OpenAI announced a series of strategic partnerships with South Korean technology leaders Samsung and SK Group to accelerate the development of Stargate, a landmark $500 billion initiative aimed at building next-generation infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The announcements followed a meeting in Seoul between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, and senior execu...
Aiming to strengthen the private-sector-led domestic automotive semiconductor ecosystem, expanding interdisciplinary cooperation across foundries, fabless companies, packaging companies, and more The company hosted the inaugural Auto Semicon Korea with the goal to localize automotive semiconductors and create a self-sustaining domestic value chain and business opportuniti...
SK keyfoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced that it has successfully co-developed core technology and completed reliability testing of Direct RDL (Redistribution Layer) – a core semiconductor packaging technology based on 8-inch wafers – in collaboration with LB Semicon. This achievement marks a significant step forward in advancing next-generation semiconductor pa...
LG Innotek has teamed up with Aeva, an American company specializing in LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technology, to preempt the LiDAR market. LG Innotek announced on July 29, 2025, the signing of a strategic partnership outlining the strategic supply and joint development of next-generation LiDAR technology. Aeva developed the world's first 4D LiDAR based on the frequency modulate...
Rebellions Inc., a leading AI semiconductor company based in South Korea, announced a collaboration with Marvell Technology, Inc. to offer high-performance, energy-efficient AI systems tailored for regionally driven and sovereign-backed AI initiatives across APAC and the Middle East. As AI infrastructure becomes increasingly central to national competitiveness, a shift is underway from sta...
Hyundai Mobis has obtained the highest grade of ISO 26262 certification, an international standard for functional safety, for its entire vehicle semiconductor R&D process. It is noted that this rigorous certification was obtained not for specific products, but for the entire process ranging from semiconductor design to quality verification. This certification means that when Hyundai M...
SK hynix Inc. (or 'the company', www.skhynix.com) announced that it has completed development of its 321-layer 2Tb QLC NAND flash product and has begun mass production. This achievement marks the world's first implementation of more than 300 layers using QLC technology, setting a new benchmark in NAND density. The company plans to release the product in the first half of next year foll...
LG Innotek recently held an event to unveil its newly developed 'Next-generation Digital Key Solution' for the first time to the media. The 'Next-generation Digital Key Solution' is a flagship product of LG Innotek's automotive connectivity business, a key pillar of its automotive components business, along with 5G communication modules and automotive AP modules. The digital key is touted as a...
Valens Semiconductor announced that Samsung is supporting the MIPI A-PHY standard for high-speed sensor connectivity and is partnering with Valens Semiconductor to develop the next generation of MIPI A-PHY products, in response to strong market demand from global OEMs. Valens and Samsung have a long history of collaboration. Samsung was among the earlier investors in Valens, and the two co...
DB HiTek, a leading 8-inch specialty foundry, announced it is in the final stages of development of its 650V E-Mode GaN HEMT (Gallium Nitride High-Electron Mobility Transistor) process, a next-generation power semiconductor platform. The company is also to offer a dedicated GaN MPW (multi-project wafer) program at the end of October. Compared with traditional silicon-ba...
SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced that it has completed development and finished preparation of HBM4*, a next generation memory product for ultra-high performance AI, mass production for the world's first time. SK hynix said that the company has successfully completed development and based on this technological achievement, the company has prepared HBM4 mass production t...
OPROCESSOR INC, incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts in 2018 with research operations in Daejeon, South Korea, announced a breakthrough in VCSEL-based Photonic Interposer technology that overcomes the GPU–HBM interconnect bottleneck for next-generation AI and high-performance computing systems. The pioneering work was published in Photonics (MDPI, August 29, 2025) and will be presented a...
LG Innotek (CEO Moon Hyuksoo) announced on 24th September the successful acquisition of large-scale funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in recognition of its outstanding performance in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) management. The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is an international financial institution that supports private sector investment. LG ...