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[CES 2026] The Battle for ‘Physical AI’ Chips as the Brains of Robots
At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the spotlight was on ‘Physical AI’ semiconductors designed for humanoids and autonomous robots. SK Hynix showcased its 16-layer HBM4 for the first time, asserting leadership in next-gen memory. Meanwhile, Nvidia and AMD unveiled chipsets capable of real-time processing for complex physical calculations. This shift indicates that AI is moving […]
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World’s First ‘AI Basic Act’ Enacted: Balancing Promotion and Safety
outh Korea’s ‘AI Basic Act’ took effect on January 22, 2026, marking the world’s first comprehensive legislation covering the entire AI sector. The government will establish an AI implementation plan every three years to promote the industry while ensuring reliability through obligations for ‘high-impact AI’ and mandatory usage labels. To avoid stifling early-stage growth, a […]
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Expansion of AI Cameras & Helicopters for National Park Wildfire Monitoring… New Dedicated Organization Established
The government has announced plans to significantly increase the number of AI wildfire monitoring cameras in national parks to 231 by 2030 to counter large-scale wildfires caused by climate change. Specialized wildfire fighting vehicles and helicopters will be expanded to 22 and 4, respectively, ensuring a response time of within one hour for any national […]
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Google’s TPU Reshapes the Landscape: Samsung and SK Establish HBM ‘Duopoly,’ Excluding Micron
HBM Market Shift: The rapid rise of Google’s AI chip, the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), is creating a new significant demand axis for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) outside of the Nvidia GPU market. Korean Dominance: South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are projected to form a “two-strong system” (duopoly) in the HBM market for […]
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National Backbone Network Capacity to Quadruple by 2030 in Preparation for AI Traffic Surge
The government plans to quadruple the capacity of the national backbone network from the current 2.4Tbps to 10Tbps by 2030 to cope with the rapidly increasing communication traffic in the AI era. One Tbps can transmit one trillion bits per second, equivalent to sending 32 high-definition movies (4GB each) in one second. The backbone network acts as […]
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LG Innotek Unveils World’s First Copper Post Technology to Miniaturize Smartphone Semiconductor Substrates
LG Innotek has announced the development and application of the world’s first copper post (Cu-Post) technology for high-value semiconductor substrates used in mobile devices. Unlike conventional methods that use solder balls, the Cu-Post technique employs copper pillars, allowing substrate sizes to be reduced by up to 20% without compromising performance. This enables thinner, high-performance smartphones […]
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Dabeeo to Launch AI-Powered Hybrid Smart Plantation Platform ‘Eartheye Plantation’ in July
Dabeeo, a geospatial AI technology company, will officially launch its next-generation smart monitoring platform for forestry and plantation management, ‘Eartheye Plantation’, in July. The platform is based on Dabeeo’s achievement of commercializing 30-centimeter resolution satellite imagery for agricultural use—the first of its kind globally.It features a dual structure with a web interface and a mobile […]
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Korea to Invest 480 Billion Won in Industrial AI Innovation
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced it will invest approximately 480 billion won ($349.1 million) in 2025 to develop innovative products and services based on artificial intelligence (AI). Major investment areas include AI factories (62.7 billion won), AI chip technologies (21.6 billion won), and autonomous driving technologies (120.6 billion won). Additional funding […]
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Korea Signs MOU to Join the International Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project
On May 27, the Korea Aerospace Administration announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) to participate in the SKA project. The SKA project, with a total budget of approximately 3 trillion KRW, aims to build the world’s largest radio telescope in Australia and South Africa. Korea […]
