SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first 16 gigabyte DDR5 chip using the sixth generation of the 10 nanometer chipmaking technology. According to SK hynix, the new product comes with an improvement in cost competitiveness when compared with the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors have formally requested arrest warrants for two former Samsung Electronics executives, alleging their involvement in transferring domestic semiconductor technology to a Chinese company. On Wednesday, the Information Technology Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office filed an arrest warrant for a former Samsung Electronics executive, identified [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Monday it has started supplying its latest mobile DRAM chip to Chinese smartphone maker Vivo. The 16-gigabyte packages of Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo (LPDDR5T), developed in January, will be installed in Vivo’s latest smartphone models, X100 and X100 Pro, [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is pushing for the development and production of next-generation DRAM, including high bandwidth memory (HBM), which is essential for artificial intelligence (AI) server development. According to industry sources, the chip giant is currently shipping samples of 16GB and 12-layer 24GB HBM3, boasting the highest capacity and [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chip makers, have begun renegotiating with their primary clients as the average selling price (ASP) for DRAM approaches production cost. The two companies have set the price limit at US$1.40 and notified clients that the price cannot [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global DRAM demand is expected to overtake supply as early as July, a recent industry report showed Thursday, in a change that would lessen pressure on semiconductor companies reeling from a chip downturn. Market research firm TrendForce expected in its May report global DRAM demand this year to top [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM prices are estimated to post a quarterly decline of 13-18 percent in the fourth quarter, steeper than the previous quarter, a report said Friday, as consumer demand for electronic devices remains stagnant and macroeconomic conditions aggravated. Research firm TrendForce said rising inflation has significantly weakened the appetite for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM prices went south for the second straight month in August amid flagging demand, data showed Friday, boding ill for the chip industry down the road. The average contract price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAMs came to US$2.91 on the spot market Thursday, down 11 percent from $3.27 a month [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech titan Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) adopts third-generation, 10-nanometer technology and boasts a data processing speed that is over [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip maker, saw its DRAM sales fall in the first three months of the year for a second quarter on weaker prices and other negatives, but the company retained its top spot in the global market, data showed Tuesday. Samsung’s DRAM revenue [...]