Chip complexity to fuel materials surge, says Merck Korea chief

Merck Korea’s top executive sees the semiconductor materials market entering a structural growth phase, driven not only by artificial intelligence but also by emerging fields such as quantum computing and robotics. “The current driving force of the chip industry is AI growth and high-performance computing,” Kim Woo-kyu, managing director of Merck Korea, said in an interview with The Korea Herald on Feb. 13. “In the coming years, quantum computing and robotics will also require large volumes of c

By The Korea Herald