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SK invests $200 mn in US AI cluster builder SMART Global
Ryu Young-sang, chief executive of SK Telecom (left), Mark Adams, CEO of SMART Global Holdings (Courtesy of SK Telecom) SK…
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Samsung to mass-produce HBM4 on 4 nm foundry process
Choi Siyoung, Samsung Electronics’ foundry chief, gives a keynote speech at Samsung Foundry Forum 2024 in Seoul on July 9,…
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Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in NPS’ local shares in Q2
Image of Samsung’s high bandwidth memory chip HBM3E 12H DRAM (Courtesy of Samsung) The second-quarter rally of Samsung Electronics Co.…
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Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage
HyperCLOVA X introduction at Team Naver Conference Dan 23 on Aug. 24, 2023 (Courtesy of News1 Korea) To the world,…
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HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix on hunt for Samsung talent
SK Hynix’s advanced chipset South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., just like its global peers, has largely designed and produced…
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Kospi on upward run; individual investors turn bearish
The Kospi index edged down 0.16% to close at 2,857.76 on Monday South Korean individual investors have bet strongly on…
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Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won visits Absolics’ factory in the US state of Georgia on July 7, 2024 (Courtesy of…
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Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams
A researcher at a Samsung Electronics chip cleanroom Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a…
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SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO
SK Square taps its Chief Financial Officer Han Myung-jin as new CEO (Courtesy of SK) South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate…
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SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips
SK Group’s headquarters in Seoul SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, is investing 106.4 trillion won ($77 billion)…
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South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
EDA is becoming a crucial tech for AI chip manufacturing (Courtesy of Getty Images) In an escalating war to win…
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SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to mass-produce this year
(Courtesy of SK Hynix) South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. introduced a solid-state drive (SSD) for on-device artificial intelligence PCs for…
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Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. seeks to borrow as much as 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) from the…
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Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers
Hanmi Semiconductor CEO & Vice Chairman Kwak Dong Shin showcases its product on April 7, 2022, at its headquarters in…
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SK Ecoplant seeks to absorb SK Materials’ industrial gas units
SK Group’s headquarters in Seoul SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is seeking to…
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SK asks KDB for more funds before drastic restructuring
SK Group headquarters building SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest business group in terms of total assets, has asked the country’s…
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SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron
A smartphone with a Micron logo is placed on a computer motherboard Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company,…
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Korea’s exports at 22-month high in May on chips, cars
Container terminals at the Port of Busan, South Korea (File photo, courtesy of News1) South Korea’s exports hit a 22-month…
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Korea’s April factory output rebounds amid weak consumption
Hyundai Motor vehicles are loaded on a car carrier ship for exports at a seaport in Ulsan, South Korea (File…
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Samsung’s new chip head instills a sense of crisis, hope amid HBM gaffe
Samsung’s chip business head and Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun Samsung Electronics Co.’s new semiconductor chief Jun Young-hyun knows more than anyone…
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Korea Inc.’s AI executives double with LG Group leading the pack
AI robot The number of executive-level artificial intelligence (AI) specialists at South Korea’s 30 largest conglomerates has more than doubled…
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More room to rise for SK Hynix stock after bull run
SK Hynix semiconductor plant in South Korea (Courtesy of SK Hynix) SK Hynix Inc.’s market value went through the roof…
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SK Hynix mulls HBM production possibility in Japan, US
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won SK Hynix Inc. is investigating the possibility of building a plant for high-bandwidth memory (HBM),…
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Samsung to unveil QLC-based NAND in H2 to lead AI storage market
Samsung’s ninth-generation V9 NAND unveiled in April 2024 Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil a…
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Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea
Hana Bank’s trading floor in Seoul on April 16, 2024 (File photo by Lim Dae-chul) South Koreans parked a record…
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Samsung, SK Hynix see chip prices stay firm in 2024
Samsung Electronics develops the industry’s first 12-layer stack of HBM3E DRAM with 36 gigabyte capacity per stack (Courtesy of Samsung…
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SK Hynix aims to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip
SK Hynix’s new NAND flash product ZUFS 4.0 South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in…
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SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to China state firm
SK Hynix Wuxi (Courtesy of SK Hynix) SK Hynix Inc. will sell a nearly half stake in its foundry unit…
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SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024
SK Telecom’s headquarter in Seoul (Courtesy of SK) South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is set to…
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SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth
Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the hottest DRAM product essential for artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming…
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Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
(Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory…
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Samsung vows to shift gears to focus on HBM, server memory chips
Samsung’s 36-gigabyte (GB) 12-layer HBM3E 12H chip South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it will adjust…
