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China's dream of leading smartphone market takes a hit from chip shortage

Rising memory costs driven by the AI boom are forcing device makers to cut shipment targets and widening pressure across the global market.

2026.7.8

SK hynix's 12-layer HBM4 memory chips on display at the SK AI Summit in Seoul on Nov. 3 [YONHAP]

Agentic AI ignites efficiency race amid memory crunch

Artificial intelligence is consuming memory chips at an explosive pace, with no viable substitutes as of present.

2026.4.25

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A store worker examines a laptop displayed at an electronics store in Seoul on Jan. 25. [YONHAP]

Prices for Galaxy phones, laptops and even fridges climbing this year as memory costs jump

Rising memory chip prices and a weak won are pushing up costs of consumer electronics in Korea, especially in laptops and smartphones. As AI features become standard in home appliances and cars, analysts warn that higher memory costs could spread.

2026.1.31

Kai Beckmann, the CEO of the Electronics Business of Merck, who was recently promoted to the chair of the whole Merck group, takes a photo after an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily on Jan. 7 at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. [SARAH CHEA]

Why the AI bubble isn't a bubble at all, explains Merck’s next chairman

Kai Beckmann, newly-appointed Merck Group chair who currently serves as CEO of the Electronics Business of Merck, dismisses the skepticism surrounding a supposed AI bubble as overstated, insisting that it is a technology that is here to “stay.”

2026.1.15

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, left, shakes hands with TSMC Chairman and CEO Che Chia Wei at the Taiwanese foundry's headquarters in Tapei, Taiwan, on June 6, 2024. [SK GROUP]

SK Group chief Chey Tae-won arrives in Taiwan to tighten ties with TSMC

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has touched down in Taiwan alongside SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung as the Korean chipmaker looks to strengthen ties with TSMC for mass production of its next-generation AI memory chips.

2025.4.10

Containers stacked up at a port in Busan. [NEWS1]

Korean memory chip exports to Taiwan surge over 225% in H1

Korea's memory chip exports to Taiwan surged over 225 percent in the first half from a year earlier on robust demand for high-performance high bandwidth memory (HBM) products sparked by the growth of the global AI market, data showed Sunday.

2024.8.11

Memory chips will see high demand next year, as the markets for AI and web servers rapidly expand. Illustration by Kim Ji-yoon. [KIM JI-YOON]

Chipmakers expected to turn to profit in Q4 thanks to AI

Major credit rating agencies and brokerages are upgrading their projections for Korean chipmakers Samsung and SK hynix. The semiconductor market is expected to rebound, driven by the growing adoption of generative AI and the demand for memory chips.

2023.12.17

Lee Jung-bae, president of Samsung Electronics' memory business [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS]

Samsung aims to develop denser chips, breakthrough materials

Samsung Electronics disclosed its ambition to push the limit of its memory chip density and develop breakthrough materials to enhance chip performance.

2023.10.17

Scouts from North Macedonia participating in the World Scout Jamboree tour SK hynix's memory chip facility in Icheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. [SK INC.]

Falling chip inventory points to supply peak

Inventory assets at Samsung Electronics continued to jump in the first half of 2023, but this growth has slowed following the company's production cut, raising hopes for a peak out in the chip glut.

2023.8.15

Samsung Electronics executives hold up 3-nanometer wafers at the production line located in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Samsung is losing ground in key businesses

Samsung Electronics shook up the top brass of its chip divisions in June — halfway through the year — although the reshuffle of executives typically takes place at the end of each year.

2023.7.25