SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM and NAND flash are expected to be the two semiconductor products that outshine this year, a report showed Saturday, boding well for South Korean chipmakers that dominate the world’s memory chip market. Sales growth for DRAM and NAND flash were projected to be 18 percent and 17 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the industry’s second-largest spender on semiconductor research and development (R&D) last year, a report showed Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant tries to beef up its presence in the non-memory sector. Samsung, the world’s top memory chipmaker, spent US$5.6 billion on chip-related R&D in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to use a double-stack technology to develop its next-generation V-NAND flash memory, industry officials said Tuesday, as the world’s largest memory chip producer tries to further cement its leading position in the sector. At its investors’ forum held Monday, Samsung revealed that it will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to maintain second place in the global semiconductor supplier ranking this year behind U.S. giant Intel Corp. despite a solid sales increase, an industry report showed Tuesday. The South Korean tech giant was projected to log US$60.4 billion in chip sales this year, up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the highest concentration of wafer capacity dedicated to advanced technology nodes, a report showed Wednesday, underscoring its leadership in the chip manufacturing sector. The country, home to major chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., is more leading-edge focused than any other nation, with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Precision Machinery Co., a major assembly automation equipment maker in South Korea, said Monday it has developed core semiconductor packaging equipment in collaboration with the country’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc. Hanwha Precision and SK hynix worked together to commercialize the die bonder, a machine that attaches [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday its second semiconductor fabrication plant in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, has started mass production of its latest mobile DRAM chip. Pyeongtaek Line 2 commenced mass production of the industry’s first 16-gigabit (Gb) Low Power Double Data Rate (LPDDR) mobile DRAM using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s market share in the global foundry industry is expected to decrease in the current quarter from the previous three months, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung’s share of the foundry business was estimated at 17.4 percent in the April-June period, down 1.4 percentage points from three months [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major chipmakers are expected to cut their DRAM capital spending this year, a report showed Thursday, as they become cautious over market conditions amid the pandemic. Samsung Electronics Co.’s DRAM capital expenditure budget is projected to decline 21 percent to US$4.9 billion this year, according to market [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is projected to see further growth in its foundry business in the second half of the year, analysts here said Saturday, with growing expectations for receiving orders from Intel Corp. In its second-quarter earnings announcement, the world’s largest memory chipmaker said its foundry business achieved record [...]