SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SKC Co., a South Korean manufacturer of secondary battery parts and advanced materials, said Monday it is acquiring a stake in a U.S. semiconductor packaging startup as it accelerates the drive for chip post-processing. The investment in Chipletz, an Austin-based fabless company, will give SKC an approximately 12 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced its plans to hire 39 patent reviewers specializing in semiconductors as part of its efforts to prevent overseas technology leaks in the semiconductor field as well as a loss of skilled employees. This marks the second open recruitment following the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chip industry, heavily dependent on China for production and exports, faces a dilemma due to the United States government’s policy of promoting sanctions against Beijing, a report showed Thursday. The global chip supply network is projected to undergo reorganization between 2025 and 2030, aligning with the anticipated [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday it will introduce a new service aimed at assisting university and graduate school students specializing in semiconductors, enabling them to develop and validate their chip designs effectively. Dubbed the “My Chip” service, it allows students to produce their chip designs at [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SKC Co., a chemical company under South Korea’s SK Group, said Friday it acquired a local semiconductor test equipment maker for 522.5 billion won (US$399 million) as it accelerates its push for a pivot to the manufacturing of semiconductor and battery components. SKC took over a 35.8 percent stake, [...]
DAEJEON, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has revealed that it will be establishing a Semiconductor Examination Task Force that will be dedicated to reviewing patents related to chip technology. The patent office and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Tuesday that the amendment to the former’s organizational [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor industry is complaining over the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act for requiring companies to submit information about production yield, which is regarded as sensitive and confidential data within the industry. Earlier this week, the U.S. Commerce Department released new requirements for chipmakers seeking federal grants for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest 54 billion won (US$40.8 million) over the next four years to help universities nurture about 400 semiconductor majors every year, officials said Tuesday. The plan by the Education Ministry comes as the country, home to such semiconductor giants as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government and the country’s major chipmakers agreed Thursday to jointly nurture more than 2,300 top-level talents in the semiconductor field over the next decade in an effort to maintain global technology prowess, the industry ministry said. The ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The shortage of skilled employees is emerging as another problem for South Korea’s chip industry, which is already struggling due to the repercussions of the global economic slump. The number of students who gave up enrollment in the semiconductor departments of the nation’s four major universities even after being [...]