Samsung to double investment in Texas chip plant to $44 billion

Samsung Electronics reportedly intends to more than double its original investment plan to $44 billion in a chip manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas.

2024-04-07

U.S. expected to lengthen China exemptions for Korean chipmakers

The U.S. government is expected to indefinitely extend Korean chipmakers’ one-year exemptions on controls concerning chip technology exports to China, clearing up some uncertainties surrounding local companies’ Chinese chip operations.

2023-10-02

Korea asks U.S. to reconsider slashing Korean chipmakers in China

Korea had called on the United States to reconsider its production restrictions on the Korean semiconductor plants in China, according to a U.S. public notice Tuesday.

2023-05-24

Korea eyes stronger ties with U.S. in chip industry

The government will take follow-up measures to make full use of President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent visit to the United States and solidify the chip alliance, said Korea's finance minister Monday.

2023-05-08

Korea, U.S. agree to minimize investment uncertainties, business burdens

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang on Thursday held a meeting in Washington on supply chains in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to the United States.

2023-04-28

CHIPS Act, IRA top business delegation's agenda

Thorny trade issues in semiconductors and electric vehicles will likely emerge as top agenda items when President Yoon Suk Yeol's delegation — comprising 122 business leaders including the heads of Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, LG...

2023-04-24

CHIPS Act money may not be worth the trouble

The United States is pushing foreign chip makers to disclose sensitive business data, including yield rates, to receive subsidies under the Chips and Science Act. So onerous is the requirement that some companies might decide not to apply...

2023-03-29

[THINK ENGLISH] 최악은 간신히 면한 삼성·하이닉스 … 미국 반도체법 세부규정 발표

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix will be able to maintain and upgrade their manufacturing facilities in China — albeit marginally — even after the implementation of Washington’s proposed rules aimed at preventing U.S. subsidies from being used in...

2023-03-29

U.S. Chips Act offers some comfort to Korean chip makers

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix will be able to maintain and upgrade their manufacturing facilities in China — albeit marginally — even after the implementation of Washington’s proposed rules.

2023-03-22

[NEWS IN FOCUS] K-Chips bills drag as laws elsewhere already provide support

The K-Chips acts, Korea's answer to the U.S. Chips Act, are caught in a political quagmire.

2022-09-20

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