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Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung sounds out suppliers on four new fabs by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics is sounding out major suppliers about whether they can support four proposed new semiconductor fabrication plants through 2030, as South Korea's chipmakers prepare...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Display eyes tandem OLED for smartphones as AI drives demand for power-efficient screens
LG Display plans to expand tandem OLED technology beyond TVs, monitors and automotive displays into smartphones and wearables as on-device artificial intelligence (AI) raises power-efficiency...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Nvidia's Huang to meet Samsung, SK and Naver chiefs in Silicon Valley, reports say
Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won and Naver founder and board chairman Lee Hae-jin are reportedly preparing to meet Nvidia CEO Jensen...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Electronics to halt production at Huizhou plant in China after three decades

LG Electronics plans to stop production at its Huizhou plant in China after October, ending manufacturing at the group's first production...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung's next Galaxy phones may deepen Qualcomm reliance, underscoring the limits of Exynos revival
Samsung Electronics is expected to rely heavily on Qualcomm chips in its next Galaxy phones, according to market reports, a sign that the company is still prioritizing flagship performance...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Display posts narrower second quarter operating loss, swings to first-half operating profit
LG Display reported a second-quarter operating loss of KRW107.7 billion (approx. US$72.77 million) on revenue of KRW5.61 trillion, according to an interim, unaudited disclosure the...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
SK Hynix denies report it is pursuing deal for Intel's Ohio fab

SK Hynix said in a July 22 disclosure that it had neither pursued nor decided on an acquisition of Intel's under-construction semiconductor...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Haesung DS lands CXMT as DDR5 substrate customer, weighs panel production for DDR6

Haesung DS has reportedly added China's CXMT as a customer for DDR5 package substrates as the South Korean supplier expands its DDR5 business...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Power and water constraints cast doubt on South Korea's Honam memory cluster, experts say
South Korea's plan to develop a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region (Jeolla Province) is facing mounting scrutiny over whether the area can support the enormous energy and infrastructure...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron pull back on in-house CXL controller plans

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are reportedly scaling back or shelving plans to commercialize internally developed...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
CMTX develops 590mm single-crystal silicon ground ring for chip etching

South Korean semiconductor materials and parts supplier CMTX has developed a roughly 590mm single-crystal silicon ground ring for chip-etching...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Memory shortage could turn into a glut by 2028 as chipmakers expand

A powerful rally in memory-chip stocks has stalled as investors reconsider whether record spending on AI data centers could eventually...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Seoul Semiconductor weighs India LED plant to tap ISM 2.0 incentives
South Korea's Seoul Semiconductor, one of the world's largest optoelectronics makers, is assessing plans to build a manufacturing plant in India and is in early talks with several...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
LGES accelerates sodium-ion battery plans while CATL secures early ESS lead
LG Energy Solution plans to establish a sodium-ion battery mother line at its Ochang Energy Plant in South Korea in 2026, seeking to narrow CATL's early commercial lead in energy storage...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix prioritize DDR5 as margins near HBM levels

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly allocating additional or flexible DRAM production capacity to server DDR5 and other...