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Friday 21 August 2026

Lee Jae-myung meets SK chief Chey Tae-won with US chip investment pressure in focus

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has begun a fresh round of talks with the country's leading business figures, starting with a private dinner with SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won,...

Friday 21 August 2026

Analyst: Upstream memory giants eye threefold 2026 revenue as 2027 capacity eases price surge

The global memory market is entering a sharp upcycle as cloud providers boost capital spending and demand for AI infrastructure lifts DRAM, NAND, and HBM prices. According to DIGITIMES,...

Friday 21 August 2026

SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab in Miyagi, but says no investment is final

SK hynix is considering a large-scale memory semiconductor investment in Japan, with Miyagi Prefecture emerging as a potential site, although the company has stressed that no decision...

Friday 21 August 2026

Explainer: Why South Korea's semiconductor concentration may fare better than Taiwan's

As South Korea's semiconductor exports continue to power its economic expansion, market concerns are growing regarding the risks of excessive concentration in the tech sector. Recent...

Friday 21 August 2026

Analyst: CPO gains momentum as AI interconnect demands outpace chip gains

The AI industry is watching the rise of co-packaged optics (CPO) as faster AI systems now depend on more efficient links between chips and data centers. At DIGITIMES Tech Forum 2026...

Friday 21 August 2026

SK hynix outlines CPO roadmap as AI computing shifts from chips to systems

SK hynix has published a technical roadmap for co-packaged optics (CPO) in the journal Nature Electronics, positioning the world's largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory...

Friday 21 August 2026

Micron launches long-horizon research hub to push memory and AI development

Micron's new US research hub could influence how future AI systems are built, stored, and scaled, with implications that extend well beyond America. The planned US$10 billion effort...

Friday 21 August 2026

Nitto Denko to expand HDD baseboard capacity for AI data center demand

Nitto Denko said it will invest JPY28 billion (US$176.68 million) through fiscal 2028 to expand production of thin-film metal base boards for hard disk drives, raising capacity by...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Samsung gains foundry pricing power as 4nm capacity stays tight through 2027

Samsung Electronics is gaining pricing power in its foundry business as AI and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand tightens advanced-node...

Thursday 20 August 2026

SK Hynix's new HBM team lands in Nvidia and AMD's backyard — co-design is becoming the way to win HBM4 orders

SK Hynix is reported to be assembling a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) design team in Silicon Valley, a move that would deepen its co-design work with major US chip customers. Analysts...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Samsung to break ground on KRW6 trillion Onyang HBM packaging plant in September

Samsung Electronics will break ground in September on a KRW6 trillion (approx. US$4.31 billion) HBM production and advanced-packaging facility at its Onyang campus in Asan, South Korea,...

Thursday 20 August 2026

CXMT planned to use Samsung process data to develop DRAM, ex-engineer says

A former Samsung Electronics researcher has testified that ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) intended from its earliest days to develop DRAM using Samsung process data, an account...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Intel Malaysia packaging expansion draws HBM flows from Taiwan

South Korean export data showed a sharp shift in high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, shipments toward Malaysia and away from Taiwan, according...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Gujarat's 12-hour shift approval for Micron shows how India is rewriting labour rules to court chipmakers

The Gujarat government's approval of 12-hour work shifts at Micron Technology's Sanand assembly and test plant is more than just a single-factory...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Samsung repays 20 trillion won SDC loan early as memory demand surges

Samsung Electronics fully repaid a KRW20 trillion unsecured loan from Samsung Display ahead of schedule in the second quarter of 2026,...

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