SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is considering raising chipmaking prices by up to 20 percent, a news report said Friday. Bloomberg reported the South Korean chipmaker is in talks with foundry clients to hike the contract chipmaking prices. Samsung spokespersons, contacted by Yonhap, said they could not officially comment on the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — After the U.S. slapped sanctions on a string of Chinese companies, Taiwanese and Japanese chipmakers enjoyed a stronger presence in the Chinese chip market, while South Korean chipmakers’ standing there weakened, the business lobby group said Monday. The Federation of Korean Industriesanalyzed the changes in the market shares of [...]
DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is positioned in the third spot after the U.S. and China in the area of patent applications for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, a report from the country’s patent office showed Tuesday. According to an analysis conducted by the Korea Intellectual Property Office along with the Center for [...]
AUBURN, Michigan, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo made a joint visit to the factory of a South Korean semiconductor material producer on Wednesday, highlighting their emphasis on cooperation for supply chain resiliency. The rare trip to the SK Siltron CSS factory in [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s conglomerate Doosan Group said it has acquired Tesna Inc., the nation’s top chip test service provider, jumping into the semiconductor market. Doosan Corp., the holding company of Doosan Group, held a board meeting on Tuesday and made the final decision for the acquisition. Doosan signed a Sales [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Global DRAM shipments dropped nearly 6 percent in the fourth quarter from three months earlier, a report showed Friday, amid sluggish demand from manufacturers that had hoarded up the key consumer electronics component over continued chip shortages. DRAM shipments during the October-December period were valued at US$25 billion, down [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chipmakers vowed to expand their domestic investment this year to more than a combined 56.7 trillion won (US$47.36 billion) amid heated global competition and supply chain disruptions, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The plan was announced by the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association based on a recent survey [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is expected to become the biggest investor in chip fabrication facilities this year, a global industry association said Thursday. According to SEMI, a global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, South Korea is forecast to rank at the top of fab equipment spending [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. took over the top spot in the global semiconductor market by revenue in the third quarter, a report showed Tuesday, on the back of strong memory chip sales. Industry tracker Omdia said Intel, which had been the top chipmaker for 11 straight quarters, slipped to number [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A semiconductor industry tracker on Wednesday cut in half its growth projection of the global memory chip market next year. World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), a nonprofit organization of chipmakers, forecast the memory market to expand 8.5 percent year-on-year to US$171.6 billion next year, down from a growth rate [...]