{
  "id": 8262252,
  "title": "Who helped Samsung become chip giant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/who-helped-samsung-become-chip-giant",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260919/who-helped-samsung-become-chip-giant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "By the 1980s, Japan had pushed the United States out of the semiconductor industry, leaving Intel to abandon DRAM production. American chipmakers began searching for a way to counter Japan's dominance. The country that would emerge as a memory chip powerhouse in the 1990s was Korea. Intel played a role in shaping Korea's ascent to the top. In 1974, Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul witnessed a report on the semiconductor company his son Lee Kun-hee had acquired. Lee had purchased Hankook Semiconductor following its bankruptcy due to financial struggles. Hankook Semiconductor was an early Korean player in the semiconductor market.",
  "summary": "Through the 1980s, Japan pushed the United States — the birthplace and longtime leader of the semiconductor industry — out of the world memory chip market, and the damage ran deep enough that Intel gave up DRAM, the short-term memory that holds a computer's working data. American chipmakers came to believe Japan could not be beaten in memory chips, and Washington and the industry began looking…",
  "key_points": [
    "Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul witnessed semiconductor report in 1974.",
    "Lee purchased Hankook Semiconductor after its bankruptcy in 1974.",
    "Hankook Semiconductor was early Korean player in semiconductor market."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Who helped Samsung become chip giant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/who-helped-samsung-become-chip-giant-8264415",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:32:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}