SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. maintained the second spot in the foundry market in the first quarter of the year, but its share fell slightly due to the temporary shutdown of its chip plant in the United States, a report showed Monday. Samsung’s foundry business logged a market share of 17 [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released a new mid-power LED package boasting improved light efficacy and color quality as the South Korean tech giant eyes to improve its presence in the lighting LED sector. The LM301B EVO offers the industry’s highest efficacy of 235 lumens per watt (lm/W) by [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its leadership in the global NAND flash market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, despite an overall decline in chip prices. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the DRAM sector, had a 33.5 percent share of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s second-largest semiconductor vendor in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, after posting double-digit year-on-year sales growth. The South Korean tech juggernaut logged US$17.07 billion in chip sales in the January-March period, up 15 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled new power-controlling chips that minimize overall power consumption while boosting performance of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The world’s largest memory chip producer said its three power management integrated circuit (PMIC) products — S2FPD01, S2FPD02, and S2FPC01 — are available for DDR5 DRAM modules. [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — ASML Holding N.V., the world’s leading photolithography equipment maker, is building a new plant in South Korea. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced Thursday during its briefing on K-semiconductor blueprint that ASML will invest in the country. The company will invest 240 billion won (US$212 million) to [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s capacity share in the advanced logic chip market is likely to decline further down the road, a report showed Friday, as the United States pushes to beef up its presence by attracting more global semiconductor firms to build factories on its turf. South Korea was expected to [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, said Thursday it is considering doubling its foundry capacity with options, including domestic facility expansion and merger and acquisition deals. Park Jung-ho, co-CEO and vice chairman at SK hynix, made the remarks during a government event for the country’s semiconductor vision, under [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced Thursday that it will invest a total of 171 trillion won (US$151 billion) in the logic chip and foundry sectors by 2030 as the tech giant eyes to expand its leadership beyond the memory business. The latest investment plan expands its semiconductor vision announced in [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday it plans to provide massive tax incentives and state subsidies to chipmakers to encourage them to spend a combined 510 trillion won (US$453 billion) by 2030, in line with its vision to become a global powerhouse in both memory and non-memory chips. Under the plan [...]