SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was the world’s second-largest spender on chip equipment in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, amid a global semiconductor shortage. South Korea, home to major memory chip producers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., invested US$6.62 billion in chipmaking equipment in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. lost its share in the smartphone chipset market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as Taiwanese brands expanded their presence with a rise in the 5G device sector. Samsung, which makes Exynos chipsets, took a 7 percent share in the global [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM prices in the spot market have recently been declining amid expectations for weaker demand stemming from widening COVID-19 vaccinations around the globe, industry sources said Wednesday. According to market tracker DRAMeXchange, the average contract price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAMs for PCs came to US$3.889 on Monday, the lowest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its lead in the global NAND flash market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, on the back of strong chip demand and price hikes. The South Korean tech giant posted a market share of 34 percent in terms of revenue [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it aims to expand its memory products powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) engine as the South Korean tech giant is pushing to increase its technology leadership in the semiconductor market. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip supplier, showcased its latest processing-in-memory (PIM) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its dominance in the global DRAM market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, thanks to bullish demand and chip price hikes. The South Korean tech giant registered a 43.6 percent share of the global DRAM flash market in terms of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. regained the No.1 spot in chip sales in the second quarter of the year, surpassing its archrival Intel Corp. for the first time in almost three years, on the back of robust sales of memory semiconductors, a report showed Friday. The South Korean tech giant logged [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The global semiconductor market is expected to expand 25.1 percent this year on the back of robust growth from the memory sector, a report from an industry tracker showed Wednesday, amid concerns of a slowdown in demand. World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), a nonprofit organization of chipmakers, said the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it plans to invest 186.5 billion won (US$160 million) to develop technologies for sensors which are widely used in sectors ranging from automobiles to mobile devices. The country will allocate the funds to local universities and businesses starting next year through 2028, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares in Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. — South Korea’s two largest chipmakers — plunged amid concerns of a slowdown in memory demand, analysts said Thursday. Samsung lost 1.9 percent to close at 77,000 won (US$66) on the Seoul bourse, the lowest since December 2020. SK hynix [...]