Amid market speculation that SK hynix is considering a ¥2 trillion (about KRW 18 trillion) investment to build a memory fab in Japan, the company has officially denied the claim. However, a separate report by Chosun Biz indicates that both Samsung and SK hynix have repeatedly received proposals fro...

Amid rapidly rising demand for AI servers, global memory capacity allocation is undergoing a clear shift, with Japan’s consumer electronics industry reportedly feeling the impact. According to Gu Chuan’s column in TechNews, memory suppliers such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are prioritizi...

Japan has long been strong in semiconductor materials, and some unexpected players are now entering the field. According to Nikkei, Oji Holdings plans to launch a materials business targeting chips at 2nm and beyond. The company has developed a photoresist made using wood-based components, with comm...

Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) recently announced the successful development of nanoimprint lithography (NIL) technology with circuit line width as fine as 10 nanometers. The technology is designed for patterning 1.4nm-class logic semiconductor circuits. Customer evaluation has already begun, w...

Micron Technology has announced plans to invest JPY 1.5 trillion (approximately USD 9.6 billion) to build a new factory dedicated to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip production in Hiroshima, Japan. The facility will be located within Micron’s existing Hiroshima site, with construction scheduled to...