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Saturday 6 June 2026
Phison shifts to system AI solutions with 2027 memory crunch looming
Phison Electronics CEO K.S. Pua said the company is moving beyond its roots as an IC component supplier and repositioning itself as a system solutions provider, warning that AI-driven...
Saturday 6 June 2026
AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise

DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications,...

Saturday 6 June 2026
Jensen Huang shouts 'Everyone loves HBM' at Seoul barbecue as Nvidia announces Korea R&D center and previews four new products
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dined with the heads of South Korea's largest technology conglomerates in Hongdae on June 5, turning a barbecue dinner into one of the most theatrical corporate...
Friday 5 June 2026
Samsung's biggest union loses majority status after bonus talks
Samsung Electronics is facing a new shift in labor relations after the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group Super-Enterprise Union reportedly lost its status as a majority...
Friday 5 June 2026
FADU wins new contracts as AI workloads reshape data storage
As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads place unprecedented demands on data storage systems, South Korean SSD controller designer FADU is betting that next-generation storage architecture...
Friday 5 June 2026
GoldKey Technology sees memory crunch lasting into 2028 as AI demand lifts prices

GoldKey Technology expects memory shortages to persist into 2028, with AI demand and structural supply constraints set to keep prices...

Friday 5 June 2026
Global semiconductor market to hit US$1.5 trillion in 2026 as memory surges 250%, WSTS forecasts
The global semiconductor market is on track to nearly double in 2026, reaching US$1.51 trillion — a 90% year-over-year increase — driven overwhelmingly by an extraordinary...
Friday 5 June 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang to meet South Korean business leaders beyond HBM sector

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea on June 5 for meetings with major Korean business leaders, as the company's cooperation...

Friday 5 June 2026
HBM is too expensive, DRAM can't scale — Kioxia tells Computex SSDs are the answer for agentic AI
Koichi Fukuda, technology executive for applied SSD technology at Kioxia, used a Computex 2026 forum session on June 4 to argue that as enterprise AI shifts toward agentic systems,...
Friday 5 June 2026
CXMT's South Korean hiring spree puts Samsung, SK Hynix memory lead on alert
More than 200 South Korean engineers are conservatively estimated to be working at CXMT, China's leading DRAM maker, according to industry sources. Chinese semiconductor companies...
Friday 5 June 2026
Memory crunch pushes low-end smartphones toward 2026 breaking point
The global smartphone market performed better than expected in the first quarter of 2026 after some brands pulled forward orders, but shipments still fell by about 3.1% from a year...
Friday 5 June 2026
Commentary: Memory boom driven by DRAM now, but HBM will decide future
AI demand is fueling a broad semiconductor upswing and pushing the memory industry into what many see as a long-awaited super-cycle. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have both reported...
Friday 5 June 2026
South Korea's only SRAM-CIM IP firm Articron targets edge AI
South Korean semiconductor IP startup Articron is challenging the traditional AI chip design bottleneck by using a memory-centric architecture, with its self-developed SRAM-CIM compute...
Friday 5 June 2026
RTX Spark rekindles memory shortages, TeamGroup shifts to industrial control
Although PC market sales have slumped amid rising memory prices, Nvidia's "N1X" RTX Spark superchip is also fueling hopes for AI PC potential. TeamGroup General Manager Gerry Chen...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang courts Korean giants in robotics expansion

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea this week as the company seeks to expand its partnerships with major Korean conglomerates...