Samsung and Hyundai Expand Robot Ties as Humanoid Memory Demand Heads for 20x | November 09 2026 | Industry Daily

Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group are taking their partnership beyond car parts and into humanoid robots, as memory demand from robots is forecast to soar.
About 170 executives from both groups are gathering on November 9 at Samsung’s training center in Yongin for the first-ever top-level exchange between the two conglomerates. The event is hosted by Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun, head of Samsung’s chip division, and Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman Chang Jae-hoon. Counterpoint Research expects humanoid robot DRAM demand to reach 172,000 terabits in 2030, 20 times this year’s level, while Hyundai plans to mass-produce 30,000 Atlas robots a year in the U.S. in 2028. The ties now span memory for Atlas, Samsung SDI batteries for the Genesis GV90 and Atlas, Samsung’s 8-nanometer MRAM slated for mass production this year, and Hyundai’s in-house 8-nanometer-class self-driving chip, which Samsung’s foundry is reportedly set to produce. Also in this episode: China won five of the seven LNG carrier orders placed worldwide in October, bringing its share this year to 42.1%.

Sources:

Samsung to Supply Memory for Atlas as Hyundai Alliance Grows into Self-Driving and Next-Generation Chips — Seoul Economic Daily, November 9, 2026
Even in LNG Carriers, K-Shipbuilding’s Stronghold, China Overtakes Korea in Monthly Orders — Seoul Economic Daily, November 9, 2026

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