{"id":23339,"date":"2026-06-03T03:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/chip-chip-boom-south-korea-tech-makers-join-the-trillion-dollar-club-but-some-fear-a-short-circuit-looms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:37:45","slug":"chip-chip-boom-south-korea-tech-makers-join-the-trillion-dollar-club-but-some-fear-a-short-circuit-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/chip-chip-boom-south-korea-tech-makers-join-the-trillion-dollar-club-but-some-fear-a-short-circuit-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip, chip &#8230; boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakers<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world\u2019s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some are raising concerns that the Kospi index is too dependent on two freshly minted trillion-dollar chipmaking companies.<\/p>\n<p>Chip company SK Hynix last week claimed a seat in Asia\u2019s trillion-dollar company club, alongside South Korean compatriot Samsung Electronics and Taiwan\u2019s TSMC. Explosive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/30\/samsung-quarterly-report-ai\">demand for chips used in AI<\/a> has propelled the trio past the valuation threshold.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/03\/south-korea-ai-boom-tech-companies-trillion-dollar-club-kospi-\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f2757ef8729eea0f53eec43344a8292444e177f8\/324_0_3402_2722\/master\/3402.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6019ed7ad10d90c42212220782f8378d\" title=\"Chip, chip ... boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms\" \/>South Korea\u2019s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakers<br \/>\nSouth Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world\u2019s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some are raising concerns that the Kospi index is too dependent on two freshly minted trillion-dollar chipmaking companies.<br \/>\nChip company SK Hynix last week claimed a seat in Asia\u2019s trillion-dollar company club, alongside South Korean compatriot Samsung Electronics and Taiwan\u2019s TSMC. Explosive demand for chips used in AI has propelled the trio past the valuation threshold. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakers South Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world\u2019s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/chip-chip-boom-south-korea-tech-makers-join-the-trillion-dollar-club-but-some-fear-a-short-circuit-looms\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chip, chip &#8230; boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}