SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it has set up makeshift tents for workers in its chip fabrication factory in Wuxi, China, to prevent a potential citywide COVID-19 lockdown from disrupting its production. Eastern cities in China, including Wuxi, have recently reported an increasing number of coronavirus infections, raising fears [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has begun mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors, stepping up its game in the most advanced chipmaking process node and beating its rival and foundry leader TSMC. The next-generation 3nm chips are built on Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology, which Samsung said will eventually allow area [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronics components maker in South Korea, said Thursday it will make an additional investment of 300 billion won (US$230 million) in its flip-chip-ball grid array (FC-BGA) business, aimed at expanding the production of its plants in Busan, Sejong and Vietnam. Prior to this, the [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to announce mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors next week, sources said Wednesday, beating its foundry rival TSMC in advanced chipmaking process. The next-generation 3nm chips will be built on the Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology, which Samsung said will allow up to 45 percent area reduction [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of businesses struggling with a shortage of semiconductor technicians tend to be small and medium-sized companies that need graduates from high schools or two-year community colleges, rather than large conglomerates, a government survey showed Wednesday. A survey conducted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong discussed ways to boost cooperation in the semiconductor business with ASML CEO Peter Wennink, the company said Wednesday. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, who is currently on a business trip in Europe, met with Wennink and CTO Martin van den Brink at the [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong discussed ways to boost cooperation in the semiconductor industry with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the company said Wednesday. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, who is currently on a business trip in Europe, met with Rutte at his office in the Hague, the [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to move around 300 workers from its display business’ liquid crystal display (LCD) division to the company’s semiconductor unit, sources said Tuesday. The plan comes after Samsung Display, a unit of the tech giant, stopped producing LCD panels for TVs this month due to falling [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has begun mass production of a high-end product known as the world’s fastest DRAM and will supply it to American graphics-chip maker Nvidia. It came seven months after the South Korean chipmaker said it successfully developed the High Bandwidth Memory 3 (HMB3) that [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will leave for the Netherlands next week, in a business trip widely expected to secure highly advanced chipmaking machines by the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML. On Thursday, Lee asked for permission to be absent from his ongoing trial at the Seoul Central [...]