SK Hynix Workers Reopen Pay Deal Over Bonus Split
The emergency assembly came together on short notice. SK Hynix’s labor union called a special meeting of its representatives on September 10 to explain a revised compensation proposal to its…
SK Hynix Shares Surge 8 Percent as Analysts Warn the Memory Shortage Is Worsening
The rally in Seoul on Tuesday had the feel of a market confirming what it already suspected. SK Hynix shares climbed about 8 percent, leading a broad advance in memory…
Samsung Pushes Half Its 4nm Capacity to HBM4 Base Dies as Supply Ramps
Inside Samsung Electronics’ foundry operations, the allocation has quietly shifted. People familiar with the company’s plans say Samsung has committed between 50 and 60 percent of its total 4nm wafer…
The Memory Shortage Spreads From AI Chips to Ordinary DRAM
The inventory numbers have become the talk of the memory industry. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the two Korean companies that make most of the world’s computer memory, are now…
Samsung Electronics Union Plans Protests at Chairman’s Home Over Pay Gap
Samsung Electronics has settled its labor disputes at factory gates and in meeting rooms at its campus south of Seoul. The next fight is scheduled for a different address: the…
TSMC Keeps HBM on Microbumps as Hybrid Bonding Slips
The message went out to suppliers in recent weeks: keep the development lines pointed at microbumps. TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has decided to hold off on investing in…
KEPCO Asks Samsung and SK Hynix to Prepay $18 Billion for the Grid
The proposal is now sitting with two of South Korea’s most valuable companies. Korea Electric Power Corp., the state-owned utility known as KEPCO, has asked Samsung Electronics to prepay 20…
Micron’s Taiwan Unions Threaten Strike Over Profit Sharing
Two unions representing about 10,000 of the roughly 15,000 workers at Micron Technology’s plants in Taiwan say they will put a strike to a vote unless the company rebuilds its…
Samsung Unveils CUBE Memory Strategy With HBM5 Performance Targets
At SEMICON Taiwan on September 1, Samsung Electronics laid out its next generation of memory products under the banner CUBE, disclosing specific performance targets for the first time: HBM5, the…
Equipment Giants Race to Hire Chip Talent in Korea
The job postings went up quietly, but the effect was immediate. ASML, Lam Research, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron, the four companies that make the machinery used to manufacture advanced…
