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Across almost every competitive metric disclosed in its STAR Market IPO prospectus, Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) trails the established leaders of the global DRAM industry. There is one conspicuous exception: the share of revenue the company devotes to research and development has exceeded every peer in the comparison group for three consecutive years — and by a wide margin.

South Korea is considering exempting research and development personnel from the country's 52-hour workweek limit inside proposed Mega Special Zones. These would include a planned second semiconductor cluster in the southwestern Honam region.

South Korea has begun planning a large-scale research and development program for next-generation power semiconductors as part of its broader "Ultra-Innovation Economy Project," according to a report by the Seoul Economic Daily.