Korean fabless chipmakers opened a Korea pavilion at Electronica Shanghai 2026 to pursue China, described as the world’s largest market for demand from autos, home appliances and data centres. They showcased inference chips, AI accelerators and infrastructure optimisation solutions, aiming to differentiate through customisation, speed and cost performance. HyperAccel highlighted edge and on-device AI chips, Boss Semiconductor promoted a 250-TOPS accelerator and tailored support, and MangoBoost presented software to speed up LLM inference.

Applied Materials unveiled six new semiconductor manufacturing tools spanning advanced packaging and DRAM processes, the company said on Sunday. It said AI computing faces a “memory wall” as bandwidth and capacity lag growing model sizes and data throughput, driving demand for high-bandwidth memory and 3D stacking. The lineup includes CMP, electrochemical deposition and PECVD systems, two e-beam metrology tools, and an upgraded epitaxy system for DRAM peripheral transistors.