SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc. plans to establish a joint venture in China to expand its foundry business, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, who declined to be identified, SK hynix’s board of directors plans to discuss the establishment of a joint venture specializing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chip and semiconductor firms performed well throughout 2017 to set record-breaking earnings, industry watchers said Monday, while the diplomatic row with Beijing dealt a harsh blow on tourism and automobile businesses. The country’s tech giants saw their earnings soar throughout this year due to the global boom [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giants maintained their strong dominance over the global market for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips in the third quarter, data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by IHS Markit and other industrial sources, Samsung Electronics Co. accounted for 44.5 percent of the market in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has started mass production of a system on chip (SoC) that uses second generation 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. The South Korean tech giant said the SoC, which integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single integrated circuit, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Apart from semiconductors, a large segment of Chinese industry has already caught up to South Korea according to Chairman Jin Sae-dae of Skylake Investment Co, who said at a “CEO Book Club” congress on November 23 that Chinese companies were progressing rapidly into new business sectors thanks to a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Capital spending among chipmakers is expected reach US$90.8 billion this year, an industry tracker said Friday, with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. leading the pact. According to the data compiled by IC Insights, Samsung Electronics’ annual facility investment for this year is estimated at $26 billion, accounting for more [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States’ trade watchdog has dismissed allegations that South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. violated patents of California-based chipmaker Netlist Inc., industry sources said Wednesday. Through an initial determination, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) concluded that the South Korean chipmaker’s server memory products did not violate section 337 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will start mass production of Qualcomm Inc.’s new server processors manufactured with the 10 nm production process for the first time in the industry. Under the foundry deal, the South Korean tech giant said it will produce the Centriq 2400, which is aimed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to expand its production capacity for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips next year in a bid to keep its dominance in the market, an industry tracker said Thursday. “There are reports that Samsung is considering expanding its production capacity to increase competition and raise [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Semiconductors are expected to account for a record high of more than 16 percent of South Korea’s annual exports this year, data showed Friday. Industry data showed South Korea’s export of chips, led by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., reaching US$70.4 billion in the January-September period, up [...]