Samsung, SK hynix lead Korea's W900tr chip push to turn AI demand into industrial leap

South Korea is betting nearly 900 trillion won ($583 billion) that the artificial intelligence boom will create enough demand for memory chips to justify building an entirely new semiconductor production belt outside the Seoul metropolitan area. At Monday's presidential public briefing on the government's three megaprojects, executives from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix unveiled plans to invest nearly 900 trillion won in new semiconductor facilities, including four memory fabs in the southwes

By The Korea Herald