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Korean fabless chipmakers target China market at Electronica Shanghai 2026

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.

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240 trillion won to flow into Chungcheong as Samsung and SK roll out investment plans

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on Wednesday announced large investment plans for South Korea’s Chungcheong region, totalling 240 trillion won. Samsung said it will invest about 140 trillion won in areas including advanced displays, high-bandwidth memory fabs, next-generation batteries and AI server package substrates, aiming to create 250,000 jobs. SK Hynix said it will invest 100 trillion won in Cheongju, citing a need to expand NAND supply and strengthen advanced packaging.

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Qualcomm unveils \'High Bandwidth Compute\' as HBM alternative, enters AI chip race

Qualcomm is stepping up its return to the data centre AI chip market with a new memory architecture using LPDDR instead of high-bandwidth memory (HBM). It unveiled High Bandwidth Compute and plans to launch its AI250 inference accelerator in mid-2027. Qualcomm says the near-memory design can deliver up to 133TB/s bandwidth and improve bandwidth per watt versus HBM, though some note the comparisons are not like-for-like. It is also strengthening ties with Meta and Microsoft.