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2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
NAI500
On July 7, JPMorgan (JPM) issued a research report stating that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) disclosed strong preliminary results for the second quarter of 2026, with core profit metrics easily beating market expectations that had been lowered earlier. Despite a one-time provision of more than 15 trillion won in massive labor cost reserves in the first half of the year, the company demonstrated
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Rising demand for AI chips is changing how foundries set prices, giving TSMC and Samsung Electronics more leverage while forcing new entrants such as Rapidus to compete carefully on cost.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
CXMT's STAR Market IPO suggests China's largest DRAM maker is prioritizing commodity memory over an aggressive near-term push into high-bandwidth memory (HBM). This eases concerns that Chinese suppliers are about to challenge the dominance of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron in AI memory.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to expand use of its in-house mobile application processor, Exynos 2700, across the Galaxy S27 flagship series slated for 2027. Money Todayand KBench, citing industry sources, reported that Samsung plans to equip most Galaxy S27 standard, Plus, and Pro models in most markets with Exynos 2700, while using Qualcomm Snapdragon chips for the US market. The top-end
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix may take longer than expected to adopt hybrid bonding in next-generation high-bandwidth memory, as industry sources cited by ZDNetKoreasay the near-term case for the technology has weakened even though its long-term relevance remains intact.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
The AI data center boom is reshaping the memory supply chain, giving Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron greater pricing power while pushing cost pressure into PCs, smartphones, cars, and other end markets.
2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
Samsung Electronics has started mass production of its PM1763 enterprise SSD, a PCIe 6.0-based drive built for AI infrastructure and slated for Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform, expanding the company's AI memory strategy beyond HBM into high-performance server storage.
2026-07-07
digitimes.com
2026-07-07
Samsung Electronics reported a sharp jump in second-quarter operating profit, underscoring how global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure is reshaping the memory-chip market. The result matters far beyond South Korea, as higher DRAM and NAND prices affect data-center spending, device costs, and the pace of the worldwide AI buildout.
2026-07-07
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2026-07-07
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly accelerating efforts to reduce China's role in their semiconductor supply chains in preparation for the possibility of tighter US export controls. The two companies are said to be restructuring their sourcing of materials, components, and manufacturing equipment that rely heavily on China, while gradually replacing some Chinese-made semiconductor too
2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
Samsung Electronics is trying to turn its foundry business into a bigger supplier of custom chips, with Meta Platforms and Anthropic reportedly considering Samsung for processors after its Tesla win, according to Seoul Economic Daily. The potential orders could push Samsung Foundry toward profitability sooner than expected, with industry sources estimating its medium- to long-term order backlog co
2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
The global high-bandwidth memory market is expected to pivot from HBM3E to HBM4 in the second half of 2026, setting up a sharper contest for market share among Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology.
2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
Samsung Electronics is negotiating with customers to raise average selling prices for commodity DRAM by as much as 20% in the third quarter of 2026 from the prior quarter, according to ZDNet Korea, which cited industry sources.
2026-07-06
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2026-07-06
SK Group, Samsung Electronics, and Amkor will invest a combined KRW896 trillion (US$585.2 billion) to build South Korea's second major semiconductor production base in the country's southwest, the industry ministry said.
2026-07-04
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2026-07-04
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened a separate fight between Micron and Apple.
2026-07-04
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2026-07-04
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in a Super Cycle. According to ET News, the talks have intensified pressure across the supply chain as raw material costs stay high and substrate makers warn of margin erosion.
2026-07-03
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2026-07-03
Samsung Electronics is moving closer to commercialising HBM4E, its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), after internal testing showed reliability yields above 70%, strengthening its bid to gain ground in the AI memory market.
2026-07-03
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2026-07-03
Anthropic is exploring a custom AI chip and has held talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner, joining OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta in the race to control AI infrastructure.
2026-07-03
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2026-07-03
South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces, including semiconductor clusters for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, AI data centers, and regional infrastructure. The plan is seen as a key move by the South Korean government to respond to surging AI chip de
2026-07-02
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2026-07-02
CNBC
Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plunged Thursday, dragging down South Korea’s benchmark Kospi
after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped overnight.
Samsung Electronics tumbled more than 7% while SK Hynix sank over 9% at the open, wiping out billions in market value as Asia’s largest chipmakers bore the brunt of the global tech selloff.
SK Square, the largest shareholder of SK Hyni