Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of application processors (AP) for smartphones, has once again turned to Samsung to produce its next generation chips, industry sources said on June 7.Samsung Foundry will begin mass producing the chips – dubbed the Snapdragon 865 – by the end of the year at its E

Recent US sanctions against China’s Huawei Technologies as a part of the ongoing economic war between the two countries are having a toll on the semiconductor market, according to industry sources.As of end-May, contract prices for DDR4 8 Gb 2133MHz D-RAM as of May-end stood at $3.75, which was 6.25

The global semiconductor market surrendered huge losses during the January to March period of this year, causing the top 10 chip makers to suffer steep declines in sales.According to market research firm IHS Markit on May 29, worldwide semiconductor revenues during the first quarter fell 12.9 percen

Samsung Electronics has formalized acquiring Corephotonics, an Israeli multi-camera solution company.According to the quarterly report released on the 15th, Corephotonics was incorporated into Samsung Electronics as a subsidiary. In January, a local media source in Israel reported that Samsung Elect

At the 'Samsung Electronics Image Sensor Presentation' held at the Samsung Electronics Press Room on the morning of the 9th, Park Yong-in, the sensor business team leader (Vice President) of Device Solution (DS) of Samsung Electronics said, "(Samsung Electronics) has set its sights on achieving the

President Moon Jae-In said, “Let’s maintain our position as number one in the world’s memory market and become the world’s major leader in the comprehensive semiconductor market by achieving the number one position in foundries by 2030 and the 10% fabless share," at the "System Semiconductor Vision

DRAM contract prices fell by over double digits in April. The price has fallen more than 55% this year. Inventories in the memory industry remain high, which is why it is unlikely that the price will rebound in 2Q. Some expect, however, that the market will recover in the second half of the year as

Silicon Works, LG Group’s fabless semiconductor affiliate, plans to mass-produce chips at Samsung's foundry. Experts evaluate that this move is meaningful because it is the first win-win cooperative effort in the field of semiconductors between Samsung and Silicon Works since Silicon Works became an

Samsung Electronics and Harman are entering the audio semiconductor market. Samsung Electronics' strategy is to collaborate with Harman, which has influence in the electric parts and audio equipment market, to vertically integrate and create audio semiconductors as a new revenue source.According to

Magnachip Semiconductor has officially requested SK Hynix to "acquire the company."Magnachip is a semiconductor company that branched off from Hynix Semiconductor in 2004. Magnachip was formerly the part of LG Semiconductors that was absorbed into Hyundai Electronics (formerly Hynix Semiconductor) a

INTEKPLUS, a specialist in visual inspection equipment, will supply package inspection equipment to the world-class semiconductor company. The order receipts in the past 6 months alone amounted to 10 billion won. The sole supplier status is expected to continue for 10 years.On the 4th, Sangyoon Lee,

In the first quarter, sales of most foundry companies showed a downward trend. Businesses whose main market is the 300mm foundry business particularly showed weakness.According to the Topology Research Institute (TRI) in Taiwan, foundry industry sales in the first quarter were 16.5 trillion won ($ 1

According to data from the US market research firm IC Insights, China Hisilicon and Uni-SoC were ranked among the top 10 global fabs based on 2017 sales. Hisilicon positioned itself at 7th on the list, and Uni-SoC (formerly Spreadtrum RDA) came out as 10th. Hisilicon is a subsidiary of Huawei, and U

Hearing the news of passing the deliberation on the specifically requested site for the industrial complex for the construction of the Yongin semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi-do, SK Hynix responded with a "win-win fund".SK Hynix announced on the 28th that it has confirmed plans to strengthen its wi

SK Hynix and others have passed the Government's deliberations on the special land area of ​​the industrial complex site applied to establish a large-scale semiconductor cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. SK Hynix has welcomed the news.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Industry) s

Kim Hyung-Hwan, Director of SK Hynix's Process Base Technology, said, “We’re striving to improve productivity by applying machine learning techniques to our process lines. This is the task we’ve been focusing on recently” at the Semiconductor and Display Technology Roadmap Seminar held at El Tower i

Lee Keun-Taek, Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Research Center Equipment Technology Development Master, spoke about the "Next-generation semiconductor equipment prospect" at the seminar on semiconductor and display technology held at the El Tower, Yangjae-dong, Seoul on the 6th.Master Lee is an eq

Kang Kyung-Sung, Director of Material Component Industry Division of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Industry), said, “A preliminary feasibility study on semiconductors (and its results) valued at 1.5 trillion won will be confirmed (announced) around next month” at the Semiconduc

Lee Seok-Hee, CEO of SK Hynix, said, "We will strengthen our original competitive edge in the semiconductor business."CEO Lee said at the 71st General Shareholders' Meeting held at the headquarters of Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province on the 22nd, "The unprecedented boom of the last two years in the

Samsung Electronics has developed the third 10-nanometer (1z) DRAM. It has completed the development one year faster than its competitors, succeeding again to be the world's first. Minimizing the process in one step increases the number of chips that can be pulled from a single wafer. It means that