SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In a high-stakes battle for dominance in artificial intelligence technology, major semiconductor manufacturers are racing to develop HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory chips crucial for advanced AI processors. The competition intensified on March 18 when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced at the company’s GTC 2025 developer conference [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis is ramping up production of self-designed automotive semiconductors, building on the semiconductor business it acquired from Hyundai Autron in 2020, and expanding its presence in global innovation hubs. The company announced on Tuesday that it has completed research and reliability testing for key semiconductors used in electrification, [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A battle is brewing in South Korea’s semiconductor equipment industry as SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chip makers, moves to diversify its suppliers of crucial chip-stacking machinery, challenging the longtime market dominance of Hanmi Semiconductor. The competition centers on thermal compression bonders (TC bonders), essential equipment used in [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok said Wednesday the government will work to allow semiconductor workers to put in extra hours when needed and adopt measures to foster the development of new technologies and industries to ensure the country’s sustainable growth amid intensifying global competition. Choi made the remarks at a [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Industry and labor ministers on Tuesday called for an exemption of researchers in the semiconductor industry from South Korea’s 52-hour workweek system that prevents them from working extended hours even when needed. The government has been calling for a revision to the system to allow such workers to put [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it has started construction on its first fabrication plant and relevant facilities at an envisioned semiconductor cluster in Yongin, south of Seoul. The company broke ground Monday after receiving approval from the Yongin municipal government last week, according to SK hynix’s newsroom. The Yongin [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In a striking reversal, South Korea has lost its technological edge to China across most semiconductor sectors over the past two years, according to a new survey that highlights shifting dynamics in the global chip industry. The survey, released by the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Semicon Korea 2025, an annual exhibition of semiconductor companies, kicked off Wednesday for a three-day run in Seoul, bringing together hundreds of leading global firms to show the latest advancements in chip technologies, its organizer said. Under the theme “Lead the Edge,” the event features around 500 global chipmakers, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korean semiconductor manufacturers pivot toward high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips in the artificial intelligence era, they face mounting uncertainties from aggressive Chinese competition and potential tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. While analysts suggest that tariff impacts may be limited given the relatively small share of semiconductor exports [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The emergence of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the global tech industry, challenging dominant players like Nvidia and raising questions about the future dynamics of the AI and semiconductor sectors. DeepSeek recently unveiled its advanced AI models, including the V3 large language model and the R1 inference-specialized [...]