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Tuesday 16 June 2026

Samsung reportedly deepens foundry ties with Elon Musk's companies as turnaround timeline pushes toward 2028

Samsung Electronics' foundry business is reportedly expanding its strategic relationship with companies led by Elon Musk, with cooperation now spanning electric vehicles and emerging...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

South Korea launches ultra-innovation economy push with major investment in next-generation power semiconductors

South Korea has begun planning a large-scale research and development program for next-generation power semiconductors as part of its broader "Ultra-Innovation Economy Project," according...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC PLP timeline faces skepticism from Taiwan industry sources

A South Korean media report claiming TSMC is preparing to launch panel-level packaging at mass-production scale as early as 2027 has...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

AI chip race sends WF6 prices soaring after Japan supply shock

Global expansion in AI chips, advanced logic processes, and multilayer 3D NAND flash memory is driving demand for tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), a critical electronic specialty gas used...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

SK Hynix reportedly readies HBM4E samples for Nvidia as Samsung pulls ahead

SK Hynix moved closer to shipping seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4E, to key customers as timing emerged as a critical competitive factor in the global memory market....

Monday 15 June 2026

Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026

South Korea's chip equipment players ride the HBM4 wave

South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics...

Monday 15 June 2026

SK Hynix to test ChatGPT and Copilot as Samsung widens enterprise AI use

SK Hynix said it is evaluating external generative AI models, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot, as it pilots broader AI use across the company, following Samsung...

Monday 15 June 2026

Samsung's Exynos 2600 doubles on-device AI performance in MLPerf benchmarks

Samsung Electronics announced that its Exynos 2600 mobile application processor delivered more than double the on-device AI performance of the Exynos 2500, according to benchmark results...

Monday 15 June 2026

SK Hynix readies HBM4 packaging push as Nvidia demand grows

SK Hynix is bringing additional back-end equipment into its Cheongju P&T6 facility as it steps up mass-production preparations for...

Monday 15 June 2026

LG Energy Solution secures patent licensing deal with Sunwoda, ending two-year dispute

LG Energy Solution (LGES) reached a patent licensing agreement with Chinese battery maker Sunwoda, ending a two-year legal battle that had involved courts in Germany, China, and South...

Monday 15 June 2026

X app age rating raised to 19+ on South Korean Google Play Store after Grok's adult-content policy change

On South Korea's Google Play store, the X app (formerly Twitter) was reclassified to "19 and up" after the social platform updated its community guidelines to permit consensual adult...

Monday 15 June 2026

LG Innotek's Vietnam substrate investment plan comes as FC-BGA demand broadens

LG Innotek plans to invest more than KRW1 trillion in a new semiconductor substrate plant in Haiphong, Vietnam, reflecting rising demand...

Saturday 13 June 2026

Samsung to review strategy as memory boom pressures devices

Samsung Electronics is set to hold its semiannual global strategy meeting from June 16 to 18, with executives expected to review a split...

Saturday 13 June 2026

SK Hynix weighs supplier price hikes as HBM boom lifts equipment makers

SK Hynix is reviewing rare price increase requests from several tier-one equipment suppliers, a sign that the high-bandwidth memory...

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