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SEMICON Korea Guide: Seoul Chip Show, Registration and Leads

By Ilyas Kerbal,

Wafer warmer equipment displayed at SEMICON Korea 2025
Photo: Thingreenline4546, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

SEMICON Korea is the main semiconductor exhibition in Korea, home of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the world’s leading memory makers. The 2026 edition hosted around 550 exhibitors with more than 2,400 booths and expected over 70,000 professionals. With HBM and AI memory demand surging, the show focuses on AI-era chip technologies and next-generation manufacturing. For equipment, materials and service suppliers, the SEMICON Korea attendee list is a direct line to the memory supply chain.

This guide is for the February 2027 edition.

SEMICON Korea at a glance
Industry Semiconductors
City Seoul, South Korea
Venue COEX Convention Center (with The Westin Seoul Parnas and Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas), Seoul
Dates February, 2026: 11–13 Feb
Frequency Annual
Moves between cities? No, always Seoul (COEX)
Typical scale ~70,000 attendees · ~500 exhibitors
Visitor ticket Free with pre-registration; conferences paid
App / platform SEMI registration platform
Official website semiconkorea.org

Details checked in October 2026. Dates, prices and venues can change between editions, so confirm on the official SEMICON Korea website before you book travel.

What is SEMICON Korea?

Organised by SEMI, it covers:

  • Memory manufacturing: DRAM, HBM, NAND
  • Semiconductor equipment and materials
  • Advanced packaging
  • Metrology and test
  • Smart manufacturing
  • Compound and power semiconductors

Programmes include an AI Summit with KAIST, cybersecurity and regulatory forums (PFAS, climate) and technical tracks.

COEX convention centre in Seoul

SEMICON Korea is held at COEX in Gangnam every February. Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Venue and dates

SEMICON Korea is held every year at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul (Samseong station), with sessions at The Westin Seoul Parnas and Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas. The 2026 edition ran 11–13 February. February in Seoul is cold.

Who attends

Attendee Interest Who should target them
Samsung and SK hynix engineers and procurement Tools, materials, services Equipment and materials suppliers
Equipment and materials suppliers Fab customers Component and sub-system makers
Korean fabless and OSAT companies Partners and tools EDA, packaging and test vendors
Researchers and universities Technology Instrument makers
Government and policymakers Industrial policy Industry bodies
Investors Deals Startups

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Registration

Exhibition and keynote access is free during pre-registration (until 4 February in 2026). More than 30 conferences are available at early-bird rates during pre-registration; fees apply on site.

Getting to the right people

Registration and conference booking run through semiconkorea.org. Supplier qualification with Samsung and SK hynix is lengthy, and the networking culture is Korean-language and relationship-based. The first step is knowing which engineers and procurement leads attend, so you can start conversations before the show. That’s what an enriched list provides.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • A direct line to the world’s top memory makers
  • Free exhibition entry with pre-registration
  • Strong AI and HBM focus
  • Central Seoul location
  • Rich technical conferences

Cons

  • A technical niche
  • Cold February weather
  • Korean-language networking culture
  • Lengthy supplier qualification
  • Smaller international audience than SEMICON Taiwan

Exhibiting is expensive. An empty meeting calendar is worse. A pre-event SEMICON Korea list with decision-makers, companies and LinkedIn profiles gives your booth staff something to work with. Get the SEMICON Korea attendee list

Preparing for SEMICON Korea 2027

  1. Pre-register before the deadline for free entry.
  2. Target HBM and advanced packaging teams if that’s your market.
  3. Bring Korean materials or work with a local partner.
  4. Book meetings in January.
  5. Attend the AI Summit for senior contacts.
  6. Plan for a long qualification process.

FAQ

When is SEMICON Korea?

Every February at COEX, Seoul. The 2026 edition ran 11–13 February.

Is SEMICON Korea free?

Exhibition and keynote access is free with pre-registration; conferences are paid.

Who attends SEMICON Korea?

Engineers and procurement teams from Samsung and SK hynix, equipment and materials suppliers, fabless and OSAT companies, researchers and investors.

Can I get the SEMICON Korea attendee list?

There’s no exportable list. I can build an enriched list of exhibitors and attendee profiles.

Walk into SEMICON Korea with a target list

Most teams arrive at a show like SEMICON Korea with a booth, a brochure and no plan for who they actually need to meet. I’m Ilyas, and through Prospector I build enriched attendee, exhibitor and speaker lists for B2B sales teams: job titles, companies, company size, industry, LinkedIn profiles and work emails where available, delivered as a CSV or Excel file that imports straight into HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive. Tell me which event you’re going to and who you sell to, and I’ll take it from there.

Contact me on the home page to request your SEMICON Korea list

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