SK Hynix said on Monday that it has developed a 176-layer 512Gb triple level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory.More dies can be produced per wafer, the company said, which allowed for an increase in bit productivity of 35%.The chip uses charge trap flash (CTF) and peri under cell (PUC) technologies that

Micron’s DRAM fabrication facility in Taiwan suffered an hour long blackout. The halt in DRAM supply will likely cause the prices to rise.The factory, called MTTW, produces 10-nm class DRAM. It has a production capacity of 125,000 wafers per month.The factory accounts for 30% of Micron’s total produ

Qualcomm on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship chip-set Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform at its annual tech summit.The platform upped 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), camera, gaming and security features. It will roll out in new smartphones launching in the first quarter of 2021.Snapdragon 888

The global semiconductor market will grow 8.4% to be worth US$469.4 billion in 2021, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics.The estimation is higher than WSTS’s early estimate of a growth of 6.2% announced in June.The year 2018 posted record sales of US$468.7 billion. WSTS’s 2020 esti

Samsung Electronics was developing a 0.6 micrometer pixel image sensor.System LSI business EVP Park Yong-in said the company will supply the pixels earlier than competitors.Samsung applied ultra-small DRAM technology to its image sensors that shortened development time, Park said.Last year, the comp

Samsung Electronics will expand the application of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology in DRAM production, the company said at its investor forum held on Monday.It will also apply double-stack technology for its 3D NAND flash to cement its leadership position ahead of rivals, the company said.Samsu

PC DRAM prices in November was level with that of October, according to data from DRAMeXchange, showing that supply and demand have likely balanced out in the month.Fixed price of PC DRAM (DDR4 8Gb) was US$2.85 for the month of November, same as the their price for October.DRAM prices will likely no

South Korea’s Haechi Tech has supplied its electronic compass, or magnetic sensor, to Chinese smartphone giants Oppo and Vivo.The company has previously supplied its hall sensors to the Chinese pair.Haechi’s MXG4300 was installed on Oppo’s F17 smartphone that launched in India in September, a compan

RAM Technology will build a new hydrogen fluoride factory that will begin operations in 2022.Once it is complete, the company’s production capacity for hydrogen fluoride will increase by six times to 13,000 metric tonnes per month, it said.The factory will be built on 23,948 meter-square of land at

SK Hynix’s factory in Chongqing, China has halted operation due to one of its employees being diagnosed with COVID-19.An employee returning from Chongqing to South Korea was found to have contracted the virus after testing on Friday, according to Global Times.The local government at Chongqing ordere

Touch controller chip maker Zinitix has begun development of an artificial intelligence (AI) system-on-a-chip (SoC) focused on voice recognition.The company aims to produce and launch the chip within the next three years.Zinitix will oversee the design of the semiconductor. Powervoice will develop t

Telechips have supplied its system-on-a-chip (SoC) for head-up displays (HUD) on all the new models of Hyundai Motor’s Genesis series.The firm has previous supplied its SoC for budget model cars before but this is its first deal for the premium brand.Telechips said it supplied its HUD chip Dolphin (

Demand for advanced semiconductor package was on the rise concurrently with the demand rise for networks due to increased remote work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, an executive at Amkor Korea said on Wednesday.Speaking at KPCAshow2020, South Korea’s largest printed circuit board tradeshow, Sung

ABOV Semiconductor has supplied its specific absorption rate (SAR) sensor to Samsung Electronics for use in the Galaxy Buds series of wireless earphones, TheElec has learned.It is ABOV’s second supply deal with the South Korean tech giant after smartphones.SAR sensor, or proximity sensor, is used to

South Korean fabless companies have posted mixed results for the third quarter of 2020.Twenty three fabless companies combined posted sales of 724.8 billion won in sales in the third quarter, a rise of 23.3% year-on-year. Silicon Works accounted for half of the sales and its growth impacted the figu

Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) market grew in the third quarter, continuing its growth trajectory of the first half of 2020, data from market research firm TrendForce shows.The top OSAT companies in the world marked US$6.799 billion in sales in the third quarter, an increase of 12

Mediatek will acquire Intel’s power management semiconductor business for US$85 million, the company said on Tuesday.The Taiwanese company’s subsidiary Richtek Technology will buy Intel’s Enpirion.Enpirion supplies power management solution for FPGA, system-on-a-chip (SoC), CPU and ASIC.Mediatek has

South Korean semiconductor and display equipment maker saw their earnings recover in the third quarter.Semiconductor kit maker were helped by investments from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Display equipment companies benefited from Chinese panel makers such as BOE and HKC increasing investments

Worldwide automotive semiconductor sales will contract 9.6% this year to US$38 billion, according to market research firm IHS Markit.However, this is better than IHS Markit’s early estimation that sales will contract by 20% compared to 2019 due to low demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.High dema

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its self-developed PC processor M1.The chip will power its new 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini.Cupertino has powered its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch with its self-developed Arm-based system-on-a-chip (Soc) in the past but this is its first for its notebook se