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Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly moves up 8-inch foundry exit to 2029, outsources some production to UMC
Samsung Electronics is targeting an exit from its 8-inch foundry business by the end of 2029, a year earlier than previously reported, and has been outsourcing some production to Taiwan's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Naver signs US$1.5 billion AI cloud deal with US firm
Naver said on November 12 it had signed a KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) AI computing services contract with a US-based AI inference company, securing its first major customer...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sam Altman warns Samsung of short-term AI demand volatility
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Samsung Electronics executives that AI memory demand could fluctuate in the short term, with the market potentially counting the same demand more than...
Thursday 12 November 2026
South Korea’s HBM demand drives 54% surge in Taiwan glass fiber exports
Taiwan’s glass fiber exports to South Korea rose 54.0% year-over-year in the first nine months of 2026 as demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced packaging expanded...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung Display, BOE weigh low-cost OLED panels as phone sales fall
Samsung Display, BOE Technology Group and Tianma Microelectronics are considering cheaper OLED panels for budget smartphones to boost factory utilization as handset sales decline,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Apple, Samsung reportedly developing new foldable glass for 2028
Apple and Samsung Electronics are working with suppliers on foldable phone glass that is thinner at the hinge and thicker elsewhere, a design they are considering for 2028 models,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung, AMD team up to upgrade chip testing
Samsung Electronics and AMD are teaming up to upgrade the Korean chipmaker's semiconductor manufacturing test infrastructure, combining AMD's new EPYC Embedded 9006 processors with...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Kia plans US$1.5 billion India plant expansion, spurring Korean suppliers
Kia is considering investing about US$1.5 billion to expand its plant in Andhra Pradesh, India, while South Korean auto-parts makers have pledged follow-on investments. If approved,...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Samsung reportedly buys four silicon photonics patents from Rockley
Samsung Electronics acquired four US silicon photonics patents from UK-based Rockley Photonics in September 2026, South Korea's Shinailbo reported on November 11, citing US...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Samsung targets early 2027 for first 3D Cube-H design kit
Samsung Electronics aims to complete its first 3D Cube-H design kit, a hybrid copper bonding technology for vertically stacked logic chips, in early 2027, with prospective customer...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Ingentec revenue jumps 79% in first 10 months
Ingentec’s consolidated revenue reached NT$1.329 billion (US$40.4 million) from January to October 2026, up 79.32% from the same period in 2025. However, October revenue fell...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
SK Hynix locks in over half of 2027–28 capacity as smaller buyers turn to spot market
Smaller electronics manufacturers are relying on the spot market for memory as major customers lock in future supply through long-term agreements, according to independent electronic...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Advantech's Korea business grows 67% in first three quarters, says incoming CEO
Advantech's South Korean business grew 67% in the first three quarters of 2026, as industrial equipment, networking and cloud infrastructure, and healthcare remained its largest local...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Qualcomm names Samsung, Micron as memory suppliers in annual filing
Qualcomm has identified Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology as its primary memory suppliers for certain products, including automotive applications, in its fiscal 2026 annual...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
SK Hynix taps Nvidia to speed up memory chip simulations
SK Hynix is using Nvidia's AI technology and GPU acceleration to speed up memory chip simulations, with improvements in etching-process development and tests of thermal and elastic...