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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its new mobile application processor (AP) for premium smartphones that boasts upgraded performance and energy-efficiency. The Exynos 2100 is Samsung’s first high-end mobile AP with a 5G modem manufactured on an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process technology to provide better solutions to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it will unveil a new mobile application processor (AP) next week that is expected to be used in the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone. The South Korean tech giant confirmed its new Exynos chipset will be introduced at the Exynos On 2021 event on Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s share of the global foundry market is expected to decrease in the current quarter from the previous three months, a report showed Monday. Samsung’s share in the global foundry business was estimated at 16.4 percent in the October-December period, down 1 percentage point from three months [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Monday it has developed a 176-layer 4D NAND flash chip that boasts better productivity and performance as the company expands its technological presence in the sector. The samples of the 176-layer 512 Gigabit (Gb) Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 4D NAND flash [...]