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2026-06-29
South Korean media report that SK Hynix has created a new memory strategy organization, a "Growth Strategy Department," to map out next-generation semiconductor strategy. The move is seen as an effort to reset its medium- to long-term plans in a rapidly shifting memory market and preserve its leadership position.
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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.
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South Korea KOSPI Drop Sparks AI Chip Market Risk Alarm
South Korea’s stock market sent one of the sharpest warnings global investors have seen in years last Friday, as the South Korea KOSPI drop triggere
2026-06-27
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2026-06-27
Hanmi Semiconductor has launched FC Bonder 3.5, a new flip-chip bonding tool for AI system semiconductor packaging, as the South Korean equipment maker looks to broaden its advanced packaging business beyond TC bonders for high-bandwidth memory and supply global foundry and OSAT customers, ETNewsand Yonhapreported.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
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Jeong Du-yong
Published 2026.06.26. 18:53
Samsung Electronics' Seocho office building in Seocho-gu, Seoul./Courtesy of News1
Samsung Electronics plans to significantly boost the energy efficiency of high bandwidth memory (HBM) and server solid-state drives (SSD) to meet rising power demand at artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The overall employee turnover rate last year fell to singl
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2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched chemical safety inspections at 25 semiconductor manufacturers, including SK Hynix, after a series of fluorine gas leaks at chip plants raised fresh concerns over industrial accidents.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
Corning is studying South Korea as a possible manufacturing base for semiconductor glass substrates, a sign that the US specialty glass and optical materials maker is looking to extend its AI exposure beyond data-center connectivity into advanced chip packaging.
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.
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2026-06-26
South Korea's plan to push semiconductor investment beyond the greater Seoul area is taking clearer shape, with Samsung Electronics reportedly moving closer to a new chip hub in Gwangju while SK Hynix continues to weigh a site in South Jeolla Province against overseas investment options.
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 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.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
Samsung Group is expected to announce a domestic investment plan worth more than KRW1,000 trillion (approx. US$648 billion) on June 29, when South Korean President Lee Jae-myung chairs a public briefing at the presidential office in Seoul on what his administration is calling the country's "three mega-projects for a great leap forward," Maeil Business Newspaperreported.
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
Chosunbiz
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Jeong Du-yong
Published 2026.06.26. 06:01
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Technology related to the next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor "Z-Angle Memory" (ZAM), being developed by U.S. Intel and SAIMEMORY, a subsidiary of Japan's SoftBank, has advanced. At a recent top-tier global semiconductor conference, the team unveiled a 3-dimensional (D) high-bandwidth DRAM structure stacked nin
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
The Times of India
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2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Chosunbiz
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Jeong Du-yong
Published 2026.06.25. 12:34
Global DRAM market share trend. /Courtesy of Counterpoint Research
In the global memory market, Samsung Electronics kept the No. 1 spot in DRAM and NAND flash. SK hynix maintained the lead in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market with a majority share. Chinese companies increased their shares in DRAM and NAND, speeding up the chase.
According to mem
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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By Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL, June 25 (Reuters) – South Korean semiconductor shares rallied on Thursday after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology’s quarterly results and forecast beat expectations, boosting optimism over AI-driven chip shortages.
South Korea’s SK Hynix also said on Wednesday it plans to raise up to $29.4 billion through a U.S. stock market listing, boosting inves