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SMEC's Polisher 1.8 model. (Source: SMEC) SMEC is expanding its semiconductor equipment business with Samsung Electronics. The company is set to increase shipments of wafer polishing equipment to Samsung's mass-production lines beginning this year. According to industry sources on June 22, SMEC will supply wafer polishing equipment for use in Samsung Electronics' production lines. The equipment

South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accelerated investment in advanced DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM4), generating demand across front-end tools, advanced packaging, and inspection equipment. The shift toward high-end process and packaging capabilities for AI memory has driven new con

SK Hynix is reviewing rare price increase requests from several tier-one equipment suppliers, a sign that the high-bandwidth memory boom is beginning to reshape pricing power in South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain.