South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots ^22.8%

Ars Technica - By Jeremy Hsu - 6/29/2026, 9:09 PM

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South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. The announcement comes as South Korean companies such as Samsung and SK Hynix have enjoyed record... more