SK Hynix has placed a large order to procure thermal compression (TC) bonders to Hong Kong-based ASMPT, TheElec has learned.The South Korean memory maker has ordered over 30 units for the equipment that will be used in the production of HBM3E 12H, its latest iteration of high-bandwidth memory, sourc

Contract prices of DRAM and NAND dipped in September from low demand for PCs and consumer electronics.DDR4 8Gb 1Gx8 saw a month-on-month price drop of 17.07% to US$1.7 in September, according to analyst firm DRAMeXchange.DRAM prices were on a steady climb since October last year but dropped for the

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has begun manufacturing 36GB 12-stack HBM3E, or HBM3E 12H, becoming the world’s first memory maker to do so.Its predecessor 8-stack HBM3E was made with 3GB DRAM chips and offered 24GB in capacity.SK Hynix said it will begin supplying its newest chip to its customer

DB Hitek is close to clinching a ten-year contract to manufacture power management ICs that will go into Tesla vehicles, TheElec has learned.Staff overseeing quality control for chips for the US carmaker had visited DB Hitek’s facility at Bucheon, South Korea back in June for an inspection.Following

Memory makers are attempting to win over server operating system developers to get an edge on the Compute Express Link (CXL) market on the horizon.Samsung, the world’s largest memory maker, is collaborating with Linux giant Red Hat, while rival SK Hynix seems to be aiming to win over the entire ecos

German laser company LPKF has denied South Korean counterpart Philoptics’ allegations that disparaged its through glass via (TGV) technology.Earlier this month, Philoptics claimed that its rival’s technology could only offer one hole size and that its own technology was superior in the fact that it

Samsung has secured US AI chip firm Ambarella as a customer for 2-nanometer (nm) foundry, TheElec has learned.The South Korean chipmaker already secured Ambarella as a customer its 5nm process node for the latter’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) with self-driving feature in February.The So

The memory bosses of Samsung and SK Hynix shared their respective company’s different strategies concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM) at an industry show in Taiwan on Wednesday.Samsung Memory Business President Lee Jung-Bae and SK Hynix President Juseon Kim made keynote addresses on Wednesday, sha

SK Hynix is planning to convert one of its main DRAM production lines to manufacture high-bandwidth memory (HBM) instead due to high demand for the latter memory type, TheElec has learned.The line, M10F, located at its Icheon facility in South Korea, is already going through changes for it to manufa

NES Materials, a subsidiary of Namhae Chemical, has begun supplying Samsung with high-purity sulfuric acid (H2SO4) since last month, TheElec has learned.The material is used in cleaning processes during chip production. NES Materials was formed in 2021 and is a joint venture of Namhae Chemical, ENF,

Coasia Semi Korea, the chip design house subsidiary of Kosdaq-listed Coasia, is taking part in Canadian AI NPU startup Tenstorrent’s development project for their next-generation AI chip, TheElec has learned.Tenstorrent is led by CEO Jim Keller, the legendary microprocessor engineer known for his wo

Samsung was testing gas cluster beam (GCB) equipment supplied by fab equipment maker Tokyo Electron to improve its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process, TheElec has learned.The equipment, called Acrevia, is used to shape local areas of the wafer using ion beams.Tokyo Electron previously said the equipm

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has developed a Gen 6 10-nanometer (nm) (1c) 16Gb DDR5 DRAM.The company becomes the first memory maker to do so, ahead of domestic rival Samsung.The pair has had a back and forth between them as Samsung in May became the first memory maker to start manufacturing Gen

TSE is supplying probe cards for use in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) engineering to multiple memory makers.The company was manufacturing the probe cards for, besides HBM, DRAM, and NAND as well, TSE President Yang Douglas Jung-il said during a seminar held at Hanyang University on Wednesday.The probe

SK Hynix plans to apply chiplet technology to its memory controller within the next three years to better control cost, a senior executive said.The memory maker currently uses TSMC as the foundry for its controllers, SK Hynix executive vice president Moon Ki-ill said during a seminar held at Hanyang

Hanwha Momentum is planning to launch its own overhead hoist transport (OHT) used to transport wafers during chip production.The company has been developing the equipment since last year in February, it revealed in its latest filings to financial authorities on Tuesday.Hanwha Momentum said it finish

X-ray equipment maker Xavis is in talks with Samsung to supply its glass board inspection equipment, TheElec has learned.The kit is used to check whether the copper circuits have properly formed after the through glass via (TGV) process.Xavis is still developing the equipment and is getting feedback

DB Hitek is planning to contract produce silicon capacitors for a customer starting late in the year, TheElec has learned.Silicon capacitors are made using semiconductor processes unlike multi-layer chip capacitors.They can maintain a stable voltage and have an advantage in removing high frequency n

Samsung is preparing to tape-out its Gen 6 high-bandwidth memory (HBM) at the end of the year, TheElec has learned.Tape-out is the last step of chip design and is where the company sends the design blueprint to the chip foundry, its partner that will manufacture the chip.With a tape-out done at the

Sapien Semiconductors CEO Myunghee Lee said on Wednesday that the company aims to turn a profit next year while reaching an annual revenue of 10 billion won this year.Lee noted that the company is expected to announce three more orders it received in the second half of the year, the CEO said in an i