The biggest question looming over South Korea right now is: Who is running the country?

The world's biggest memory chip, smartphone and TV-maker is estimating an operating profit of $6.78 billion for Q3, versus a $7.6 billion forecast

A rapid explosion in AI-enabled devices, coupled with a range of other factors including climate change, natural disasters and geopolitical tensions, pose significant risks to chip supply chains

The chipmakers have been in the crosshairs of US officials due to the headway they've made in HBM chips used in artificial intelligence chipsets

Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said The Hague was weighing up the consequences of more export restrictions on its leading tech outfit

Beijing said Taiwanese who don't break the law have nothing to fear from a new rule stating ‘diehard’ separatists could be executed

The grants will be used to fund projects in Texas and Missouri establishing the first US production sites for 300-mm wafers for advanced semiconductors

Any larger scale or protracted industrial action would be a headache for Samsung as it scrambles to catch up with rivals in chips used for artificial intelligence

The news comes after the US outfit came under fire at the weekend after it emerged Huawei’s new high-end laptop was powered by Intel AI chips

Seoul is desperate to retain its world-leading role in semiconductors as AI takes chip development on to the next level

The key driver of the profit growth would be Samsung’s chip division, which is expected to report its first quarterly profit in five quarters