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

Fab equipment maker APTC has reduced its product lineup from six last year to three this year.The company is removing older equipment and kits that have low demand.APTC will no longer sell some of its plasma etching equipment and doping kits.The firm focuses on 300mm wafer plasma etching equipment.

ISC has launched a new silicon rubber socket that can be used to test large surfaced semiconductor packages.iSC-XF can be used to test both CPU and GPU. The company said it was the only firm to launch a testing socket that uses silicon rubber.The South Korean firm is hoping it can replace the widely

Techwing has begun the operation of its new lines at its factory at Asan during the second quarter, TheElec has learned.The fab equipment maker spent 18 billion won for the expansion.The additional lines will manufacture the company’s new equipment, including burn-in testers, which are used to stres

DB HiTek will begin supplying its self-developed OLED display driver IC (DDI) to Samsung Display, TheElec has leanred.The 130nm DDI for OLED mobile displays was developed by the South Korean foundry.DB HiTek has been supplying the display chips it has developed on its own since 2008.It is aiming to

Chip testing firm APACT said on Thursday that it will spend 5 billion won to develop automotive chip testers.The company is expected to purchase equipment from Japan’s Adavantest.The equipment will be placed at its second factory at Eumseong.APACT that it plans to expand into non-memory equipment wi

US fab equipment makers exported US$3.86 billion worth of their kits in July, according to SEMI.This is 4.5% higher than June __ while it is an increase of 49.8% year-on-year.Fab equipment export from the US at a rise in recent months.In January, export exceeded US$3 billion for the first time in Ja

Samsung had sent a new confidentiality agreement to its semiconductor and component partners in July, TheElec has learned.The agreement asks for stricter security measures for sensitive technologies and includes a financial penalty for breaching the contract, sources say.The contract was written by

Samsung Electronics will begin mass production of an 8-layer DDR5 memory late next year, the company said at chip industry conference Hot chips 33 on Monday.It will use its through silicon via (TSV) technology for the 512GB DDR5 memory module.The company had used 4-layer TSV technology for DDR4, mak

Samsung said on Tuesday that it will spend 240 trillion won in the next three years in strategic businesses, which includes computing chips, biopharmaceuticals and next-generation telecommunications.The move will create 40,000 new jobs and 180 trillion won out of the total sum will be spent in South

Samsung on Tuesday introduced its latest progresses in processing-in-memory technology at chip conference Hot Chips 33.The company said it successfully integrated a PIM-enabled high bandwidth memory, also known as HBM-PIM, into a commercialized accelerator system.It also applied PIM to DRAM modules