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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronics parts maker in South Korea, on Thursday said it has developed two types of automotive multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) that can be used for the advanced drive assist system (ADAS) as the company targets the future mobility market. Samsung Electro-Mechanics unveiled the 0603-size [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its new wearable processor built on 5-nanometer (nm) process as the South Korean tech giant tries to beef up its presence in the wearable device market. The Exynos W920 is the industry’s first wearable processor made with advanced 5nm extreme ultraviolet lithography technology, [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said efficiency is now the key factor when it comes to developing memory chips as the South Korean tech giant rebutted concerns of the company trailing behind rivals in future memory technologies. With U.S. chipmaker Micron Technologies Inc. launching the industry’s first 176-layer NAND, [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, on Tuesday delivered robust second-quarter earnings on the back of strong memory demand in the market. SK hynix reported that its second-quarter net income stood at 1.98 trillion won (US$1.7 billion), up 56.5 percent from a year earlier. Operating profit for the [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, is expected to deliver strong second-quarter earnings, analysts here said Friday, due to a rise in memory chip prices. SK hynix was estimated to log 9.92 trillion won (US$8.6 billion) in sales in the April-June period, up 15.3 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea had the second-largest monthly capacity of 200-millimeter-equivalent wafers last year behind Taiwan, a report showed Wednesday. The country, home to major chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., had a capacity of 4.25 million wafers per month, accounting for 20.4 percent of global wafer capacity [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday released a new automotive image sensor as the tech giant eyes to expand its presence beyond the mobile sector. The ISOCELL Auto 4AC will be used for rear-view cameras and surround-view monitors of a vehicle and offer high-definition resolution images. Samsung’s latest image sensor [...]