Nvidia has unveiled its next-generation AI platform dubbed Rubin, a successor to Blackwell that will launch in 2026.The company will also launch a new CPU platform dubbed Vera the same year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a keynote address at National Taiwan University.Huang didn’t share the specs

Hanwha Precision Machinery has won a deal with SK Hynix to supply thermal compression (TC) bonders used in the production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), TheElec has learned.With ASMPT (which Dutch equipment maker ASM is the largest shareholder with a 25% share) also agreeing to develop TC bonder un

Microchip Technology is aiming to supply radiation-resistant semiconductors to South Korea’s burgeoning space industry.The company touted its radiation-resistant FPGA and microcontroller (MCU) units during the Advanced Semiconductor Safety Innovation Conference (ASSIC) 2024 conference, hosted by The

SensoHub has been developing a time delayed integration (TDI) sensor since 2018 and was working on applying them on satellites, the company CEO said on Friday.TDI is an image sensor that increases light absorption in timed intervals. It is a charged couple device (CCD) which lost out against CMOS in

PSK Holdings had supplied reflow equipment to Micron back in March, TheElec has learned.The equipment is used in the production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), which are used with AI processors.The equipment were supplied to Taiwan and Micron is expected to order more if the initial units are receiv

SK Hynix is planning to use Inpria’s metal oxide resist (MOR) in the production of 10-nanometer (nm) Gen 6 (1c) DRAM, TheElec has learned.The resist is expected to be used by the chipmaker to draw the finest lines on the 1c DRAM. Sources said SK Hynix’s 1c DRAM has five extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lay

GPU giant Nvidia saw a 262% jump in revenue in its latest fiscal quarter.The company said on Wednesday that it recorded US$26 billion in revenue from February to April, its 2025 fiscal first quarter, a jump of 262% from a year earlier.Operating profit surged 690% over the same time period to US$16.9

South Korea will provide expanded financial support to local chip companies to bolster the domestic semiconductor value chain.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said during a meeting held at the Yongsan Presidential Office on Thursday that the government has come up with a program to foster the lo

Nextchip is expected to begin production of its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) chip Apache6 within the year, company CEO Kyoungsoo Kim told TheElec in an interview.The chip will be made using Samsung Foundry’s 14-nanometer node for a single-run production at the start, Kim said.This means

Samsung’s semiconductor business unit had a difficult time for the past year.The unit, called the Device Solutions (DS) division, recorded 15 trillion won in operating loss last year, its worst performance ever.This contrasted with its performance in the prior years, where it would earn 30 trillion

Samsung will exclusively use Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors for its upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The tech giant has only used Qualcomm’s application processor on its foldable phones up to now and this will be the case again for the new phones as we

TSMC’s design house partner Asicland has won AI chip firm D.notitia as a customer.More and more South Korean AI chip firms are seeking to use the Taiwanese contract chip maker to manufacture their chips, which is expected to boost Asicland’s earnings in the coming years.The design house firm said la

Samsung is developing a 16-stack 3D DRAM, a senior company executive said.Siwoo Lee, executive vice president of DRAM pathfinding at Samsung, told reporters during the International Memory Week event lat week that some companies, including Samsung, are preparing samples for a 16-stack 3D DRAM. Micro

SK Hynix saw another jump in customer deposits in the first quarter of 2024, the company’s regulatory filings showed.The company said it received 56.1 billion won in advanced payment and 2.7459 trillion won in customer liabilities, or customer deposits where an entity receives advanced payment for o

South Korea is planning to open an AI semiconductor innovation center in Silicon Valley.The Korean Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) said on Wednesday it would take applications up to the 30th of this month for those who wish to reside at the planned center. A committee will review the appli

German laser firm LPKF Laser & Electronics will supply this year its laser equipment for use in the through glass via (TGV) process of glass chip board production.LPKF CEO Klaus Fiedler told TheElec in an interview that the company signed a deal to ship its kits to a customer working on manufacturin

Bearing maker WONST is targeting an annual revenue of 100 billion won this year, CEO Lee Taek-won told TheElec.The company is aiming to list on the Korean bourse next year on the back of hitting the revenue target, Lee said.WONST had originally aimed to go public this year, deciding on Shinhan Secur

SK Hynix is planning to start mass production of HBM4E in 2026, a company research said.The South Korean memory maker originally planned to start mass production of the Gen 7 high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in 2027.But SK Hynix team leader and researcher Kwi Wook Kim said during International Memory Wee

CGP Materials is aiming to reach 150 billion won in annual revenue by 2027 through the expansion of its semiconductor patterning material business.The electronic material firm said on Thursday that it has started construction of a new factory in Sejong City.CGP Materials CEO Park Chun-geun said duri

The US chip production capacity is expected to triple from 2022 to 2032 from the enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act, but extending current support and considering additional measures was needed to “stay the course”, according to a joint report by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and