A SK Hynix executive said on Wednesday that low-power semiconductors could help ease environmental problems.Company executive vice president Cha Seon Yong said the company’s shift from DDR4 to DDR5 saved power worth a year of power consumption from those consumed for year by all the street lamps in

SK Hynix will apply peri under cell (PUC) technology to its next-generation phase-change RAM (PRAM), the company said on Wednesday.PRAM combines the advantages of DRAM and NAND flash. Intel retained its Optane business, which is based on PRAM technology, when it sold its NAND unit to SK Hynix. PRAM

SK Telecom said Wednesday that it has recorded 18.62 trillion won in sales and 1.35 trillion won in operating income for the full-year of 2020.The figures are an on-year increase of 5% and 21.8%, respectively. In the fourth quarter, SK Telecom posted 331.1 billion won in operating income, a rise of

Employees of SK Hynix dispatched to China had their quarantine period extended from two weeks to three, TheElec has learned.This is due to the cities of Wuhan and Chongqing, where the company has factories, extending the quarantine period to prevent the spread of COVID-19.A SK Hynix spokesperson sai

SK Hynix said Monday that it has completed the construction of its M16 fab, which will produce next-generation DRAM using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process.The fab will begin producing Gen 4 10-nm (1a) DRAM in the second half of 2021, the company said.Construction for the factory began in November 2

SK Hynix will invest in facilities conservatively this year, the company’s CFO said at its conference call for the fourth quarter.CFO Jongwon Noh said the company will invest carefully, considering the persistent uncertainties from the COVID-19 pandemic and unfavorable exchange rate.Capital expendit

SK Hynix posted higher than expected operating income for 2020 despite price drops in memory semiconductors.The company said Friday it has posted 31.9 trillion won in sales and 5.01 trillion won in operating income for the full year of 2020.The figures are a rise of 18% and 84%, respectively, from t

SK Hynix has requested South Korean semiconductor equipment makers TES and KCTech conduct research into developing semiconductor cleaning equipment, TheElec has learned. A person familiar with the matter said SK Hynix has been looking for a supplier to replace Mujin Electronics, which has previously

Yes Power Technix said on Thursday that it has received 26.8 billion won in funding from SK Holdings, the holding company of SK Group.SK Group will gain a 33.6% take in Yes Power Technix through the deal.Yes Power Technix, an affiliate of YEST, is the only company in South Korea that can design and

The South Korean government and local companies together will spend 300 billion won for ten years to foster talents in system semiconductors, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Thursday.They will also create system semiconductor design majors in local universities.By 2022,

Semiconductor package and test company Winpac begin uMCP packaging for SK Hynix, TheElec has said on Tuesday.uMCP combines mobile DRAM (LPDDR) and NAND Flash (in this case Universal Flash Storage) into one product. It has faster than eMCP and consumes less power. The chip is used in smart devices su

SPIE Advanced Lithography Digital Forum will be held online next month from February 22 to 26.SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will host the event that will showcase extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology that is growing ever more important in semiconductor product

Auros Technology said on Friday that it was expecting new sales from Chinese semiconductor companies starting this year.It is also planning to form a research center at Silicon Valley in the US to recruit talents, the company said.Auros manufacturers semiconductor overlay measurement equipment. It l

South Korean firms Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has ranked second and third place, respectively, in worldwide semiconductor sales in 2020, according market research firm Gartner.Samsung marked US$56.197 billion in semiconductor sales, a rise of 7.7% from 2019. The company had a market share of 1

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has issued a green bond worth US$1 billion to invest in projects for environmental, social and governance (ESG) management.A green bonds are limited to being able to fund environmentally friendly projects. SK Hynix said it was the semiconductor company in the world

China’s locally produced integrated circuits (IC) will represent only 19.4% of its IC market in 2025, according to market research firm IC Insights.This falls short of the country’s Made in China 2025 goal of 70%, the firm said.Last year, China-produced ICs accounted for 15.9% of the country’s IC ma

Oceanbridge said on Thursday that it has hired ex-president of SK Hynix Lee Seok-kyu.Lee joined SK Hynix in 1986 and worked at the semiconductor maker for 30 years. He developed DRAM capacitor technologies and headed the development of NAND process integration at SK Hynix. He was also a professor at

The South Korea government is expecting semiconductor export to surpass US$100 billion in 2021.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Tuesday that export is estimated to increase 10.2% this year to US$109.3 billion from last year’s US$99.2 billion.This will be the second highest ever fig

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it will open a COVID-19 clinic at its Icheon campus starting on January 6.The company signed a MOU with Korea University Medicine to run the clinic. Staff from the university will man the clinic. They will run from 9:30am to 5:30pm on every weekdays.SK Hynix employees

Semiconductor inspection equipment maker Nextin has supplied its new kit to SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.SK Hynix was testing the demo version. If it scores highly in the evaluation, Nextin may supply more of them next year for a boost in sales.The demo version of inspection equipment Aegis 2 was a