SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled three new automotive chips as demand for advanced chips is growing among global carmakers to produce cars with better connectivity and more sophisticated infotainment features. The South Korean tech giant said its latest chip products are designed to enable faster 5G connectivity needed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing that SK hynix Inc.’s plan to overhaul its Chinese factory with a cutting-edge chipmaking machine could be in jeopardy due to opposition from the United States. Earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai effectively acknowledged that Washington had opposed such efforts by the South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is widening investment for the future of the semiconductor industry by joining hands with universities to train experts and professionals. The global tech giant signed an agreement with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea’s top science university, on Thursday to build [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has selected the city of Taylor in Texas as the site of its new US$17 billion chip fabrication plant, a move to boost production amid a global chip shortage. The decision came five months after the tech giant announced a plan to build [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee said Monday that the company will respond “wisely” to the U.S.-China trade tension that could cloud the chipmaker’s plan to upgrade its Chinese plant. “The fourth-generation DRAM chips have been produced in South Korea since July and it is still a long way to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., a major South Korean memory chip maker, said Thursday that it will flexibly operate its Chinese plant as its plan to overhaul the facility could be jeopardized amid the escalating tech tussle between the United States and China. “We have nothing to say on the matter. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. boosted its market presence in the global memory market in the third quarter, further consolidating its dominant position in the segment, a report showed Thursday. Samsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, took up 44 percent of the DRAM market for the three months ending in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. appears to be moving closer to making a final decision on the site for its new chip fabrication plant in the United States, as global semiconductor companies have engaged in increasingly fierce competition amid a global chip crunch. The South Korean tech giant was found to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest memory chip and mobile phone maker, is inching closer toward the selection of the site for its new chip plant in the United States, industry sources said Friday, as competition is intensifying in the semiconductor industry amid global chip shortages. Lee Jae-yong, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., a major global memory chip supplier, distanced itself from the on-going chip shortages that have snarled production of cars and consumer electronic products around the globe, a report filed with the United States showed Wednesday. “Memory products have not been a source of chip shortages to [...]