37 articles
2026-05-14
digitimes.com
2026-05-14
AI server demand is pushing semiconductor packaging into a new growth cycle, but the market remains heavily concentrated among a small group of global outsourced semiconductor assembly and test leaders and Taiwanese and Chinese companies, sharpening the challenge for South Korea's back-end chip industry.
2026-05-14
digitimes.com
2026-05-14
The ongoing Samsung Electronics labor dispute highlights sharply different labor models in South Korea and Taiwan, where firms such as TSMC operate with minimal union presence and rely instead on compensation-driven workforce stability. Industry observers say the Samsung conflict reflects broader tensions over profit sharing during the AI-driven semiconductor upcycle, while Taiwan's tech sector co
2026-05-13
www.ad-hoc-news.de
2026-05-13
AD HOC NEWS
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2026-05-13
tomshardware.com
2026-05-13
Luke James
Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of staff for policy, floated the idea of a "national dividend" in a Facebook post late Monday.
2026-05-13
digitimes.com
2026-05-13
South Korean semiconductor equipment maker Hanwha Semitech is reportedly preparing to supply fan-out panel-level packaging (FO-PLP) equipment for advanced chip packaging in the second half of 2026, with the systems expected to be used in the mass production of networking chips for SpaceX.
2026-05-13
digitimes.com
2026-05-13
South Korean copper clad laminate (CCL) maker Doosan is reportedly moving to strengthen its overseas capacity in Thailand, a key production hub for Taiwan PCB suppliers serving global tech giants. The company has announced plans to set up a new subsidiary in Bangpu Industrial Estate and build a new CCL plant there.
2026-05-13
biz.chosun.com
2026-05-13
Chosunbiz
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2026-05-12
tomshardware.com
2026-05-12
Luke James
The Japanese company is partnering with two South Korean startups, Cosmos Lab and DeltaX, to produce zinc-halogen batteries.
2026-05-12
digitimes.com
2026-05-12
Ahead of the expected Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, the US and China are first holding preparatory talks in South Korea, placing trade, technology, and semiconductor export controls at the center of the negotiation track.
2026-05-11
tomshardware.com
2026-05-11
Luke James
The two sides are meeting through South Korea's National Labor Relations Commission after earlier rounds of mediation in February and March collapsed.
2026-05-11
digitimes.com
2026-05-11
Samsung Electronics' labor and management have returned to the negotiating table under South Korean government mediation, as the company faces a planned general strike and a widening dispute over how profits from its semiconductor rebound should be shared.
2026-05-06
biz.chosun.com
2026-05-06
Chosunbiz
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2026-05-06
digitimes.com
2026-05-06
Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is widening beyond a fight over bonuses, after board chairman Shin Je-yoon made a rare appeal for management and unionized workers to resolve the standoff through dialogue as a planned strike threatens to disrupt chip production, customer trust, and South Korea's broader economy.
2026-05-05
www.digitimes.com
2026-05-05
digitimes
2026-05-05
digitimes.com
2026-05-05
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company's in-house AI5 chip has completed design tape-out and entered a critical pre-production validation stage. The move has drawn renewed attention from supply chains in Taiwan and South Korea as Tesla builds a scalable computing infrastructure for vehicles, AI training systems, and humanoid robots.
2026-05-05
digitimes.com
2026-05-05
As AI shifts from training to inference and from single-task use to multi-agent collaboration, South Korea's semiconductor industry is seeking to recast the market around memory rather than GPUs. South Korean academia and industry figures say the AI era will be defined by memory architectures, with the country aiming to build its own framework and challenge an order long dominated by Nvidia.
2026-05-05
www.positivelyosceola.com
2026-05-05
Positively Osceola