South Korea is expected to spend the most in fab equipment among countries in 2022 with US$30 billion, according to the latest report from SEMI.Taiwan is expected to spend the second most with US$26 billion, followed by China’s US$17 billion.According to SEMI, Japan will be the fourth largest spende

Semiconductor IP market is expected to grow 11% per year on average from 2020 to 2025, analyst firm Counterpoint Research said.The market was worth US$5.2 billion in 2020 but will be worth US$8.6 billion in 2025.Companies like Arm, which is strong in the mobile market, as well as Synopsys and Cadenc

Fab equipment maker Nextin is seeing its supply of its Aegis brand of inspection equipment increase to customers this year, TheElec has learned.The company had signed multiple contracts with customers this year, totaling four and combined being worth 17.4 billion won.In the third quarter alone, it h

The invalidation of patents related to silicon carbide (SiC) ring owned by TCK is expected to open the door for followers to enter the lucrative market for the semiconductor production material.However, legal risks remain for them, while large customers have strict customizing standards for SiC ring

Jusung Engineering said on Wednesday that it has signed a deal worth 47 billion won to supply solar cell production equipment to Europe’s Encore Group.The deal is worth 39.73% of its sales last year.The contract will go into effect on September 6 and last until August 5.

Global fab equipment sales hit its record quarterly high during the second quarter, according to data from SEMI.Sales in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan increased solidly during the quarter.Sales reached US$24.9 billion during the quarter, an increase of 48% from a year ago.Sales increased 5% f

LX Semicon said on Wednesday that it will co-develop a solution that uses 3D time of light sensing technology with Microsoft.ToF shoots light to the object and measures the distance between them by measuring how long it takes for the light to reflect back.3D ToF is used in virtual and augmented real

South Korean fabless companies are facing difficulty hiring design engineers.Most engineers with a Master’s degree or higher are going to large conglomerates, TheElec has learned.Those with over 10 years of experience are mostly absorbed by Samsung Electronics, people familiar with the matter said.S

Jusung Engineering will supply production equipment for solar cells to a Russian company, TheElec has learned.The deal is worth between 40 billion won to 50 billion won. This means it is worth between 32% to 42% of Jusung’s revenue of 118.5 billion won it recorded for the entire year of 2020.It will

Abov Semiconductor has signed a deal to supply microcontroller unit (MCU) for smoke detection with a subsidiary of US firm Carrier.The company will also sign a contract with Beijing Cycle Columbus Environmental Science and Technology to supply the MCUs within the month, people familiar with the matt

Global sales from semiconductors reached its monthly record in July, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US.Sales reached US$45.4 billion during the month, the organization said.It is an increase of 29% year-on-year and an increase of 2.1% from the previous month.Global

TSK has lost in its patent lawsuit that saw its patents related to silicon carbide (SiC) ring production invalidated by a South Korean court.DS Techno had earlier filed filed the lawsuit against the company asking the patent court to invalidate the patents.The latest court decision was made in the a

Fab equipment maker Neosem was close to finishing the development of testers for Gen 5 solid-state drives (SSD), the company said.The company will likely begin supplying the kits to customers during the second quarter of next year.The tester is used at the back-end of PCIe 5.0 SSD production. Gen 5

The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the US has opened an investigation into Samsung, LG, Dell, Lenovo and other electronics maker.The ITC said on Monday that it is looking into whether their products from notebooks, desktops, servers, handsets to tablets have violated patents related to semi

DDR5 memory prices are expected to over 30% higher than DDR4, according to TrendForce’s forecast.DDR5 memory is expected to be supplied beginning next year and expand rapidly by 2023.However, TrendForce said PC OEM ares expected not to adopt DDR5 fully next year.Intel is planning to launch its CPU A

SK Hynix was supplying its CMOS image sensor (CIS) for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3, TheElec has learned.The sensor’s model name is HI-1337. SK Hynix began the production of the sensors on its 300mm wafer line last year.It has 1 micrometer pixels, 13MP resolution and supports 2x zoom.SK Hynix has brand

Sumitomo Chemical is planning to build a ArF photoresist factory in South Korea.Its subsidiary Dongwoo Fine-Chem will build the factory at its Iksan plant.The new factory will start operations in 2024.The material is used in advanced semiconductor production.Japan’s Nikkei said the chemical firm is

DRAM and NAND flash contract prices have remained flat in August compared to the previous month, according to analyst firm TrendForce.PC DRAM (DDR4 8Gb) contract price for August was US$4.1, same as the previous month.Its price had increased 7.89% back in July compared to the previous month. Prices

The US Treasury Department said on Monday that the acquisition of Magnachip by a Chinese private equity firm posed "risks to national security", according to a report by Reuters.Wise Road Capital in March agreed to acquire the system chip maker based in South Korea for US$1.4 billion.The deal has be

Samsung and Key Foundry is planning to increase the prices of their foundry services during the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The pair has notified their customers recently that they are planning to increase wafer prices by between 15% to 20%, people familiar with the matter said.Some