South Korea is lagging behind or matching China in “basic competency” in five areas of semiconductor technology, including memory chips and artificial intelligence (AI) chips, according to a report released last week by the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning. The think tank report, based on a survey of 39 South Korean…
Executives of those companies scoff at all this. Many say they now struggle to justify investing in the country and talk instead of cutting staff. In a recent survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, less than half of respondents said they were optimistic about the prospects for their business in China over…
(Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is weighing additional curbs on sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China that would escalate the US crackdown on Beijing’s tech ambitions but stop short of some stricter measures previously considered, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg The restrictions could be unveiled…
By Hyunjoo Jin and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had asked memory chip maker SK Hynix to bring forward by six months the supply of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips called HBM4, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday. South Korea’s SK Hynix said in October that it aimed to…
Computer chip equipment maker ASML’s deep cuts to its 2025 sales forecast sparked a sell-off in chip stocks on Tuesday over worries that global chip demand may be faltering. The weaker outlook could, instead, reflect some overcapacity at chip factories that had already stocked up on ASML’s pricey tools during the pandemic and have become…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Semiconductor manufacturers will spend a record $400 billion on computer chip-making equipment in 2025-2027, global industry association SEMI said in estimates published on Thursday, with China, South Korea and Taiwan leading the way. Key drivers include extra demand for excess capacity in geographical regions amid U.S.-China trade tensions, and demand for AI…
By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Micron Technology surged 15% on Thursday in premarket trading, leading a rally in chip stocks after its strong revenue forecast signaled robust demand for semiconductors used to power generative AI technology. The company, whose high-bandwidth memory chips (HBM) are used in Nvidia’s popular artificial intelligence processors, was set to add…