SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor industry was rattled Wednesday by reports that Washington is considering acquiring equity stakes in foreign chipmakers building plants in the United States, including Samsung Electronics and Taiwan’s TSMC. The idea surfaced as the U.S. government explores converting subsidies provided under the CHIPS and Science Act into [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor division continues to trail Taiwan’s TSMC in quarterly sales, as surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips solidifies the Taiwanese chipmaker’s lead in the global foundry market. According to industry data released on Sunday, Samsung’s Device Solutions (DS) division recorded 25.1 trillion won in revenue for the [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has visited Taiwan, and met with the chief of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and officials from other semiconductor companies to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation in the semiconductor sector, sources said Thursday. During the meeting held earlier this week, Chey and TSMC CEO [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will invest US$100 billion to build advanced chip producing facilities in the United States, as he is seeking to use tariffs to bolster domestic manufacturing. The announcement came after Trump accused Taiwan last month of taking U.S. chip [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has officially commenced mass production of advanced 4-nanometer (nm) chips at its Arizona facility, marking a significant milestone in the United States’ push for semiconductor self-sufficiency and technological leadership. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced on January 11, 2025, that for the first time in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean industry and academia have proposed creating a “KSMC” (Korea Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), modeled after Taiwan’s TSMC, to address challenges facing the nation’s semiconductor industry. The plan, revealed at a seminar held by the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) on December 18, aims to build a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had held a meeting with C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in Taiwan and they discussed bolstering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies, SK Group said Friday. SK Group has SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Friday it has set up a strategic partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aimed at bolstering its capabilities in producing premium high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and advanced packaging technologies. Under the memorandum of understanding agreed recently in Taipei, Taiwan, the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its share of the global foundry market in the fourth quarter, slightly narrowing down the gap with the industry’s leader TSMC, a report showed Tuesday. The South Korean chipmaker’s share rose 1.1 percentage points to reach 18.3 percent in the October-December period, according to market [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to top the semiconductor capital spending this year, a report showed Wednesday, as it tries to catch up with the leading foundry firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). The South Korean tech giant, the world’s largest memory chip producer, has not provided guidance for [...]