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Samsung Electronics to Expand Partnership with British Chip Design Firm Arm

Samsung Electronics to Expand Partnership with British Chip Design Firm Arm

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 [...]

Samsung Gears Up to Broaden Foundry IP Portfolio

Samsung Gears Up to Broaden Foundry IP Portfolio

SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to establish a foundry ecosystem in collaboration with its semiconductor intellectual property (IP) partners, aiming to close the gap with Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer. Samsung announced through its newsroom that it will disclose the agreements’ content with IP partners such as [...]

Qualcomm Among Samsung’s Top 5 Clients for 1st Time Due to Foundry Biz

Qualcomm Among Samsung’s Top 5 Clients for 1st Time Due to Foundry Biz

SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm was included among Samsung Electronics Co.’s top five clients in the first quarter, a document showed Tuesday, largely due to chip contract manufacturing. In a quarterly corporate filing, the South Korean tech giant named Apple, Best Buy, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm and Supreme Electronics as its five [...]

Samsung’s Foundry Market Share Rises in Q4, Narrowing Down Gap with TSMC: Report

Samsung’s Foundry Market Share Rises in Q4, Narrowing Down Gap with TSMC: Report

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its share of the global foundry market in the fourth quarter, slightly narrowing down the gap with the industry’s leader TSMC, a report showed Tuesday. The South Korean chipmaker’s share rose 1.1 percentage points to reach 18.3 percent in the October-December period, according to market [...]

SK hynix Looking to Double its Foundry Capacity with Possible M&A Deals

SK hynix Looking to Double its Foundry Capacity with Possible M&A Deals

SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, said Thursday it is considering doubling its foundry capacity with options, including domestic facility expansion and merger and acquisition deals. Park Jung-ho, co-CEO and vice chairman at SK hynix, made the remarks during a government event for the country’s semiconductor vision, under [...]

Sanan IC Announces Enhanced Foundry Platform for Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Industry

Sanan IC Announces Enhanced Foundry Platform for Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Industry

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SANAN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CO., LTD. (Sanan IC), a world-class wafer foundry with an advanced compound semiconductor technology platform, today announced worldwide access to its growing portfolio of advanced, wide bandgap power electronics foundry services for 650V and 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) devices, and 650V gallium nitride (GaN) power high-electron-mobility-transistors [...]