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 [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s spending on chipmaking equipment is likely to be the third largest of any country this year, industry data showed Wednesday, amid solid global chip demand sparked by the pandemic-driven stay-at-home economy. South Korea, home to major memory chip producers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., is [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s leading tech firm, is the world’s second-largest semiconductor company in terms of market capitalization, data showed Thursday, despite a share price drop. Samsung’s market value totaled US$261.9 billion as of last Friday, only behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), whose market cap reached $306.3 [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a miniaturized model of its first chip fab, Phase 1 (P1) fab, at the company’s Pyeongtaek plant in Gyeonggi Province made entirely of Lego blocks. The P1 fab is the world’s largest semiconductor production line. The creation of the Lego model is part of [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of researchers has developed a new insulator material that can lead to production of smaller and faster semiconductors, the science ministry said Thursday. The team from the state-run Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and foreign partners has created a [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Spot market prices for DRAM chips are on a downward trend after reaching their peak in April, industry data showed Wednesday, boding ill for South Korean chipmakers. The spot price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAM, a benchmark price for the category, reached US$2.90 as of Wednesday, which was down 19.4 [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, said Tuesday it has secured a stake in a chipmaking unit of China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) producer BYD. SK China Co., one of the group’s China-based affiliates, acquired a 1.47 percent stake in BYD Semiconductor for 150 million yuan (US$21 million). BYD [...]