SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Semiconductor firms worldwide are engaged in fierce competition to secure a leading position in cutting-edge foundry process technology, particularly driven by the surging demand in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. Companies are forming strategic alliances with strong partners to enhance their competitiveness in this rapidly growing sector. Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said Wednesday it will expand its partnership with the British chip design firm Arm to bolster the competitiveness of its foundry business. As part of the collaboration, the South Korean chipmaker’s foundry division will work with Arm to optimize the design [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — British chip designer Arm is the talk of the town — again — in South Korea, as it emerged as Samsung Electronics Co.’s potential merger and acquisition target. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong said Wednesday that SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son will visit South Korea next month [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second largest memory chip maker, is reviewing to acquire British semiconductor company Arm Ltd. with strategic partners, its top executive said Wednesday. “We are reviewing possibly forming a consortium, together with strategic partners, to jointly acquire it,” Park Jung-ho, vice chairman and CEO of [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Arm TechCon: Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (“CoreAVI”) announced a technology partnership with Arm today to work together on solutions for safety critical graphics processing for next generation automotive systems. This partnership will help simplify and lower the risks of achieving the most stringent levels of safety certification by automotive [...]
Chandigarh, India & SEOUL, Feb 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Ace Thought Technologies, a leading provider of media processing software, has announced the release of highly optimized, multi-threaded, power efficient and real-time H.265/HEVC video decoder software for ARM Cortex-A series and x86 processors. The software enables a rich entertainment experience across smart-phones, tablets, set-top boxes, smart [...]