SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean industry and academia have proposed creating a “KSMC” (Korea Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), modeled after Taiwan’s TSMC, to address challenges facing the nation’s semiconductor industry. The plan, revealed at a seminar held by the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) on December 18, aims to build a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had held a meeting with C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in Taiwan and they discussed bolstering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies, SK Group said Friday. SK Group has SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Friday it has set up a strategic partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aimed at bolstering its capabilities in producing premium high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and advanced packaging technologies. Under the memorandum of understanding agreed recently in Taipei, Taiwan, the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its share of the global foundry market in the fourth quarter, slightly narrowing down the gap with the industry’s leader TSMC, a report showed Tuesday. The South Korean chipmaker’s share rose 1.1 percentage points to reach 18.3 percent in the October-December period, according to market [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to top the semiconductor capital spending this year, a report showed Wednesday, as it tries to catch up with the leading foundry firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). The South Korean tech giant, the world’s largest memory chip producer, has not provided guidance for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s market share in the global foundry industry is expected to increase in the first quarter of the year from the previous three months, a report showed Wednesday, though its growth was projected to be lower than the industry average amid high demand for chips. Samsung’s foundry [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s foundry capacity share in legacy nodes is estimated to rank fourth in 2021, a report showed Wednesday, amid its push to increase its presence in the contract chipmaking sector with advanced fabrication processes. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, was projected to account for 10 percent [...]
TORONTO, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Alphawave is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by TSMC as a recipient of 2020 OIP Partner of the Year Award for High-Speed SerDes IP. The OIP Partner of the Year awards honor TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) ecosystem partners like Alphawave demonstrating excellence in next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will add a foundry production line in South Korea to expand its presence in the contract chipmaking sector dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Ltd. and reduce its heavy reliance on its memory chip business. Samsung said its new foundry manufacturing line using [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top chipmaker, narrowed its gap with No. 1 global player Intel in chip sales in the first quarter of the year, data showed Friday. Samsung’s chip sales increased 6 percent on-year in the January-March period to US$9.33 billion, the data compiled by industry tracker IC Insights [...]