Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the device Solution (DS) division, which oversees the semiconductor business, is building R&D for Fan-Out & Wafer-Level Package (Fo-WLP) and pilot lines. It is said that their goal is to apply Fo-WLP technology from the next-generation Premium Exynos Applicatio

In 2019, the smartphone market is expected to see negative growth, but the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market is predicted to experience an expected boom. This is because smartphones equipped with dual and even triple cameras, are expected to become the mainstream. Companies that lead the CIS market, su

Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest manufacturing company of CMOS image sensors (CIS), succeeded in supplying CIS to Tesla, an American electric car company. It’s significant because this is the first case of Samsung Electronics supplying CIS to automobile companies.According to industry

Amid the booming market of the world's No. 1 MLCC company, Murata of Japan began construction this month to extend its production line.Japan's Murata recently announced that it will begin construction of additional MLCCs starting this month in Ushi, Jiangsu, China. It is going to invest a total of 1

The merger between Infineon Korea and Infineon Power Semitech has ended on a sour note.The German semiconductor company, Infineon has restructured its domestic subsidiaries. Infineon Technologies Korea Co. Ltd. (Infineon Korea) and Infineon Technologies Power Semitech Co. Ltd. (Infineon Power Semite

SK Hynix produces a 2-layer stacked CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) at its 300mm wafer plant. This is SK Hynix’s first time to produce a stacked CIS.According to a industry report on the 25th, SK Hynix plans to mass-produce a 16 megapixel, 2-layer stacked CIS using the Through Silicon Via (TSV) technology i

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are at a war of nerves over the announcement of development of next-generation DRAM, subtly.SK Hynix officially announced on 15 Nov that it has developed “world’s first” DDR5 DRAM for Servers and PCs (Reference: SK Hynix Opens A New Era of Next-Generation DDR5 DRAM).

An outline of the Apple’s CPU for PC has been revealed.It has been confirmed that OSAT companies in the U.S. and China, which have their own branches in South Korea, are developing the new package. It is predicted that Apple’s own CPU will be used for MacPC by 2020. Apple is already using its own ch

Do Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron all have the same 1y DRAM ? By looking at the results, it does not seem so. Micron and SK Hynix both introduced their second-generation 10-nano (1y) DRAM on the 12th of Nov. However, Samsung Electronics on the other hand already announced the mass producti

It is confirmed that many of the semiconductor engineers on the move to SK Hynix are sued by former employers for provisional injunction. Happened just lately, when SK Hynix increased number of its experienced positions aggressively. Attention is drawn on whether a change in the company’s strategy o

Samsung Electronics plans to focus more on R&D activities on high-tech facilities as a way to maintain the ‘Far Superiority’ in the semiconductor business.According to industry sources on the 7th, the Production Technologies Research Institute in DA (Device solutions) sector of Samsung Electronics h

Mecaro announced on the 1st of November that it would build a new precursor factory in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province.The total amount of investments is 14.3 billion Korean Won. A self-funding investment, without any external support. If construction begins early this month, it will be complet

It has been confirmed that a key executive in charge of design at Samsung Electronics’ Memory Business Division has resigned from the position to join a Chinese DRAM manufacturer. News on Samsung shifting production to China has been regularly circulated but it is the first time the career movement