SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea vowed Monday to invest 1.5 trillion won (US$1.34 billion) over the next 10 years to maintain its global competitiveness as the country’s industry minister visited key semiconductor production lines of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. “In order to have South Korea maintain its reputation as [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, SK hynix Inc., said Tuesday it will establish a joint venture in China to build a new 200 mm wafer analog foundry production line. The chipmaker said its wholly owned subsidiary SK hynix System IC Inc. will build a new production line in the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will continue to lead in the global memory chip industry and China will have limited impact, at least over the next couple of years, Moody’s Investors Service said Saturday. As the world’s largest consumer of semiconductors, China has made a heavy investment in the sector in order [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Small and medium-sized parts makers of memory chips and displays will be able to test their products in assembly lines of large companies that can improve their overall competitiveness, the industry ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a meeting with leading semiconductor and display [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry minister called on China to fairly conduct an antitrust probe into two Korean chipmakers as regulators are reportedly looking into their alleged price fixing, his office said Tuesday. Paik Un-gyu, South Korean minister of trade, industry and energy, made the request during a meeting with China’s [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, semiconductors accounted for 17.4 percent of all exports from South Korea. With aggregate semiconductor exports totaling $92.7 billion, 39.5 percent ended up in China, and 27.2 percent in Hong Kong. In short, the value of Korean semiconductors exported to China accounted for 11.6 percent of all South [...]
POHANG, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology could make it possible to elevate the performance of semiconductors, as development in the area has remained stagnant in recent years. Spintronics and valleytronics are the latest technologies that could play a significant role in developing next generation semiconductors. Spintronics is the study of an electron’s spin [...]
OTTAWA, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, today announced that it will be exhibiting the company’s new products and design tools and presenting customer demonstrations at PCIM Europe 2018 (Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion), Booth 511 in Hall 9 (9-511) from June 5-6, 2018 in [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. recently opened a research and development (R&D) center for its foundry business, industry sources said Monday, reflecting its drive to advance deeper into the segment. Industry sources said Samsung, which has emerged as one of the major leaders of the global chip industry, is currently seeking [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employees at Samsung Electronics has surpassed 100,000 for the first time in seven years. Experts say this is due to massive hiring efforts in the company’s device solution division spurred on by the boom in the global semiconductor industry. More permanent employees have been hired while [...]