00:03Samsung's newest foldable just broke a seven-year sales record pre-orders for
00:08the Galaxy Z 8 hit 1.44 million units the highest of any Samsung flagship
00:14pre-order ever at the same time SK hynix is racing to define the industry
00:19standard for next generation NAND flash two very different battles same goal
00:24staying ahead in Korea's chip and device industry it's Wednesday August 5th let's
00:29take a look at a key development in Korea's industry sector Samsung opened
00:34pre-orders for its Galaxy Z 8 foldable series ahead of its official launch the
00:39pre-order tally topped every previous Samsung flagship including the Galaxy
00:44Note 10's seven-year-old record meanwhile SK hynix used the FMS 2026 memory
00:50conference to unveil a next-generation NAND flash format it hopes will become the
00:55new industry standard here's what the numbers show Samsung logged 1.44 million
01:01pre-orders for the Galaxy Z 8 series breaking the previous flagship record
01:05set by the Galaxy Note 10 at 1.38 million units seven years ago strong foldable
01:12demand follows Samsung's push to offer bigger discounts and trade-in incentives
01:16and the company is positioning foldables as its main growth line for premium
01:21smartphones SK hynix and SanDisk jointly presented a new format called HBF or
01:28high bandwidth flash at the FMS 2026 conference in Santa Clara the move aims
01:33to get ahead of rivals in setting the technical standard for next generation
01:37NAND and standard setting early often shapes who dominates licensing and supply
01:42contracts later Samsung also held on to its position as the world's leading DRAM
01:48supplier in the second quarter though exact share figures in today's report were
01:52not fully legible for confirmation so what does this mean for global supply
01:56chain managers and industry analysts earlier we said two very different battles
02:01share the same goal staying ahead in Korea's chip and device industry here's
02:06what that actually means for you Samsung's foldable momentum signals a shift in
02:11premium smartphone demand that could reshape supplier orders across the display and
02:15component chain SK hynix's early move on the HBF standard is worth tracking because
02:21standard setting battles and memory chips tend to determine pricing power for
02:25years not months that's today's AI prism industry daily this episode was
02:30produced with AI assistance based on sole economic daily reporting and reviewed by a
02:35human editor AI prism is a one if for award-winning series we'll be back
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