South Korea wants nation's chip makers to move beyond memory
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President warns of 'all-out national warfare' around silicon as he announces $19B development package

South Korea’s president has described the global semiconductor industry as “a field where all-out national warfare is underway” as he announced a $19 billion to diversify the nation’s silicon sector.

  • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The world’s top two memory chip producers are South Korea’s two largest conglomerates (chaebol), Samsung Electronics and the less well-known SK Hynix. Together, they account for some 70% of the market in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and 50% in flash memory (NAND).