Hit by falling chip prices and sluggish demand for SET products, major memory chip makers are rushing to produce less. These companies are also looking to put off capital investment, a move that will have industry-wide impact, including on suppliers.On July 25, SK hynix CFO Cha Jin-seok said the com

Applied Materials, the world’s largest semiconductor equipment maker unveiled Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) equipment specialized for new memory production. The company said it is confident of selling $100 million worth this year, Applied Materials Korea said on July 17.“The combined sales target

A market demand survey for a 4.6 billion won ($3.8 million) semiconductor policy initiative endorsed by the Moon Jae-in administration has come under suspicion of being rigged.According to confidential data secured by The Elec this week, the survey for the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool pro

Auros Technology, a subsidiary of semiconductor production equipment and component maker FST, is supplying overlay equipment for TSV(Through Silicon Via) procedures to South Korea’s largest semiconductor producer, industry sources said on July 10.Auros Technology -- currently preparing to get listed

Samsung Electronics announced on June 26 that it would apply EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography) technology to its next generation DRAM assembly lines to streamline the chip-making process.The world’s largest memory chipmaker said it has officially adopted the technology to cut the production time

Samsung Electronics’ network business has given the green light to mass produce the radio frequency (RF) chips fitted into 5G base stations shipped out to clients all over the world, according to industry sources on June 24.But the chips won’t be produced by Samsung’s foundry unit. Instead, Taiwanes

Samsung Electronics will apply Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology for the first time for DRAM mass production in the memory chip sector to raise efficiency and cut costs, sources close to the matter told The Elec.Samsung – the world’s largest memory chipmaker – is scheduled to begin ma

Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of application processors (AP) for smartphones, has once again turned to Samsung to produce its next generation chips, industry sources said on June 7.Samsung Foundry will begin mass producing the chips – dubbed the Snapdragon 865 – by the end of the year at its E

Recent US sanctions against China’s Huawei Technologies as a part of the ongoing economic war between the two countries are having a toll on the semiconductor market, according to industry sources.As of end-May, contract prices for DDR4 8 Gb 2133MHz D-RAM as of May-end stood at $3.75, which was 6.25

The global semiconductor market surrendered huge losses during the January to March period of this year, causing the top 10 chip makers to suffer steep declines in sales.According to market research firm IHS Markit on May 29, worldwide semiconductor revenues during the first quarter fell 12.9 percen

Samsung Electronics has formalized acquiring Corephotonics, an Israeli multi-camera solution company.According to the quarterly report released on the 15th, Corephotonics was incorporated into Samsung Electronics as a subsidiary. In January, a local media source in Israel reported that Samsung Elect

At the 'Samsung Electronics Image Sensor Presentation' held at the Samsung Electronics Press Room on the morning of the 9th, Park Yong-in, the sensor business team leader (Vice President) of Device Solution (DS) of Samsung Electronics said, "(Samsung Electronics) has set its sights on achieving the

President Moon Jae-In said, “Let’s maintain our position as number one in the world’s memory market and become the world’s major leader in the comprehensive semiconductor market by achieving the number one position in foundries by 2030 and the 10% fabless share," at the "System Semiconductor Vision

DRAM contract prices fell by over double digits in April. The price has fallen more than 55% this year. Inventories in the memory industry remain high, which is why it is unlikely that the price will rebound in 2Q. Some expect, however, that the market will recover in the second half of the year as

Silicon Works, LG Group’s fabless semiconductor affiliate, plans to mass-produce chips at Samsung's foundry. Experts evaluate that this move is meaningful because it is the first win-win cooperative effort in the field of semiconductors between Samsung and Silicon Works since Silicon Works became an

Samsung Electronics and Harman are entering the audio semiconductor market. Samsung Electronics' strategy is to collaborate with Harman, which has influence in the electric parts and audio equipment market, to vertically integrate and create audio semiconductors as a new revenue source.According to

Magnachip Semiconductor has officially requested SK Hynix to "acquire the company."Magnachip is a semiconductor company that branched off from Hynix Semiconductor in 2004. Magnachip was formerly the part of LG Semiconductors that was absorbed into Hyundai Electronics (formerly Hynix Semiconductor) a

INTEKPLUS, a specialist in visual inspection equipment, will supply package inspection equipment to the world-class semiconductor company. The order receipts in the past 6 months alone amounted to 10 billion won. The sole supplier status is expected to continue for 10 years.On the 4th, Sangyoon Lee,

In the first quarter, sales of most foundry companies showed a downward trend. Businesses whose main market is the 300mm foundry business particularly showed weakness.According to the Topology Research Institute (TRI) in Taiwan, foundry industry sales in the first quarter were 16.5 trillion won ($ 1

According to data from the US market research firm IC Insights, China Hisilicon and Uni-SoC were ranked among the top 10 global fabs based on 2017 sales. Hisilicon positioned itself at 7th on the list, and Uni-SoC (formerly Spreadtrum RDA) came out as 10th. Hisilicon is a subsidiary of Huawei, and U