Equipment maker SFA is looking to acquire Mujin Electronics’ wafer cleaning equipment business, TheElec has learned.SFA is attempting to widen its fab equipment portfolio from the back-end to the front-end.The acquisition will also allow the company to reduce reliance on its display and battery prod

Memory prices increased in July compared to the previous month, according to DRAMeXchange.Fixed PC DRAM (DDR4 8Gb) price was US$4.1 in July, a 7.89% increase from June.Memory prices usually increase the most at the start of the quarter thanks to new contract negotiations.In April, the fixed price of

Enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) contract prices are expected to increase 15% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, according to market research firm TrendForce.Demand for SSDs are expected to increase from global data center companies expanding their servers.SSDs are more and more

LB Semicon said on Friday that it posted 121.6 billion won in sales and 12.6 billion won in operating income during the second quarter this year.It is an increase of 14% and 56.2%, respectively, from a year ago.LB Semicon became Samsung Electronics’ secondary vendor for CMOS image sensor testing las

Video semiconductor IP firm Chips&Media said on Thursday that posted sales of 3.28 billion won and operating income of 292 million won uni the second quarter.It is a drop of 15.57% and 51.39%, respectively, from a year ago.Licensing revenue fell from the previous year but the company has clinched pr

TSMC secured approval from Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration to build a new fab in the country, according to a report by Nikkei on Wednesday.The fab will built at Hsinchu Science Park close to the headquarters of the world’s largest foundry company.TSMC has been working to build an R&

Samsung Electronics recorded 63.67 trillion won in revenue during the second quarter, its highest to date for the quarter.Memory semiconductors led the growth while TV and appliances are posted strong earnings.However, its mobile business recorded lackluster earnings.Samsung said on Thursday that it

Display and semiconductor inspection kit maker Youngwoo DSP said on Wednesday that it has been chosen as the leading company in a national project to develop inspection kit used for chips 10-nanometer (nm) or under.Under the project, headed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Youngwoo DSP

DNF said on Wednesday that it will receive 20.9 billion won in equity investment from Samsung Electronics to expand its production capacity and increase R&D spending.A DNF spokesperson said the company plans to start building a new factory near its headquarters in Daejeon late this year or early nex

Intel said on Monday that it has secured Qualcomm and Amazon Web Services as its customer for foundry services.The world’s largest chip maker by revenue also revealed that it was planning to develop a 1-nanometer (nm) process by 2025.Intel’s plan is aggressive and it is clear that the company intend

In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first vacuum tube. The tube had a filament inside as well as a cathode and anode plates placed on either end of the glass tube. Electrons flowed between the two electrodes. Radios used in the early 1900s used such tubes. Despite being a h

Coasia Nexell said on Monday that it has received 3.9 billion won in investment from South Korean institutional investors.These include Cape Investment & Securities and other funds.A Coasia Nexell spokesperson said the company plans to spend the fund to meet rising demand for SoC design and strength

Sales of semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) and IP hit US$3.157 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 17% from a year ago, according to SEMI.It is the highest growth since 2011.Spending in the sector also increased. In the first quarter, it was shown that 49,024 people were hire

The three top outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) companies are expected to see their system-in-package (SiP) sales increased up to 20% this year, according to Yole Development.These companies are ASE of Taiwan, Amkor Technology of the US and JCET of China.Yole Development projects

Fab equipment maker ASML plans to manufacture 60 units of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems in 2023, the chief of the Netherlands-based firm said.During the conference call for the second quarter, ASML CEO Peter Wennink said the company plans to manufacture around 40 units this year.This will be exp

Samsung Electronics has started the development of a lidar sensor for autonomous driving, TheElec has learned.The company was aiming to commercialize the technology in 2026, people familiar with the matter said.Samsung is aiming to strengthen its automotive business, they said. The company launched

Mecaro has sold its shares in its subsidiary KOFI R&D at a cheaper rate than their face value, TheElec has learned.The move is a big setback for the company as it was in the midst of diversifying its portfolio in light of recent poor earnings.Mecaro had bought a 58.07% stake (a million shares) of KO

Samsung will start applying pellicles in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in advanced chip production starting in 2023, TheElec has learned.Pellicles, which are used to protect masks from dusts, will be used in mass production starting in late 2023, people familiar with Samsung’s internal

Nextchip said on Monday that it has started development of advanced driver assistance system SoC Apache 6.Prototype of the chip will be released in the second half of 2022, the company said.Apache 6 is the successor to Apache 5, which has neural processing unit (NPU) applied.The new chip will have s

Fabless firm Siliconarts said on Monday that it has launched its general-purpose GPU IP called RAIV.General-purpose GPU is used for AI software for deep learning and machine learning.Siliconarts said its RAIV IP can process big data used for deep learning or machine learning fast.It also supports ma