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Addressing Water Scarcity Risks: TSMC’s Expansion in Arizona Raises Concerns

▲ The risk of water scarcity is discussed in relation to TSMC’s decision to build additional semiconductor factories. Photo of TSMC semiconductor plant construction site in Arizona, USA. [비즈니스포스트] As Taiwan’s TSMC announces plans to increase the number of new large-scale semiconductor factories it will build in Arizona, USA, to three, risks associated with water […]

British Economist “Samsung Electronics cannot stay ahead by being complacent”

The Economist, a British weekly magazine, warned to revive the spirit of former chairman Lee Byung-cheol, saying that Samsung Electronics’ memory production cuts were a sign of complacency. The Economist said on the 13th (local time) in an article titled, “Samsung should be wary of complacency like Intel,” that it is interesting that Samsung Electronics […]

Samsung Electronics, 1st quarter earnings shock…Memory production is official

1Q sales of 63 trillion won, operating profit of 600 billion won… operating profit under 1 trillion won in 14 years A significant decrease compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year… Estimated memory failure of around 4 trillion won “Memory production is adjusted to a meaningful level”…Official production cuts Source: Samsung […]

What about the ‘Dark Ages of Memory’… Samsung Electronics cuts its semiconductor sales forecast for the second half of the year by 30%

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in memory semiconductors, has significantly lowered its earnings forecast for the second half of this year to 30%. The main factors are the sharp drop in memory semiconductor prices from sluggish semiconductor demand due to the global economic downturn. According to related industry sources on the 30th, a senior official […]

Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who finished his European business trip, said, “Super-gap strategy, technology is complete”

The fact that Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jae-yong Lee returned to Korea after a 12-day business trip to Europe and emphasized ‘technology’ three times is interpreted to mean that the competition for core technologies among global companies in future strategic industries such as semiconductors and batteries has intensified that much. Samsung has raised the memory […]

Samsung Electronics Expands Carbon Footprint Certification for Semiconductor Products

Hello. Reporter Seo Jae-chang | Samsung Electronics has expanded the ‘carbon footprint’ certification to LED products along with memory and system semiconductors. Samsung Electronics obtained the ‘Product Carbon Footprint’ certification from the Carbon Trust for 20 next-generation memory semiconductor products, and five subsequent products of the memory semiconductor that received the ‘Product Carbon Footprint’ certification […]

Conflict between the U.S. and China ignites… SK hynix’s partners are also ‘frustrated’

SK hynix’s Chinese plant halts advanced technology… Partners ‘Be careful’Concerns over ‘sandwich’ by Korean companies… Yongin cluster investment can be expandedExperts “Corporate efforts alone are not enough… The public-private response must be coordinated.” [이미지출처=로이터연합뉴스] [아시아경제 이준형 기자] Tensions among small and medium-sized semiconductor companies in Korea are rising as SK Hynix’s plan to upgrade its […]