SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a miniaturized model of its first chip fab, Phase 1 (P1) fab, at the company’s Pyeongtaek plant in Gyeonggi Province made entirely of Lego blocks. The P1 fab is the world’s largest semiconductor production line. The creation of the Lego model is part of [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s second-quarter earnings could be better than expected, analysts here said Monday, as its robust chip business is likely to offset losses in its smartphone and display businesses amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung was expected to log 53.39 trillion won (US$44.4 billion) in sales in the [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of researchers has developed a new insulator material that can lead to production of smaller and faster semiconductors, the science ministry said Thursday. The team from the state-run Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and foreign partners has created a [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip producer, said Thursday it has launched a cloud-based design platform for local small fabless semiconductor companies to better foster the country’s system chip industry. The South Korean tech titan introduced the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE) Cloud Design Platform, in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Spot market prices for DRAM chips are on a downward trend after reaching their peak in April, industry data showed Wednesday, boding ill for South Korean chipmakers. The spot price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAM, a benchmark price for the category, reached US$2.90 as of Wednesday, which was down 19.4 [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s market share in the global foundry industry is expected to increase in the current quarter from the previous three months, a report showed Thursday, with growth in the 5G smartphone market. Samsung’s share of the foundry business was estimated at 18.8 percent in the April-June period, [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Monday it will add a NAND flash production line in South Korea to further expand its presence in the sector. The company said it plans to start mass-production of the new line at its second chip fab, named P2, [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s share of the global NAND flash market in the first quarter of the year dropped slightly compared to three months earlier, a report showed Monday, although it maintained dominance in the sector. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the DRAM sector, had a [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said Friday that it has sent 300 more South Korean engineers and workers to China to complete the expansion of its second chip manufacturing plant amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung said engineers and workers, including some from its subcontractors, left [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will add a foundry production line in South Korea to expand its presence in the contract chipmaking sector dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Ltd. and reduce its heavy reliance on its memory chip business. Samsung said its new foundry manufacturing line using [...]