HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix hunts for Samsung talent

HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix hunts for Samsung talent

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., just like its global peers, has largely designed and produced semiconductors in-house, including high-bandwidt...

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...

South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war

South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war

In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...

Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment

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 state-run Korea Development Bank t...

Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024

Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024

SAN JOSE -- Samsung Electronics Co. will launch three-dimensional (3D) packaging services for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) within the year, a te...

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has received an order from SK Hynix Inc. for its dual TC bon...

Korea’s exports at 22-month high in May on chips, cars

Korea’s exports at 22-month high in May on chips, cars

South Korea’s exports hit a 22-month high in May, led by strong shipments of semiconductors and automobiles abroad, adding to hopes that overs...

SK Hynix works on next-generation HBM chip supply plans for 2025

SK Hynix works on next-generation HBM chip supply plans for 2025

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Thursday it is working on next year’s supply plans for its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips as clie...

SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US

SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US

SK Hynix Inc. is investigating the possibility of building a plant for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), vital for generative artificial intelligence, in...

Samsung Electronics replaces chip head amid HBM crisis

Samsung Electronics replaces chip head amid HBM crisis

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Tuesday replaced its semiconductor business chief as the South Korean company st...

Samsung, SK Hynix expect chip prices to stay firm in 2024

Samsung, SK Hynix expect chip prices to stay firm in 2024

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chip makers, forecast the prices of DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (...

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...

SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth

SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth

Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...

Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia

Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal...

SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO

SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO

ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday i...

Samsung shifts gears to focus on HBM, server memory chips

Samsung shifts gears to focus on HBM, server memory chips

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it will adjust its memory chip product mix to increase the output of advanced memory...

SK Hynix to invest $14.6 bn to build HBM plant in S.Korea

SK Hynix to invest $14.6 bn to build HBM plant in S.Korea

SK Hynix Inc. will spend 20 trillion won ($14.6 billion) to build a new memory chip manufacturing plant on a site originally designated to build a N...

SK Hynix, TSMC tie up to stay ahead of Samsung for HBM supremacy

SK Hynix, TSMC tie up to stay ahead of Samsung for HBM supremacy

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Friday it is partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to jointly develop next-generat...

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has secured a 21.5 billion won ($16.1 million) supply deal f...

Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership

Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is developing a next-generation artificial intelligence chip, Mach-1, with which th...

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co.'s stock zoomed on Wednesday after the world’s most famous AI chip provider Nvidia Corp. hinte...

SK Hynix mass-produces HBM3E chip to supply Nvidia

SK Hynix mass-produces HBM3E chip to supply Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, began mass-producing HBM3E, the best-performing DRAM chip for AI applications, for the firs...

SK Hynix explores HBM chip collaboration with Kioxia

SK Hynix explores HBM chip collaboration with Kioxia

SK Hynix Inc. is exploring collaboration with Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. to produce high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which have been...

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its supremacy in the DRAM segment strengthen last year with its market shar...

Samsung doubles down in HBM race with largest memory

Samsung doubles down in HBM race with largest memory

Samsung Electronics Co. has developed the industry’s first 36-gigabyte (GB) 12-layer high-value, high-performance memory chip in a bid to rest...

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix Inc. turned a profit in the last quarter of 2023, reversing losses over the past four quarters as high-performance chips such as doubl...

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

The South Korean battery industry is facing pressure to cut its reliance on Chinese capital as the US government on Dec. 1 issued guidance that will...

S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge