Samsung lost its patent lawsuit against memory module firm Netlist in the US.Netlist said on Thursday that the United States District Court for the Central District of California entered a judgment in favor of the firm against Samsung for material breaches of obligations under their joint developmen

Samsung is planning to wrap up quality evaluation for its 3-nanometer (nm) gate-all-around (GAA) process within the first half of 2022.However, despite these efforts by the Korean tech giant to move on to this next advanced semiconductor process node, the company was falling behind in building an in

Electronic material supplier LTC will acquire Mujin Electronics’ fab equipment business unit, TheElec has learned.A person familiar with the matter said the deal won’t be worth over 100 billion won.LTC will form a co-fund with an outside investor to pay the acquisition fee, they said.The company bea

Communication chip firm RFHIC is expected to win around 80 billion won in government subsidies for the development of chips related to satellite communication, TheElec has learned.The company is planning to expand its development gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave IC (MMIC) to include module

AMD said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Xilinx, in a record chip industry deal worth around US$50 billion.AMD had announced the purchase back in 2020 and had been seeking approval from regulators since then.The company said it plans to lead the computing, graphic and adaptive SoC

Samsung was researching and developing a new material to use to make focus rings, TheElec has learned.Focus rings are commodities used in the etching process of wafer fabrication. It fixes the wafer in place to maintain the plasma density and prevents the sides of the wafer from contamination.In the

SK Hynix has significantly downsized its team that develops memory products for automobiles, TheElec has learned.According to sources, Daeyong Shim, vice president head of SK Hynix’s Automotive Business, was transferred to the Semiconductor Academy, a team dedicated to educating the company’s suppli

Hyundai Motor was considering procuring home appliance IC controllers as the prolonged global chip shortage continues to affect automobile production, TheElec has learned.The South Korean automobile giant was conducting tests to see whether these controllers can replace the ones it currently uses an

Lam Research on Thursday announced new etching solutions that can be used for gate-all-around (GAA) transistor structures in wafers.The solutions were already in use by Samsung for its 3-nanometer (nm) GAA process, the company said.They were being manufactured by Lam Research Manufacturing Korea, th

LG Group had refused to hand over its chip development team to LX Group, which had split off from the former last year, TheElec has learned.LX Semicon, formerly called Silicon Works, had made a request during the second half of 2021 to LG Electronics to transfer its personnel and asset under the Sys

South Korean fab equipment maker Auros Technology has won an order from a Chinese memory chip maker to supply overlay measurement equipment, TheElec has learned.Auros Technology passed the Chinese company’s demo test late last year, sources said.The South Korean company has begun supplying the kits

SK Hynix has recorded its highest annual revenue to date in 2021.The South Korean memory chip maker said it recorded 43 trillion won in revenue and 12.4 trillion won in operating income during the entire year.The revenue figure is its highest to date, beating its previous 2018 record of 40.4 trillio

DS Hi-Metal is planning to start operations of its tin factory in Myanmar this year, TheElec has learned.It will use the tin produced from the factory to manufacture its own solder balls starting in 2023, sources said.DS Hi-Metal manufactures mostly solder balls that are used in semiconductor packag

Samsung has posted solid earnings for the fourth quarter last year thanks to expanded sales of finished products and advanced processing nodes in semiconductors.The company said on Thursday that it has recorded 76.57 trillion won in revenue and 13.87 trillion won in operating profit in the fourth qu

Samsung Electronics is reevaluating its plan to invest in fan-out wafer-level package (FoWLP), TheElec has learned.The company originally planned to spend around 200 billion won to manufacture the package at its Cheonan plant to apply them in Exynos application processors.According to sources, in a

NAND flash prices during the first quarter this year are expected to decline by 8% to 13% compared to the previous quarter, analyst firm TrendForce said.The firm adjusted the price drops from its previous forecast of 10% to 15%.TrendForce said this was from increased orders for PCIe 3.0 products and

Dongwoon Anatech was supplying its closed-loop autofocus driver IC to Xiaomi for the latter’s augmented reality (AR) glasses, TheElec has learned.The chip is used to control where the lens is during camera focusing.An open-loop driver sends electricity to the voice coil motor. It is cheaper to make

Fab and display equipment maker Wonik IPS has hired an ex-Samsung chip expert in its recent reorganization, TheElec has learned.The company named Ahn Tae-hyuk as head and president of its semiconductor research lab.Ahn was last the executive vice president at Samsung SDI, where he oversaw their smal

Samsung on Tuesday introduced its new mobile application processor Exynos 2200.The processor is made using its 4nm EUV process and packs new GPU and CPU, the company said.Samsung originally planned to unveil Exynos 2200 on January 11, but the event was canceled.Exynos 2200 packs a new GPU called Xcl

GCT Semiconductor, the fabless chip designing subsidiary of Anapass, is planning to launch a new 5G chipset it co-developed with Verizon this year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean company had been co-developing the chipset with the US telco since 2019.The chipset follows 3GPP 5G New Radio Relea