The supply shortage for Silicon wafer, a raw material for semiconductors, has been eased. This is thanks to the active expansion of the industry since 2017.The Japan Sankyo Times reported on the 18th that the wafer market was once thought to be in short supply due to the International Semiconductor

There is a company that started as a small-sized metal processing company in 1988 and advanced into high-tech industries such as semiconductors and displays. The company is BMT headquartered in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. In 1999, BMT succeeded in the localization of fitting valves for semiconduct

Inside high-tech industrial plants such as those dedicated to semiconductors and displays, plumbing are intertwined like a spider web to supply various materials. As the process becomes more complicated, the type, length, and design of the piping become more diversified. The need for processing has

Dreamtech, an electronic component maker looking to enter the KOSPI market next year, will supply fingerprint recognition modules to Hyundai Motors. The South Korea's top automaker will utilize this module to form a smart fingerprint authentication access and start-up system. This is the first time

It was reported on the 13th that Jin-young Park, executive director of the Samsung Electronics Device Solution (DS) purchasing team, said, "Do not expect much from next year (semiconductor investment)" at the meeting of the semiconductor equipment division of the Samsung Partner Company Association

UniTest, a semiconductor testing equipment company, has received orders from a US company for its first NAND flash memory test equipment. It is among the world's top five NAND producers.An official of the company said, "We plan to increase the sales volume starting from this initial volume."UniTest

Samsung Electronics is reinforcing its semiconductor package business. The Test Package (TP) Center organization has been promoted to the General Test and System Package (TSP) business. It also plans to establish a management support department in the device solution (DS) division, which will be in

Equipment market sales are expected to reach a record high of US $ 62.1bn this year, thanks to the robust semiconductor market conditions of the past several years. However, due to delayed investment by the semiconductor industry, a decline is expected within the next year. It is reverse growth in f

The Kunming Metal Research Institute in Yunnan, China, has developed a precious metal sputtering target and delivered it to prominent semiconductor companies in the United States, the Yunnan Provincial Government said recently. "The production of precious metal sputtering targets has been a technolo

Fluorine-based gas used for semiconductor manufacturing is under a supply shortage. Prices continue to rise.Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported recently that prices for fluorine gas will rise further, saying that the market will be unable to keep up with demand due to the memory semiconductor boom

The groundbreaking ceremony for China’s first ‘200mm wafer semiconductor equipment verification line’ was held in Changsha High-tech Zone, Changsha, Hunan Province, on November 28th. The project was undertaken by the research institute affiliated with the China Electronics Technology Association (CE

“We’re focusing the company’s capability on the smart industry that combines logistics, energy, and healthcare. In the national market, as soon as from 2021, there will be results based on the collaboration with SMEs.”Mr. Park, the Korea regional director of STMicroelectronics, emphasized as such in

Last month, Samsung Electronics filed for the court the injunction preventing Kim, a former semiconductor executive, who had taken a new job at Innotron, the DRAM company in China. Such a move by Samsung Electronics was made after this paper’s report on October 31 (Samsung DRAM design major executiv

During the launch event of new products on November 27th, Guizhou Huaxintong announced the mass production launch of StarDragon 4800, the processor chipset for data center servers. Taking place in the China National Convention Center in Beijing, the event was attended by top officials of China and p

Chinese memory controller manufacturer Jiangsu Huacun developed China’s first eMMC controller in just one year since its establishment in Sep last year. Announcement was made during Independent Memory R&D Technology Exchange Summit 2018 held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on 21 Nov.Reported by IM2Make

When the news was reported that Jung Tae-sung, former vice president of Samsung Electronics, had moved to SK Hynix as a President early last year, the industry was shaken. Jung was the prime mover who brought Samsung Electronics’ NAND business of to the 'first class' by competing against Japan’s Tos

SK Group announced on the 25th that SK Innovation, SK Telecom, and SK Hynix will participate in ‘CES 2019’ that will be held in Las Vegas starting January 8. It is the first time for an affiliate of SK Group to participate in CES together. The booth will be set up at the North Hall where global car

Phil Optics is currently expanding the overall size of its battery business, in order to reduce the impact of the decline in investment for the display business, which used to be its cash cow.On the 23rd, Phil Optics set a goal of raising its battery equipment sales to more than 50% next year in ord

Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the device Solution (DS) division, which oversees the semiconductor business, is building R&D for Fan-Out & Wafer-Level Package (Fo-WLP) and pilot lines. It is said that their goal is to apply Fo-WLP technology from the next-generation Premium Exynos Applicatio

LUMENS is going to change the structure of its business that was once focused on display backlight unit (BLU). In the short term, it plans to increase sales in the automotive electronic device industry. In the mid to long-term, it will target the micro light emitting diode (LED) market. It may be di