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Wednesday 28 October 2026
SK Hynix's next bet goes beyond memory chips
SK Hynix is looking beyond its position as a leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), using venture investments to gain a greater say in how next-generation AI infrastructure...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
SK Hynix CEO weighs funding options for Solidigm after shelving IPO
SK Hynix is reassessing how to finance the US manufacturing expansion of its NAND flash subsidiary Solidigm after shelving a potential initial public offering (IPO), as the South Korean...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Micron recruits in South Korea for Taiwan roles as Taoyuan strike dispute persists
Micron Technology is heading to South Korea to recruit engineers for its Taiwan operations, with interviews scheduled in Seoul in late November, as a bonus dispute at its Taoyuan plant...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Simmtech steps up SOCAMM investment as BT substrate supply tightens
Major package substrate makers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), are concentrating capital spending on large, high-layer-count ABF substrates, while capacity expansion...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
TLB develops SOCAMM3 substrates; Vietnam plant to break ground
South Korean memory module substrate maker TLB has begun developing substrates for SOCAMM3, a next-generation low-power memory module for AI servers, with two major memory customers...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Chinese EVs push imported models ahead of South Korean vehicles
Imported electric vehicles captured more than half of South Korea's new electric passenger-car registrations during the first nine months of 2026, marking the first time the share...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
PSMC capacity crunch holds back Jeju Semiconductor's growth
South Korean memory chip designer Jeju Semiconductor is struggling to secure enough wafer capacity from Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), limiting its sales growth...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Fujifilm expands South Korean capacity to meet AI chip demand
Fujifilm Electronic Materials is expanding its advanced semiconductor materials footprint in South Korea by increasing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist capacity in Pyeongtaek...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix eye 2Q27 shipments of 8-layer HBM4 to Nvidia
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are targeting the second quarter of 2027 to begin volume shipments of eight-layer HBM4 memory to Nvidia, ZDNet Korea reported on October 26,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Inside SKT’s push to turn SK Hynix’s fabs into an AI business
South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom (SKT) has reportedly established Hy-TF, a task force dedicated to AI collaboration with SK Hynix, to upgrade its digital-twin and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Fine M-Tec rejects component blame as foldable market outlook remains positive
Fine M-Tec has rejected claims that components it supplied contributed to reported display damage in Apple's first foldable iPhone, saying the issue involves multiple components and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
OPTOELEC seeks AI data center orders as Himax advances CPO optics
South Korean optics maker Optoelec is seeing growing interest from AI data center customers as it seeks to expand its wafer-level optics (WLO) business into high-speed optical communications,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
China's Neolix eyes Korean assembly of autonomous delivery vans in 2027
South Korean autonomous delivery company NT1 plans to begin assembling Chinese-designed delivery vans locally in 2027, gradually adding Korean-made components as it seeks approval...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Hyundai supplier SL eyes first overseas robot deployment in US
South Korean automotive supplier SL is considering deploying its mobile dual-arm robot at a US factory in 2027 or 2028, potentially marking the system's first overseas deployment,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
KAR bets on fleet monitoring as South Korea expands robotaxi trials
South Korean vehicle engineering company KAR plans to develop a monitoring system for the electronic controls it installs in autonomous vehicles, seeking recurring maintenance revenue...