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Korean chipmakers
Taiwanese fabless firms outwit Korean rivals in chip supercycle
Taiwanese fabless semiconductor firms, with backing from their hometown foundry companies, are reaping the benefits of higher chip prices and soarin...
Jun 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung returns as foreigners’ top pick; Kospi just shy of record high
Samsung Electronics Co., the bellwether of South Korea’s main bourse, has returned as the market darling, with foreigners buying heavily on th...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Chips, autos set S.Korea’s May export growth at fastest pace in 32 years
South Korea’s exports surged to the highest level in over 32 years in May on the back of strong demand for semiconductors and automobiles, rei...
Jun 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI chip startup FuriosaAI wraps up $70 mn Series B round
South Korea-based artificial intelligence startup FuriosaAI has recently wrapped up an 80 billion won ($72.1 million) Series B round, attracting inv...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Global automakers accelerate EV push as chip shortage eases
Global auto companies are moving forward with their electric vehicle (EV) and other future mobility initiatives as the global semiconductor shortage...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2
With the global laptop computer market growing rapidly in the pandemic-caused work-and-learn from home era, Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a ...
May 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung reports highest Q1 revenue, expects chip rebound in Q2
Samsung Electronics Co. has recorded the highest first-quarter revenue figures in the company’s history, thanks to strong performances in its ...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mulls foundry expansion, advances capex to ease chip shortage
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday that it is looking into various options to grow its foundry busi...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial clean rooms
Wonbang Tech: S.Korea’s leading chip clean room company
The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor. When cooled further below the point, the airborne water vapor ...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Second-tier chipmakers ramp up investments amid chip shortage
Second-tier chipmakers have been ramping up investment to boost their footing in the industry as they expect chip demand to gradually increase in li...
Apr 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor Q1 net profit triples; chip shortage dims Q2 outlook
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit nearly tripled to the highest level in four years,...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortage worsens, keeps Samsung execs on edge
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
GM Korea to halt 2 main plants next week on automotive chip shortage
The South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co. will halt two of its three plants next week in the latest sign of the worsening global aut...
Apr 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Quest for semicon autonomy pushes countries to brink of chip cold war
The ongoing global race for semiconductors, largely driven by the aggressive measures taken by both China and the US, has entered a more serious pha...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Shares of chip machinery makers rise on foundry boom
South Korean manufacturers of chip production equipment have seen their share prices rising sharply, buoyed by a series of new orders received from ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending
Semiconductor chips, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) drove the top 100 South Korean companies' spending on research and developme...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
Hyundai Motor to halt plant for a week; Kona, IONIQ 5 affected
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will halt its main plant in Ulsan for a week due to a component supply disruption, the latest si...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung widens lead over rivals with industry’s first advanced DDR5
Samsung Electronics Co. has extended its lead in memory chips over its rivals by unveiling the industry’s first 512 gigabyte DDR5 module based...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix's Intel NAND chip deal wins US regulatory approval
The US antitrust regulators have approved of SK Hynix Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp.'s NAND memory chip business, also under review by...
Mar 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory chip shortage may drive SSD price hike in Q2
Chip shortages have hit the memory segment of the industry and are likely to have a price impact on solid-state drives (SSDs), storage devices typic...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Semiconductor shortage
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Natural disasters further tighten global chip supply
A severe cold snap in the US has taken another heavy toll on the global semiconductor industry, already reeling from tight supply exacerbated by a s...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortages spread to backend firms, disrupting supply chains
A worldwide semiconductor shortage, which started with automotive chips, is getting worse, spreading to equipment makers and backend companies that ...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls $17 billion Austin chip plant, seeks tax breaks
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking tax breaks of $805.5 million from the US state of Texas in return for a new $17 billion chip plant, which the Sou...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung hunts for top talent amid chip industry hiring war
Semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics Co. is looking for top talent amid an industry-wide push to recruit high-skilled workers to capitalize on th...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix completes construction of its largest $3.14 bn chip plant
SK Hynix Inc. has completed the construction of its largest chip plant, which will use cutting-edge technology to produce memory semiconductors to m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand; Q4 profits jump y/y
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest DRAM maker, reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday and expected the DRAM marke...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung remains tight-lipped on new US chip plant reports
Samsung Electronics Co. was reported to be considering investing over $10 billion to build a new chip plant in the US. But the world’s top mem...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
GM Korea to curb production as global chip shortages worsen
GM Korea Co., a subsidiary of US auto giant General Motors Co., is slashing production rates due to a component supply disruption, the latest sign t...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)