SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest more than 200 billion won (US$176 million) in developing automotive chip-making technology by 2022 in an effort to nurture the next-generation vehicle sector, the finance minister said Wednesday. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said the government plans to cooperate with local automakers to find ways [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Monday it has begun mass-production of a mobile DRAM that offers the industry’s largest capacity. SK hynix said 18-gigabyte low-power double data rate (LPDDR) 5 is in mass production and that the company supplied its very first products to Asus’ [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its dominance in the global DRAM market in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed Thursday, with revenue increase. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the NAND flash sector, had a 42.1 percent share of the global DRAM flash market [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further upped its leadership in the global NAND flash market in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed Wednesday, despite revenue decline. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the DRAM sector, had a 32.9 percent share of the global NAND flash market [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to suffer a prolonged shutdown of its chip plant in the United States following a power outage, industry insiders said Wednesday, amid growing speculation that it is pushing to expand its semiconductor facility there. Samsung and other chipmakers in Texas are expected to need [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s market share in the global foundry industry is expected to increase in the first quarter of the year from the previous three months, a report showed Wednesday, though its growth was projected to be lower than the industry average amid high demand for chips. Samsung’s foundry [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday introduced a new image sensor boasting an upgraded autofocus solution as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the mobile image sensor market. The ISOCELL GN2 is Samsung’s first image sensor to use Dual Pixel Pro technology. Like its previous [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) processor-embedded high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip that boasts low energy consumption and enhanced performance. Using processing-in-memory (PIM) technology, the South Korean tech giant said it integrated AI engines onto its HBM2 Aquabolt, becoming the first in the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the largest share of 300-millimeter (mm) wafer capacity in the world, a report showed Friday, underscoring its leadership in the chip manufacturing sector. Based on factory location, the country, home to major chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., accounted for 25 percent of [...]
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 [...]