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 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmakers are looking to score big in the graphics DRAM sector in the second half of the year, industry observers said Wednesday, as demand for such products is expected to rise with the release of new graphics processing units (GPUs) and new gaming consoles. According to DRAMeXchange, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, said Tuesday it has joined hands with the country’s leading research university to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the chip manufacturing process. Under the memorandum of understanding with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), SK hynix will provide [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. on Thursday delivered an earnings surprise for the first quarter of the year, apparently aided by increased demand for IT products needed for social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak. The net profit of South Korea’s No. 2 memory chip producer came to 649.1 billion won (US$526 [...]