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Thursday 5 June 2025
Samsung Foundry’s 2025 Forum signals shift in strategy
Samsung Electronics, once known for showcasing its "super gap" or "ultra gap" in chipmaking prowess, has taken an uncharacteristically quiet approach to its 2025 foundry events. The...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
New era begins in South Korea: Lee Jae-Myung takes the helm
South Korea had been navigating six months of political turbulence following former President Yoon Suk-Yeol's brief imposition of martial law late last year – a move that triggered...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Samsung's DRAM yield jumps following bold redesign under new chief Jun Young-Hyun
Samsung Electronics is accelerating its push to reclaim semiconductor leadership, spotlighting its latest breakthrough in sixth-generation DRAM (1c node) yields. The development is...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix lead AI-driven EDA revolution to power next-gen semiconductor design
South Korea's semiconductor giants, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are ramping up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electronic design automation (EDA) to bolster...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Semco reportedly expanding semiconductor-use glass substrate ecosystem
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) reportedly has begun building a glass substrate ecosystem to support the development of next-generation semiconductors, with Samsung Electronics...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
South Korea maintains HBM chip lead while China faces tech and trade hurdles
The global HBM market is undergoing a seismic shift, propelled by surging demand for AI and high-performance computing. South Korea's memory heavyweights—Samsung Electronics...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Samsung and Intel take foundry fight into each other's backyard
Samsung Electronics and Intel are taking their semiconductor foundry competition directly to each other's home turf in June, as both companies seek to narrow the gap with market leader...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Samsung executives visit Nvidia headquarters to secure HBM supply deal
Samsung Electronics memory division executives traveled to Nvidia's US headquarters in late May to advance large-scale high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply arrangements, according to...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Samsung rides GDDR7 wave as Nvidia, AMD shift to comply with US export curbs
In response to intensified US export controls on advanced semiconductor shipments to China, major chipmakers Nvidia and AMD are reportedly adopting Samsung Electronics' GDDR7 graphics...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Samsung upgrades capacity layout, reportedly transforming old memory lines into packaging mainstay
Samsung Electronics is reportedly repurposing its existing facilities to bolster its advanced semiconductor packaging capabilities, aiming to enhance competitiveness in the rapidly...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Samsung recruits former TSMC, NXP exec to lead US foundry push
Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has appointed former TSMC and NXP Semiconductors executive Margaret Han as vice president of its North American wafer foundry business,...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
South Korea's chip crown becomes a strategic burden

South Korea's leadership in DRAM, NAND, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming a strategic liability amid rising US-China friction. With...

Tuesday 3 June 2025
Modem independence proves elusive as Apple and Xiaomi grapple with custom designs
Apple's first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm's modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests...
Monday 2 June 2025
Samsung squeezed: TSMC scales 3nm heights, SMIC cracks 5nm
Samsung Foundry has boosted utilization with fresh 7nm and 8nm chip orders from Nintendo and multiple AI chipmakers. Yet its persistent setbacks at the 3nm node continue to spotlight...
Monday 2 June 2025
Xiaomi's XRing O1 fast-tracks in-house SoC lessons Apple took 15 years to learn
When Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun set his sights on replicating Apple's vertical integration playbook, he may have overlooked how unceremoniously Apple's own chip journey began...