SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, said Thursday it has set up a new unit charged with the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor-related business as part of its strategy to focus more on the high-demand premium chips. The new AI Infra unit, established recently in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) –The Ministry of Science and ICT inaugurated the Seoul National University Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence Semiconductors during a ceremony held at the Design Research Center of Seoul National University on Tuesday. AI semiconductors, crucial for executing large-scale computations essential for high-speed and low-power artificial intelligence (AI) services, were the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. chipmaker ON Semiconductor Corp., commonly known as onsemi, said Tuesday it has completed a facility manufacturing key materials for power semiconductors in Bucheon, west of Seoul. The new facility, named S5 Line, is a fab plant that produces silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, with a capacity of more than [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s leading carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said Wednesday they have inked a strategic partnership with the German automotive chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG, so as to secure its power semiconductor supply chain. Under the deal, sealed Tuesday in Munich, Germany, the companies will cooperate in developing [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a set of rules Tuesday to update and strengthen its restrictions on the export of advanced computing semiconductors to China in an apparent move to further curb China’s technological advancement. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released the rules to reinforce [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –The U.S. government on Friday officially issued a rule updating general authorizations for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to keep supplying their China-based plants with certain U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the rule after it notified the Seoul government of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States has decided to allow exports of its semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix factories in China without a separate approval process, the presidential office said Monday, a much-needed relief to the Korean chipmakers. The U.S. government has designated Samsung Electronics and SK hynix’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, will build next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) chiplets for the computing startup Tenstorrent, the Canadian company has said. Tenstorrent has said it has selected Samsung’s Foundry Design Service team to manufacture its chiplets, which can be used for a wide [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to reduce its chip deficit in the third quarter, thanks largely to a continued cut in its chip output, according to analysts Saturday. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, slashed its chip production early this year, belatedly joining its peers, like SK hynix [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by successfully developing a Low Power Compression Attached Memory Module (LPCAMM), a next-generation memory solution based on low-consumption DRAM technology. This achievement is poised to reshape the landscape of the next-generation PC market, including notebooks and mini-PCs, due to its remarkable potential for [...]