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Friday 7 August 2026
SK Hynix commits US$39 billion to new Yongin and Cheongju fabs as AI memory demand builds
SK Hynix has approved roughly KRW54 trillion (approx. US$39 billion) in new fab construction across two domestic sites, allocating KRW35.2 trillion to a second Yongin fab and KRW19.1...
Friday 7 August 2026
South Korea welcomes Trump polysilicon rules as boost to non-China suppliers
US President Donald Trump's new import rules on polysilicon, ingots, wafers, and solar products could ripple through global clean energy and semiconductor markets, affecting pricing,...
Friday 7 August 2026
SK Hynix's Solidigm weighs up to US$7 billion in pre-IPO funding

Solidigm, SK Hynix's US NAND and enterprise storage unit, is weighing a pre-IPO funding round of KRW5 trillion to KRW10 trillion, roughly US$3.5 billion to US$7 billion,...

Friday 7 August 2026
South Korea clears ITU hurdle for world's first SDV standard

A South Korea-backed draft standard for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) has cleared a key milestone at the International Telecommunication...

Friday 7 August 2026
Chinese equipment maker breaks into LG Display's OLED supply chain

A Chinese equipment maker has sold OLED production tools directly to LG Display for the first time, a small order that gives a Chinese...

Friday 7 August 2026
Ex-White House official urges South Korea to avoid excessive digital regulation
Former White House National Security Council chief of staff Alexander Gray has called on South Korea to deepen supply chain cooperation with the US and avoid following the European...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Samsung pitches 5nm as HBM4, Nvidia orders push 4nm lines to full capacity
Samsung Electronics' foundry arm is stepping up sales of its 5nm process as its more advanced 4nm capacity is expected to remain fully booked through 2027, driven by HBM4 base-die...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Apple's CXMT play reportedly backfires on DUV limits, giving Samsung and SK Hynix more DRAM leverage

Apple's attempt to use China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as leverage against Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has backfired...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin expand US production to meet data center cooling demand

Mitsubishi Electric is establishing a cooling-equipment production company in Ohio, joining Daikin Industries in bringing manufacturing...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
LG Electronics posts strong second quarter as new businesses drive growth
LG Electronics reported consolidated revenue of KRW23.83 trillion (US$16.7 billion) and operating profit of KRW1.58 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in the second quarter of 2026 as AI cooling,...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Naver taps Brookfield for up to US$9 billion in data center financing

Naver is considering an asset-light structure for a US$10 billion data center expansion under which a Brookfield-led investment vehicle...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix expansion puts Korea's chip supply chain to the test

Daeduck Electronics plans to invest KRW497 billion(US$349.50 million) in semiconductor production facilities through 2027, its second...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
SK Hynix to hold late-August groundbreaking for US$3.9 billion Indiana chip packaging plant
SK Hynix plans to hold a formal groundbreaking ceremony in late August for its US$3.9 billion advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, as the memory maker expands...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly test AMEC tools to guard against tighter US curbs
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reportedly began testing etching equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) about two years ago for possible use at their Chinese...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
CXMT-SK Hynix LPDDR6 race shifts to yields, customers and capacity

China's CXMT is preparing limited production of LPDDR6 smartphone memory around the end of 2026, narrowing a technology gap with Samsung...