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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. on Tuesday submitted information on their chip businesses to the United States but withheld some key data considered trade secrets in an apparent delicate balancing act. The two South Korean chipmakers made the filings about two months after the U.S. Department of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The global DRAM market for 2022 is expected to log similar yearly sales on solid demand despite falling prices, a recent report has said. Market researcher TrendForce said in its latest report released Thursday DRAM sales are expected to grow 0.3 percent to reach US$91.54 billion next year. DRAM [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top two chipmakers — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. — are expected to submit information on their chip businesses to the U.S. government by the Nov. 8 deadline, industry sources said Wednesday. In late September, the U.S. Department of Commerce asked major chip companies and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, said Friday it signed a deal to buy a local chip contract manufacturer for 575.68 billion won (US$492 million), as part of efforts to enhance its presence in the non-memory sector. SK hynix said the acquisition of Key Foundry, the 8-inch wafer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, reported strong third-quarter earnings Tuesday on the back of solid memory chip demand for severs and smartphones, and rising prices. Net profit for the three months that ended Sept. 30 leaped by 205.7 percent from a year earlier to 3.31 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it began mass production of the industry’s smallest 14-nanometer DRAM using extreme ultraviolet lithography technology as part of efforts to consolidate its leadership in the memory industry. The company already shipped 1 million units of 10nm-class (D1x) DDR4 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares in SK hynix Inc. plunged on concerns over a slowdown in the memory market, analysts here said Friday, as they lowered the target price for South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker. SK hynix closed at 94,000 won (US$78) on the Seoul bourse after a 1.78 percent decline, so far [...]