South Korea’s chip hub plans face tough questions over timing, demand

SK Hynix, Samsung aim to tap AI boom, but cyclical nature of memory market has some worried Samsung Electronics' chip production plant at Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Samsung and SK Hynix are involved in a plan to build a new chip production hub in the country's southwest. © Samsung Electronics/Reuters SEOUL — South Korea's "unprecedented" vision for a new chip production hub involving Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix is facing questions over how it will mesh with the cyclical nature of the memory chip sector, even as the AI-fueled supply crunch shows little sign of easing.

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