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Samsung Opens Packaging R&D Hub in Japan, Following TSMC's Playbook

Samsung Electronics has established an advanced packaging R&D center in Japan, following TSMC's playbook. This move aims to strengthen Samsung's competitiveness in advanced packaging such as HBM, potentially challenging SK Hynix's HBM leadership. The short-term impact on SK Hynix's stock price is limited, but long-term changes in the competitive landscape warrant attention.

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아이뉴스24 · 09-14 07:00 KST

Samsung has opened an advanced packaging R&D hub in Japan, leveraging the country's materials and equipment strengths like TSMC. This intensifies competition in memory advanced packaging, pressuring SK Hynix to accelerate HBM packaging investment, though near-term stock impact is limited.