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SummaryCustom HBM market to reach tens of billions of dollars by 2030 SK Hynix expects tech companies to revise AI spending upwards SK Hynix, Samsung won't be hit by 100% tariffs, trade envoy says SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS) forecasts that the market for a specialized form of memory chip designed for artificial intelligence will grow 30% a year until 2030, a senior executive said in an interview with Reuters. The upbeat projection for global growth in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for use in AI brushes off concern over rising price pressures in a sector...

SEOUL – The middle ground between China and the United States is collapsing under South Korea’s feet as it is torn in opposite directions by the two giant economies it seeks to balance between. On the one hand, it is being “requested” to submit detailed information on its flagship industrial sector to the United States – which is also pressuring the country’s number-two memory chipmaker to halt shipments of advanced machinery to China. That move could halt an upgrade to a major DRAM fab, in a sector where large-scale capital investment is crucial. On the other hand, the country’s diesel...