Korea’s Memory Chips and the Hidden Infrastructure of AI

Robotic arm inspecting a translucent silicon wafer in a high-tech Seoul cleanroom with Gangnam skyline in the background.

Artificial intelligence often appears on a screen as software. A person types a question. A model produces an answer. A company adds an AI tool to a search engine, a phone, a document editor or a business platform. From the outside, the change can look almost weightless. But AI is not weightless. Behind every large … Read more

Glass Substrates in AI Chips: Why Packaging Materials Matter

When people talk about AI chips, they usually focus on the processor itself. They talk about performance, memory, data centres, power use and the companies designing the chips. But as artificial intelligence chips become larger and more complex, another part of the semiconductor structure is becoming more important: the package substrate. A package substrate is … Read more