South Korea Semiconductor Industry Explained: The 1983 Bet
South Korea semiconductor industry explained: it rests on one 1983 bet on memory chips. That year Samsung committed to making DRAM, the working memory inside every computer and phone, and Hyundai founded its own chip arm. Four decades later, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix make most of the world’s memory. If you own a laptop, a smartphone or shares in an AI company, part of what you rely on comes out of fabs south o…