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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...

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...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Befar begins production of 6N hydrogen fluoride gas for chipmaking

Befar Group has begun producing semiconductor-grade hydrogen fluoride gas with a claimed purity of 6N, or 99.9999%, expanding the Chinese...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Samsung could overtake SK Hynix in the HBM market by 2027
Samsung Electronics could overtake SK Hynix to lead the global high-bandwidth memory market in 2027 as shipments of HBM4 expand, according to forecasts from UBS cited by Money...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
AI boom may reshape SK Siltron sale as chairman reportedly rethinks
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-Won is reportedly making a final decision on the sale of semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary SK Siltron, as surging AI chip demand raises doubts about...
Monday 20 July 2026
Memory is becoming a national security priority, SK chair warns

The global scramble for AI memory is fast becoming a matter of national economic security, with governments intervening in supply and...

Monday 20 July 2026
Samsung preps multi-billion-dollar P5 orders as AI boom speeds up memory demand

Samsung Electronics' latest multi-billion-dollar equipment procurement reflects the company's accelerating investment in AI memory...

Monday 20 July 2026
South Korea links physical AI, AI-RAN and data centers in export strategy

South Korea is combining physical AI, domestic semiconductors, AI-RAN networks, and gigawatt-scale data centers to turn intelligent...

Monday 20 July 2026
Samsung struggles to secure AI chip substrates, report says

Samsung Electronics is reportedly facing difficulties securing large-format FC-BGA package substrates for custom AI chips, as suppliers...