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2026-07-06
news.google.com
2026-07-06
digitimes
2026-07-06
digitimes.com
2026-07-06
Micron Technology has begun construction on an expansion of its existing semiconductor plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, western Japan, as part of a JPY1.5 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion) investment aimed at increasing production of advanced memory chips, particularly high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in artificial intelligence (AI) processors.
2026-07-05
news.google.com
2026-07-05
Benzinga
2026-07-02
pluang.com
2026-07-02
Pluang
2026-06-29
www.cnn.com
2026-06-29
CNN
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won announcing the government's AI investment plan in Seoul, South Korea on June 29, 2026. Kim Min-Hee/Reuters
Reuters —
South Korea rolled out sweeping chip and AI mega-projects on Monday, as President Lee Jae Myung pledged to cement overwhelming industry leadership with investments
2026-06-29
digitimes.com
2026-06-29
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong said Gwangju is being considered as a candidate site for Samsung's next semiconductor complex, lending corporate backing to South Korea's plan to build a second chip production base in Gwangju and the broader Jeolla region in the country's southwest.
2026-06-26
digitimes.com
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.
2026-06-19
www.thelec.net
2026-06-19
thelec.net
President Donald Trump. (Photo: White House website capture)
Apple has agreed to work with Intel on chip production in the United States, according to President Donald Trump.
On June 18, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that "Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the United States."
"The technology the world depends on was invented in America. We all rem
2026-06-17
asia.nikkei.com
2026-06-17
Nikkei Asia
Demand for AI infrastructure strains advanced capacity of market leader TSMC
Samsung's advanced chipmaking services are gaining more attention as the AI boom strains rivals' production capacity. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Reuters)
TAIPEI/HONG KONG/SEOUL -- BYD, Google, AMD, Tesla and others are looking increasingly to Samsung Electronics for contract chipmaking services a
2026-06-16
www.pymnts.com
2026-06-16
PYMNTS.com
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2026-06-16
www.houstonchronicle.com
2026-06-16
Houston Chronicle
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2026-06-12
www.chosun.com
2026-06-12
조선일보
By Seongmin K
Published 2026.06.13. 00:44
Samsung Electronics Hwaseong Campus foundry. /Courtesy of Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics’ foundry business (semiconductor contract manufacturing) is approaching profitability as it secures more orders. The Information, a U.S. IT-focused media outlet, reported on the 11th (local time) that Google is considering producing components for its next-g
2026-06-12
www.tweaktown.com
2026-06-12
TweakTown
The current memory crisis means that one of the only real ways to ease the burden on the consumer market and meet the insatiable demand from the AI and data center sectors is for key players to ramp up production of existing and next-gen memory chips. As one of the biggest players in the space, SK hynix is looking to do just that and, in the process, triple its wafer production.2VIEW GALLERY - 2 I
2026-06-09
tomshardware.com
2026-06-09
Etiido Uko
Chinese startup Prinano claims it produced 8-inch photonic chip wafers without DUV lithography, using nanoimprint technology that cuts costs by 90%.
2026-06-03
www.ideal-investisseur.fr
2026-06-03
Idéal Investisseur
Air Liquide Signs Major Contract with SK hynix to Support HBM Chip Production in Korea
On Wednesday, the French group announced the construction of a dedicated nitrogen production unit for SK hynix's HBM memory chip packaging plant in Cheongju. This long-term major contract represents the first major integration project following the acquisition of DIG Airgas earlier this year.
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2026-06-03
www.taipeitimes.com
2026-06-03
Taipei Times
Intel Corp regards Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) as a longstanding partner, as the US chipmaker would continue outsourcing production of advanced chips to TSMC, Intel chief executive officer Lip-Bu Tan (陳立武) said yesterday.
“I don’t look at people as competitors. I look at the collaboration... Nvidia is also, you know, a good friend,” Tan told a news conference following his k
2026-06-01
finance.yahoo.com
2026-06-01
Yahoo Finance
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2026-05-29
cryptobriefing.com
2026-05-29
Crypto Briefing
EU seeks €120B to boost local chip production as Chips Act II looms
Europe is pouring unprecedented capital into semiconductor manufacturing, but Intel's pullout and shifting geopolitics make the road
2026-05-27
news.samsung.com
2026-05-27
samsung.com
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2026-05-21
focustaiwan.tw
2026-05-21
Focus Taiwan
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