SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology is intensifying efforts to recruit South Korean semiconductor engineers, particularly from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, as competition in the fast-growing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market heats up amid soaring demand driven by artificial intelligence. According to industry sources on October 19, Micron has been contacting [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top chipmaker, narrowed its gap with No. 1 global player Intel in chip sales in the first quarter of the year, data showed Friday. Samsung’s chip sales increased 6 percent on-year in the January-March period to US$9.33 billion, the data compiled by industry tracker IC Insights [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix saw its global ranking move up a notch to become the world’s fourth-largest player in the segment in 2014, data showed Wednesday. SK hynix saw its revenue reach US$16.1 billion last year, outpacing Micron Technology by $3 million, the data compiled by IHS Technology showed, narrowing [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics held a market share in the global solid state drive (SSD) market that was twice as big as the one held by its U.S. rival Intel in 2014, data showed Monday. Samsung Electronics saw its share in the SSD market reach a whopping 34 percent last year [...]
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“TRC Capital”) to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of Micron’s common stock, at a price of $27.00 per share. This offering price is approximately 4.59% below the closing price per share of Micron [...]