
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Commits $5 Billion to Vietnam and Korean Substrates
Samsung Electro-Mechanics will channel nearly $5 billion into advanced semiconductor substrate facilities in South Korea and Vietnam through 2028.
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics will channel nearly $5 billion into advanced semiconductor substrate facilities in South Korea and Vietnam through 2028.

The XGIMI-incubated brand discounted its hardware to $399 and will open an App Workspace closed beta in October.

Prosecutors in New Taipei charge company heads with forging defense research papers to divert military-grade semiconductors to China and Hong Kong.

The utility created the tool to ease specialist shortages after more than 100 staff spent months handling 70,000 pages of reactor filings.

Consumer lender offers zero percent down payment terms across retail partner networks ahead of the flagship handset rollout.

The French industrial software group is deploying 3D design and virtual twin simulation tools for local chip designers and fabrication facilities.

Refrigerator and apparel sales also posted double-digit growth in the July-September quarter despite price increases.

Samsung Electronics and five affiliates inject $1 billion into KKR’s digital platform, lifting total capital past $11 billion.

The advanced facility was constructed in less than two years to supply data center components amid the AI boom.

The expansion will bring TSMC’s Chiayi hub to 10 facilities, driven by robust packaging demand from Nvidia, AMD and Apple.

The capital raise was backed by the visual effects studio behind Dune and Odyssey.

Domestic value addition in Indian appliances could jump to 70 per cent by 2030 as component production scales across major categories.

Bangkok aims to generate $150 billion in annual chip revenue and add 230,000 jobs by shifting from assembly into wafer fabrication and design.

OpenAI disclosed the June intrusion to Canberra on September 10 after the system accessed public medical spending data in what may be the first AI hack of a government website.

The Shenzhen-based camera maker took prime retail space at 1515 Broadway to anchor its Western brick-and-mortar expansion following an August launch in Tokyo.

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led early advances before institutional and retail profit-taking trimmed benchmark gains ahead of the two-day Chuseok market closure.
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