目前,作为全球内存芯片重要生产基地的韩国半导体业正面临着前所未有的困境。曾以令世界芯片制造业感到震惊的速度在庞大的DRAM市场中迅速占据主导地位的三大芯片制造商目前正以同样的速度快速滑落,Samsung、Hyundai及LG Semicon正在为生存而竭尽全力。大多数芯片供应商及市场分析家认为,韩国的三大芯片制造商如何摆脱严峻的财务困境将对今后十年内世界DRAM市场的格局及发展方向起到决定性作用。目前的形势是异常严峻,以致金大中于一月下旬要求Hyundai将亏损的半导体制造部门转让给Samsung。Samsung公司 At present, South Korea’s semiconductor industry, which is an important production base of global memory chips, is facing an unprecedented dilemma. The three major chipmakers, which once stormed the world chip manufacturing industry to dominate in the huge DRAM market, are slipping rapidly at the same pace as Samsung, Hyundai and LG Semicon are doing their best to survive. Most chip suppliers and market analysts think that how the three major chip makers in South Korea get rid of the severe financial difficulties will play a decisive role in the pattern and direction of the global DRAM market in the next decade. The current situation is so severe that Kim Dae-Jung ordered Hyundai to transfer its loss-making semiconductor manufacturing unit to Samsung in late January. Samsung Corporation