SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it will invest US$3.87 billion to build an advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility in the United States amid intensifying competition in the high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) memory semiconductor sector. The new facility, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, will begin mass-producing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the European Union (EU) have agreed to conduct joint research projects on advanced semiconductor and next-generation communications network technologies in the next three years, Seoul’s science ministry said Wednesday. Under the agreement, South Korea and the EU will jointly invest 12 million euros (US$12.98 million) on [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a notable appearance at Samsung Electronics’ booth during the annual GTC 2024 developers’ conference in San Jose, California. There, he left a handwritten signature on Samsung’s upcoming high-bandwidth memory chip, HBM3E, fueling expectations of a stronger partnership between the two companies. On [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said Thursday the government will proactively support the semiconductor industry, and accelerate the development of high-bandwidth memory and artificial intelligence chips to achieve the annual export target of US$120 billion. “The government will support the timely establishment of related infrastructure, secure competitive technologies, promote exports, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it has started mass production of the latest high band width memory (HBM) chips, solidifying its leadership position in the high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) memory semiconductor sector. It came seven months after the company announced the development of the fifth-generation HBM3E [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a streak of losses, Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor division is on the brink of a financial turnaround, with projections indicating a shift to profitability in the first quarter of this year. This anticipated recovery follows SK Hynix’s successful return to profit, signaling an end to the prolonged semiconductor industry [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Hynix has successfully obtained a court injunction to prevent a former researcher from joining its rival, Micron Technology, in a case that underscores the intense competition and confidentiality concerns within the semiconductor industry. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of SK Hynix on February 29, imposing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean semiconductor powerhouse SK hynix Inc. has won a non-compete injunction against a former researcher who left to work for its U.S. chipmaking rival Micron Technology Inc., sources said Thursday, amid an intensifying race for cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Last month, a Seoul court granted an injunction [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor capable of processing a large language model (LLM) with ultra-low power consumption, the science ministry said Wednesday. The team, led by Professor Yoo Hoi-jun at the KAIST [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Monday denied a recent media report that it has been pressured by the South Korean government to approve the merger between Japanese Kioxia Corp. and U.S.-based Western Digital (WD) Corp. According to the report last month, the Japanese NAND flash [...]