Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 27, #642

The South Korean government, Samsung, and SK hynix plan to invest ~$590B for a new chip complex, including four chipmaking plants and a chip packaging cluster (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

Techmeme · 4h ago

South Korea unveils plans for new AI data centers backed by ~$357.5B from SK Group, GS Group, and Naver, targeting 8.4GW initially and 18.4GW by 2035 (Yi Whan-woo/The Korea Times)

Techmeme · 4h ago

Kuo: the memory supply-demand gap will widen through 2027, with an estimated 15%-20% of 2026 consumer electronics capacity shifting to data centers in 2027 (Ming-Chi Kuo)

Techmeme · 4h ago

Dealogic: Japan saw 18 IPOs in H1 2026, the lowest since 2011, despite stock market surges, partly due to Japan's lack of AI, data center, and chip startups (David Keohane/Financial Times)

Techmeme · 5h ago

Soaring memory costs are posing existential threats to small electronics makers, amid thin margins, low supply chain leverage, and little room for price hikes (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Techmeme · 5h ago

I track Dell laptop prices, and this AU$1,139 Dell 14 Plus is the EOFY deal I’d recommend before time runs out

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