Power module firm Vicor Korea will focus its sales on the local automobile industry this year, country manager Kichun Jung said, with a special focus on electric cars.The Korean unit of Vicor recently formed an automotive division. It also hired YS Jun, a veteran in the automotive chip industry with

Power gallium nitride (GaN) chip market is expected to grow at a high rate in the next five years from consumer charging devices, according to market research firm Yole Development.The power GaN market was worth US$46 million in 2020, but this will grow 70% on average per year until 2026, when the m

Samsung said on Thursday that it has developed a new chip packaging technology.Called Interposer-Cube4, or I-Cube4, it places four high bandwidth memory dies and one logic dies in one packageIt is the latest version in Samsung’s I-Cube technology, which horizontally places logic dies such as CPU and

South Korean fabless firm Telechips have recently finished development of its vehicle microcontroller unit (MCU), TheElec has learned.The firm is currently promoting an engineering sample version to customers, people familiar with the matter said.It is Telechips’ first MCU. The company previously fo

Chip and display equipment maker STI said on Thursday that it will be supplying its central chemical supply system (CCSS) to chip giant Micron.The deal is worth S$47.9 million, or around 40 billion won. The CCSS will be used in Micron’s PH2 of Singapore Fab 1.A STI spokesperson said the worldwide ch

Samsung Electronics is planning to start operation of its P3 semiconductor production line at its Pyeongtaek plant three months earlier than planned due to the global chip shortage, according the president of EcoPro HN, a supplier to the South Korean tech giant.Samsung had requested that EcoPro HN s

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$123.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US.This was an increase of 17.8% from the first quarter of 2020 and an increase of 3.6% over the previous quarter, SIA said.The figure also beats SIA’

LB Semicon is expected to test image sensors and application processor of customer Samsung Electronics in scale starting in May, TheElec has learned.The chip back-end processing firm begin testing the initial stock of chips in March.New testing facility made to handle Samsung’s order will operate at

South Korea fabless chip firm Zinitix said on Monday that it has supplied its wearable touch IC to FitBit.The chips are being used in the latest tracker model launched by FitBit, the Korean firm said.Touch controller IC accounts for around 90% of Zinitix’s sales. Samsung is its customer, which uses

Fixed price of DRAM surged in April from a month ago, according to DRAMeXchange.The price of PC DRAM (DDR4 8Gb) at the end of the April was US$3.8, an increase of 26.67% from the previous month.It is the highest rate of increase since the January of 2017, when the price of DRAM increased by 35.8% fr

Wireless chip supplier RFHIC has chosen as a vendor for a national project to develop gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor, the company said on Monday.The project is overseen by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Ministry of National Defense.It aims to develop an X-band GaN semiconductor

NXP Semiconductors said on Thursday that it has launched its new quad flat non-leaded package (QFN) RF front end solution for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E.The solution, called WLAN7205C, will be used in the recently launched OnePlus 9 smartphone.The new solution not only supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard but a

Fab equipment firm Jusung Engineering will spend 36.3 billion won to build a new production facility in Gwangju, where the company is based, it said on Thursday.The company will build a new four story facility with the fund. It will demolish its hold building to build the new enlarged facility. The

Fab equipment maker Tokyo Electron is expected to record its highest earnings this fiscal year, according to a report by Japanese media NikkeiCiting estimates from analysts, Nikkei said the company is expected to record 1.6 trillion yen in sales for its fiscal year running from March, 2021 to March,

Korea Enterprises Federation (FEK) said on Tuesday that it has sent a signed petition of local business leaders to the Blue House, South Korea's Presidential residence, requesting a pardon for Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong.The federation said the petition was signed by its chairman Sohn Kyung-s

Yongin City said on Monday that it has secured fab equipment companies DSE Tech, NexStar and Justem as investors for its planned semiconductor cluster.The three companies will spend 41.5 billion won in the city to build their equipment factory and related facilities.DSE Tech is a tier-1 supplier to

Yes Power Technix said on Monday that it will supply 50 billion won worth of silicon carbide (SiC) power management semiconductors to a Taiwan-based company.The South Korean component maker will supply around 80 million units of the chips by December 2025 to the customer. Yes Power Technix didn’t na

Silicon Labs said on Thursday that it will sell its Infrastructure & Automotive business to Skyworks Solutions for US$2.75 billion in an all-cash deal.The transaction includes power, timing and broadcast products, intellectual property and 350 associated employees.Silicon Labs expects to receive aro

Membrane system firm SepraTek has chosen to head a South Korean national project to develop dissolved oxygen (DO) membrane degasifier (MDG), the company announced.A SepraTek spokesperson said the company has its own membrane contactor technology that is more efficient had removing dissolved gas comp

Swagelok Korea is expecting increased sales from its fluid systems used in semiconductor production this year.The US-based company manufactures gas and fluid systems components, such as fittings, valves and hoses. Its Korean subsidiary provides its services to Samsung, SK Hynix and local fab equipme