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Tuesday 30 December 2025

South Korea charts road to 0.2nm chips by 2040

The global semiconductor industry is poised to enter the "angstrom era" by 2040 as circuit dimensions shrink to one-tenth of current levels, according to a long-term technology roadmap...

Tuesday 30 December 2025

US reportedly eases chip tool curbs for Samsung, SK Hynix China plants

The US has reportedly adjusted export control procedures for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix operations in China, easing near term operational...

Tuesday 30 December 2025

SMIC acquires remaining stake in wafer unit for US$5.8 billion

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China's largest contract chipmaker, said on Monday it will take full control of its SMNC wafer manufacturing unit in a transaction...

Monday 29 December 2025

SK Hynix weighs US expansion for advanced chip packaging

According to South Korean technology outlet ZDNet Korea, SK hynix is reviewing plans to build its first 2.5D advanced packaging mass production line in the US, a move that...

Monday 29 December 2025

South Korea expected to reclaim no. 2 in global chip equipment spending by 2026

South Korea is on track to significantly increase semiconductor equipment investment in 2026 as rising demand for high-bandwidth memory...

Monday 29 December 2025

Nvidia reportedly sets 4Q26 target for 16-high HBM supply

Nvidia has reportedly asked memory suppliers to prepare for the delivery of 16-high high-bandwidth memory by the second half of 2026, according to industry sources cited by South...

Monday 29 December 2025

Nvidia-Groq deal rattles South Korean chip startups

Nvidia has accelerated its expansion into artificial intelligence inference by signing a non-exclusive licensing agreement with startup Groq. The deal gives Nvidia access to specialized...

Monday 29 December 2025

Weekly news roundup: AMD lands Alibaba chip deal as US probes Nvidia buyers, ASML keeps lithography lead

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 22 to December 29, 2025.

Sunday 28 December 2025

South Korea's AI chips struggle beyond cost advantage

South Korea's drive to build a domestic artificial intelligence semiconductor industry is hitting a key constraint. Despite gains in power efficiency and pricing, industry executives...

Saturday 27 December 2025

Commercial space race stumbles: South Korea and China face launch setbacks

The global space industry is accelerating toward commercialization. But recent developments in South Korea and China underscore how difficult—and uneven—that transition...

Friday 26 December 2025

Samsung's Lee Jae-yong doubles down on auto electronics with ZF ADAS deal

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, having cleared major legal overhangs, is accelerating the group's strategic reset. Months after completing its acquisition of Germany's...

Friday 26 December 2025

Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly accelerate HBM4 production to early 2026

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are pushing forward their production schedules for sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory to February 2026. Industry sources and South Korean media...

Friday 26 December 2025

SK Hynix targets February HBM4 ramp-up with TSMC, ships final samples to Nvidia

SK Hynix is scheduled to deliver final samples of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia in early January 2025. This comes as the South Korean chipmaker nears a February...

Friday 26 December 2025

South Korean giants race to mass-produce semiconductor glass substrates in 2026

As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors continues to surge, the market for glass substrates, which are widely regarded as a critical material for next-generation...

Friday 26 December 2025

Google reportedly fires procurement execs amid HBM supply crunch

Google and Microsoft are stepping up efforts to secure high-bandwidth memory. Production capacity at South Korean chipmakers is approaching its limits. The supply crunch has coincided...

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