Industry sources said buyers are seeking to secure supply before further increases, while weak demand and AI-related capacity pressure continue to shape the market.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is in final-stage talks to supply multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to a major US cloud provider for AI servers, while also expanding substrate production capacity and securing a separate silicon capacitor contract, according to Korean media reports and company statements.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
Samsung said on June 29 it will invest a combined KRW2,655 trillion (approx. US$1.72 trillion as of June 30, 2026) across its domestic operations, splitting the figure between continued buildout of its existing Pyeongtaek and Yongin semiconductor clusters and a fresh push into Korea's southwestern Honam region, where the bulk of the new money is aimed at memory capacity.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
TSMC is accelerating CoWoS capacity expansion while also pushing ahead with next-generation panel-level packaging, CoPoS, aiming to use a new "round-to-square" architecture to break through cost and capacity bottlenecks in large AI chip packaging and build its next competitive moat.
2026-06-30
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2026-06-30
Reports in South Korea that SK Hynix is slowing the pace of converting production lines to sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM4, and shifting more capacity toward commodity DRAM have drawn market attention.
2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
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S.Korea unveils $590 bn chip investment plan for new fabs, packaging
SK Hynix's Icheon Campus in Gyeonggi Province (Courtesy of SK Hynix) South Korea on Monday unveiled a 911 trillion won ($591 billion) semiconductor investment plan spanning new memory fabs in the southwest, an advanced packaging cluster in the Chungcheong region and a supply chain hub in the so
2026-06-29
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2026-06-29
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DRAM Dips Premarket: Samsung, SK Hynix Announce $590B Expansion Push As South Korea Plans To Double DRAM Capacity
DRAM Dips Premarket: Samsung, SK Hynix Announce $590B Expansion Push As South Korea Plans To Double DRAM Capacity
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2026-06-27
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2026-06-27
A US$250 million award for I-Pulse's semiconductor and pulsed power research could have implications far beyond the US, potentially affecting energy, mining, defense, and chip supply chains used by industries worldwide. The funding is aimed at domestic capacity, but the technologies being developed may shape global competition and access.
2026-06-27
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2026-06-27
Apple is reportedly considering adopting 1.4nm process technology for its flagship smartphone SoCs as early as 2028, implying that flagship chips built on the 2nm generation could have a lifecycle of only about two years.
2026-06-27
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2026-06-27
China's AI chip race is pushing the semiconductor bottleneck into advanced packaging and testing, where HPC, HBM, Chiplets and domestic substitution are driving a new capacity cycle.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
China's power semiconductor makers are lifting prices again as demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and new energy vehicles strengthens. The moves may signal a broader industry upcycle with global implications, as higher costs and tighter capacity could affect data centers, automotive suppliers, and power equipment buyers worldwide.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
SK Siltron is preparing to bring a new silicon wafer manufacturing facility online in South Korea next month. The expansion comes as AI data center investment helps lift wafer shipments, while pricing remains under pressure as capacity added during the last expansion cycle continues to weigh on the market.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
SK Hynix is pairing a potentially record-scale Nasdaq ADR offering with an aggressive push to expand chip production for artificial intelligence, as the South Korean memory maker prepares to nearly double DRAM wafer input capacity by 2030–2031, The Elecreported.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
GlobalFoundries (GF) is positioning its Singapore operations as a core hub for the emerging era of physical AI, as the chipmaker expands investment in manufacturing capacity and next-generation semiconductor technologies aimed at robotics, autonomous systems, and AI-driven infrastructure.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
SK Hynix is racing to complete the first cleanroom at its massive Yongin Semiconductor Cluster in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, by February 2027, ahead of rival capacity expansion timelines. The site's first fabrication facility will break from conventional flat-floor layouts, stacking production floors three levels high in a pioneering triple-deck fab design.