SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the world’s second-largest chip buyer behind U.S. tech titan Apple Inc. last year, a report showed Wednesday, while manufacturers’ spending on semiconductors increased due to the pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone and TV maker, accounted for 8.1 percent of global semiconductor spending [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Spot market prices for DRAM chips are on a rising course, industry data showed Thursday, boding well for South Korean chipmakers that dominate the memory market. The spot price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAM, a benchmark price for the category, reached as high as US$3.93 as of Wednesday, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s foundry capacity share in legacy nodes is estimated to rank fourth in 2021, a report showed Wednesday, amid its push to increase its presence in the contract chipmaking sector with advanced fabrication processes. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, was projected to account for 10 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it will provide 240 billion won (US$214 million) in support for research and development (R&D) in logic chips and the fabless chip sector this year as the country seeks to boost its semiconductor industry. The R&D plan aims to foster fabless chipmakers and bolster the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Monday it has completed the construction of a new chip production line in the country as the company tries to expand its presence in the memory sector. The world’s second-largest DRAM maker held the completion ceremony of the M16 chip [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM and NAND flash are expected to be the two semiconductor products that outshine this year, a report showed Saturday, boding well for South Korean chipmakers that dominate the world’s memory chip market. Sales growth for DRAM and NAND flash were projected to be 18 percent and 17 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Friday it expected strong demand for memory chips this year on the back of growth in the server and mobile sectors after reporting robust fourth-quarter earnings amid the pandemic. Its net income reached 1.76 trillion won (US$1.6 billion) during the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Friday its new chip production line, named M16, will begin mass production in June this year as the South Korean chipmaker tries to expand its presence in the memory sector. The world’s second-largest DRAM maker said it plans to hold the completion ceremony of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it aims to clinch merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and expand investments in the upcoming years as the South Korean tech giant eyes to fend off challenges from its rivals amid global uncertainties In its conference call, Samsung’s chief finance officer Choi Yoon-ho [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the industry’s second-largest spender on semiconductor research and development (R&D) last year, a report showed Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant tries to beef up its presence in the non-memory sector. Samsung, the world’s top memory chipmaker, spent US$5.6 billion on chip-related R&D in [...]