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LS Eco Energy reported 22.2 billion won in operating profit for the third quarter in its regulatory filing submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on October 20. The figure is up 50.2% from 14.8 billion won a year earlier, though down 12.2% from the previous quarter. Both revenue and operating profit marked record highs for a third quarter.
South Korea's four major banks have agreed to provide 2 trillion won in financial support to SK hynix and its partner companies. The move comes alongside the launch of a guarantee program aimed at strengthening the semiconductor export supply chain.
HiBy has released the RS2 II portable hi-fi player, officially debuting its new DARWIN III architecture. According to the company, the core FPGA digital engine features more than 35,000 logic units and 40 DSPs.
Nvidia unveiled its new memory integration technology NVHBM in August 2026, claiming up to 30% higher memory bandwidth and 15% lower HBM power consumption compared with standard HBM4E. The company also said the technology increases available area on the compute die by up to 25%.
One additional applicant was caught wearing AI smart glasses during the University of Seoul's early admissions exam. The applicant was reportedly discovered after leaving the glasses placed on the desk.
According to an ET News report, shipments of LG Electronics' self-designed appliance chip DQ-C series surpassed 1 million units last year, with production outsourced to TSMC. The trajectory aligns with the company's official push to expand deployment of its in-house chips, but the 1 million figure itself remains a single-media report for now.
The government and SK hynix launched a 2 trillion won export supply chain reinforcement guarantee for partner companies on October 19, together with the four major commercial banks. KB, Shinhan, Woori and Hana Bank each contributed a combined 100 billion won, with Korea Trade Insurance Corporation guarantees combining to expand total support to 20 times that amount.
Tokyo-listed Kioxia Holdings closed at 13,140 yen on October 16, down 3.38% from the previous session. The decline is read as driven by liquidation selling, with margin buying balances reaching about 920 billion yen — the largest on the Tokyo market.
Death Plan Switch, a self-hosted dead man's switch tool for solo developers, has been released free of charge under the MIT license. The license terms were found to be consistent across the GitHub API's SPDX lookup, the LICENSE file itself, and the release assets — with the tool itself noting that it is a notification tool.
Japanese indie studio Alliance Arts withdrew its planned demo release at Steam Next Fest in February 2026. The company cited two reasons, including concerns over AI cloning, while the full game remains on track for a December 8 release.