The average sales price of power management IC (PMIC) is expected to increase 10% up to the first half of 2022, market research firm TrendForce said.PMICs are used to supply power to electronic devices.Like other chips, there is currently a shortage of them due to the COVID-19 pandemic that caused a

Samsung believes the chip shortage will continue to affect its smartphone operation up to the second half of 2022.The issue was discussed by TM Roh, the president of Samsung Mobile, during a meeting on November 10 with senior executives and executives from over 30 of its major smartphone component s

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said on Thursday that the global chip shortage was easing and the situation is expected to improve next year.Supply has improved this year over 2020 and the situation is expected to improve even more in 2022, especially compared to 2020, Amon told reports from South Korea

Fabless company Nextchip has completed the development of the final prototype of its AI-based advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) semiconductor Apache 5 last week, TheElec has learned.Apache 5 is an SoC that combines the CPU, image signal processor and ADAS algorithm.It also has a neural proces

Qualcomm confirmed on Wednesday that it was solely using Samsung Foundry to manufacture its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor.Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon confirmed that it was using the South Korean tech giant’s 4-nanometer (nm) process node to manufacture its latest chip when asked during a Q and A

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its new premium application processor dubbed Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.The new chip marks a name change as the US chip giant previously called its premium APs Snapdragon 8xx.Qualcomm was already supplying the new processor to major smartphones makers that will likely unveil new

Samsung Electronics will build a new chip plant at Taylor, Texas with an investment of US$17 billion, the company said on Wednesday.The new semiconductor line will start operations in 2024, Samsung said."Samsung's new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor will bring countless opportunities

Fab equipment maker STI is planning to set up a new subsidiary in the US, TheElec has learned.It will be its fourth subsidiary overseas __ it has ones in China, Taiwan and Singapore.STI supplies central chemical supply systems (CCSS) used in wafer fabrication and display panel production. CCSS, as o

Yes Power Technix said on Monday that it will be building new infrastructure at the city of Busan to mass-produce 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) power management ICs.It was chosen by Busan Techno Park as the company to move into its Power Semiconductor Commercialization Center.The center was set up by

Optical inspection kit maker Nextin was in talks with up to five Chinese semiconductor companies to supply its equipment, TheElec has learned.Earlier this year, won a deal from Chinese foundry SMIC to supply its Aegis 2 kit, a deal worth around 6 billion won.Nextin will supply the kits through Beiji

South Korean chip design house SemiFive is planning to acquire a fellow partner of Samsung Foundry Hanatec, TheElec has learned.If the deal succeeds, Hanatec will become the third design house company within three years that SemiFive has acquired.SemiFive will acquire enough shares for managerial ri

The US and China's trade row is continuing. Five years have passed since the inauguration of the Trump Administration that started the row but the two superpowers' economic competition isn't relenting even in the Biden era.The US-China trade row will undoubtedly affect South Korea's semiconductor bu

South Korean chip design company Coasia, a partner to Samsung Foundry, has supplied a sample of SoC to a cigarette company that plans to apply it to its e-cigarette, the company said on Tuesday.Once the sample is approved by the customer, the SoC will go into mass production, a senior executive of t

SK Hynix said on Friday that it will be acquiring foundry company Key Foundry for 575.8 billion won.The purchase will double its 8-inch foundry production capacity, the South Korean memory maker said.It will acquire 100% of the shares of Key Foundry from their parent company Magnus Semiconductor thr

The combined revenue of the world’s top ten foundry companies is expected to exceed US$100 billion this year, according to analyst firm TrendForce.In 2022, their combined revenue will grow by 13.3% to reach US$117.69 billion, the firm said.The foundry industry is seeing high growth thanks to the inc

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it has recorded 73.98 trillion won in revenue and 15.82 trillion won in operating profit during the third quarter this year.Its operating margin rate was 21.4% during the quarter.Revenue was its best for a quarter ever while operating profit was its second-h

China’s Wise Road Capital will have to pay Magnachip a penalty fee if it fails to follow its plan to buy the chip company, TheElec has learned.The Chinese firm had agreed to pay around 80 billion won in penalty to the South Korean chipmaker in their acquisition contract if its plan to buy them doesn

Samsung is planning to produce 2-nanometer (nm) chips based on gate all around (GAA) in 2025.It is also planning to start manufacturing GAA 3nm chips in June next year, the company said on Wednesday.At Samsung Foundry Forum held online, the South Korean tech giant also shared that it has developed a

RFsemi said on Wednesday that it has begun production and supply of silicon carbide (SiC) power management IC to a South Korean customer.It has been collaborating with the customer since last year to manufacture chips using 6-inch wafers.RFsemi will be supplying JBS diode, which makes the current fl

Global chip foundry companies are enforcing stricter evaluation standards for requests from fabless companies for testing and production.The stricter evaluation process was being enforced from the foundry companies are seeing unprecedented high demand due to the global chip shortage, people familiar