The prices of epitaxial wafers that are used in logic chip production are expected to continue their current increase due to high demand.There are polished wafers and epitaxial wafers. Polished wafers are made out of polycrystalline silicon and are used mostly in memory chip production.Epitaxial waf

China’s Wise Road Capital will have to pay Magnachip a penalty fee if it fails to follow its plan to buy the chip company, TheElec has learned.The Chinese firm had agreed to pay around 80 billion won in penalty to the South Korean chipmaker in their acquisition contract if its plan to buy them doesn

Mi Equipment Korea said on Friday that it will be supplying its latest z-force laser assisted bonder (ZLAB) __ the Ai Series __ to a global chip assembly and testing company.A die cut out from the wafer is placed on a board with the copper pillar bump facing it. Then, infrared reflow equipment is us

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has developed HBM3 DRAM.HBM, or high bandwidth memory, connects multiple DRAM chips vertically to offer higher data processing compared to conventional DRAM chips.It is used in data centers and supercomputers.HBM3 is the fourth generation of the technology, after H

The mobile inertial measurement unit (IMU) market is expected to be worth US$838 million in 2026, according to Yole Development.IMU uses the accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer within the device to report the angular rate and direction of a moving object,It is used in smartphones and tablets to

Solidvue will lead a government-backed project worth 3.3 billion won to develop a CMOS lidar sensor and AI SoC for application to a fixed lidar.The company was founded in 2020 is comprised of professors from Sungkyungkwan University and UNIST that focuses on lidar sensors.Solidvue will collaborate w

Motion control firm Movensys has acquired Photomechanics which has technology related to anti-vibration control technology.Movensys offers a pure software motion control solution to control equipment in factories. It changed its name from Soft Motions & Robotics early this year.Its main product is W

Semiconductor startup Qualitas Semiconductor is eyeing the advanced semiconductor market such as those used for data center with its high-speed interconnect IPs, CEO Duho Kim told TheElec in an interview.Kim said the interconnect IP business requires knowledge of circuit design for both analog and d

Oceanbridge said on Monday that it will be supplying 30.2 billion worth of central chemical supply systems to SK Hynix and SK Ecoplant for use in wafer fabrication.The deal is equivalent to 33% of its annual sales of 91.6 billion won last year.It is also worth 76.2% of its total fab equipment orders

Synopsys Korea said on Thursday that it plans to form a semiconductor IP development research center in South Korea to hire more local talents and strengthen customer support.Synopsys offers TCAD/OPC solutionㄴ used to develop semiconductor processes and devices. It also offers design and verificatio

Fab equipment maker APACT said on Thursday that it will be supplying testers to two fabless companies.The equipment it supplies will be for testing non-memory, automotive semiconductors.APACT had focused on memory chip testing so far but the latest orders mean it will be able to expand its sales fro

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has begun production 14-nanometer (nm) DRAM, which it is applying extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography during their production.EUV lithography is being widely adopted by semiconductor companies as it can draw finer circuit designs on the wafer compared to

PC shipment during the third quarter this year increased by 3.9% year-on-year to 86.7 million units, according to analyst firm IDC.It is the sixth consecutive quarter of increase in shipment and an increase of 3.7% from the second quarter, the firm said.Lenovo topped the list with 22.8% market share

Samsung is planning to produce 2-nanometer (nm) chips based on gate all around (GAA) in 2025.It is also planning to start manufacturing GAA 3nm chips in June next year, the company said on Wednesday.At Samsung Foundry Forum held online, the South Korean tech giant also shared that it has developed a

Samsung on Thursday introduced its open-source software solution that will help developers develop Compute Express Link (CXL) memory.The interface was proposed by companies to design more efficient data centers.Samsung unveiled its first CXL DRAM in May.The recent solution, a scalable memory develop

KLA said on Thursday that it has named Rollin Kocher as its new country manager for South Korea.Kocher will replace KLA-Tencor Korea president Bruce Chung to head the South Korean operation of the firm.Kocher will focus on expanding the company’s South Korean business and sales and support of its la

South Korean blank mask maker S&S Tech has succeeded in developing a pellicle used in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process during wafer fabrication with 90% light transmittance, TheElec has learned.The company is the first in South Korea to develop a full-sized EUV pellicle.ASML, the sole manufactu

RFsemi said on Wednesday that it has begun production and supply of silicon carbide (SiC) power management IC to a South Korean customer.It has been collaborating with the customer since last year to manufacture chips using 6-inch wafers.RFsemi will be supplying JBS diode, which makes the current fl

Global chip foundry companies are enforcing stricter evaluation standards for requests from fabless companies for testing and production.The stricter evaluation process was being enforced from the foundry companies are seeing unprecedented high demand due to the global chip shortage, people familiar

The CEO of South Korean fab equipment maker Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is visiting the US to secure talented engineers, TheElec has learned.Semes CEO Kang Chang-jin is seeking to hire senior engineers that are experts in semiconductor etching equipment, sources said.Semes is South K