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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

Starlink officially launches commercial services in South Korea with SK Telink partnership

Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, has received regulatory clearance to launch in South Korea. The rollout will mark the introduction of low...

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 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

South Korea's new President set to be announced despite concerns over candidates' lack of industry policies

The 21st South Korean presidential election was held earlier today simultaneously at more than 14,000 polling stations nationwide. Since the emergency martial law incident involving...

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

BOE's OLED surge stirs déjà vu for South Korea's display sector

BOE Technology Group is fast-tracking its 8.6-generation (8.6G) OLED production line in Chengdu, raising red flags for South Korean display makers. Having already ceded LCD leadership...

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

South Korean exports to the US and China fall sharply, but semiconductor sales hit record high

South Korea's exports to the US and China tumbled by more than 8% in May, reflecting growing pressures from global trade tensions and...

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...

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...

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