Telechips will be deploying the In Cabin Monitoring System (ICMS) solution for US-based FPGA company Xilinx, marking the first time for the two firms to work together.Telechips said on Jan. 9 that the vehicle safety solution – also known as the Driver Monitoring System (DMS) would be applied to the

Global DRAM contract prices remained unchanged for two consecutive months, and figures indicate that despite being a seasonally low period, memory chip prices will stabilize in the first quarter of 2020 as OEM firms are stacking up on inventory.According to market research firm DRAMeXchange in Decem

Dispute is rising over who or what is to blame for the power outage at Samsung Electronics’ Hwaseong fab facilities that occurred on Dec. 31.Responding to calls for it to compensate Samsung, the country’s power provider Kepco is saying it cannot be held responsible. Samsung, in the meantime, has yet

South Korean display solution firm AnaPass is expected to provide more of its products for Samsung’s small and mid-sized OLED panels, according to industry sources on Jan 2.Samsung Display has already watched AnaPass pass the test with Sony’s Experia 1 and Meizu’s Meizu 15 Plus over the past two yea

In 2020, semiconductor manufacturers are expected to produce more wafers on improving market conditions, according to a report by IC Insights on Dec. 20.In its Global Wafer Capacity 2020-2024 report, the company said the IC industry’s wafer production capacity will jump next year to grow by a record

The price of graphic DRAM is expected to rise in 2020 on the back of growing demand for major-scale GDDR6 products, according to market research firm TrendForce.The firm expected graphic DRAM prices to jump by 5% or more on-quarter during the first three months of 2020. This would be the largest gro

Analog Devices has sued its partner Xilinx for patent infringement of wireless communication products. If the court accepts Analog’s claims, Xilinx is likely to suffer a big hit to its 5G business, according to industry sources.On Dec. 5, US time, Analog filed the lawsuit at a court in Delaware in t

South Korean testing equipment firm Intek Plus is looking to supply new package testing equipment including Large Form Factors (LFF) to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, according to Intek Plus CEO Lee Sang-hoon on Dec. 6.“We are currently undergoing trials with the two firms, and SK hynix gave a gr

Samsung Electronics will be launching a wide array of products using 128-layer single-stack Gen-6 3D V-NAND technology, according to Japan-based IT media Watch Impress this week.It quoted Han Jin-man, Samsung Electronics’ memory business executive who spoke at the Samsung SSD Forum 2019 Tokyo in Tok

RISC-V Foundation, a US-based non-profit foundation overseeing chipmaking technology developed with Pentagon support plans to relocate to Switzerland on concerns about repercussions from the ongoing trade war between the US and China that could result in trade sanctions.“From around the world, we’ve

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to churn out LPDDR5, GDDR6 DRAM and SSDs for automobiles beginning next year, with GDDR6 to be supplied to Nvidia, and the SSDs to Google. Samsung said it would also be producing High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips for autos in the near future.The products, refl

South Korean manufacturer TechWing has received its first orders to supply semiconductor Burn-in testing chambers from one of its clients, according to industry sources on Nov. 8.The orders come after receiving separate orders for sorters, which the firm plans to finish supplying up until the first

Hanatec, one of Samsung Electronics’ design houses for its foundry business, will be merging with domestic rival Silicon Harmony, with the move taking effect as of Nov. 1 this year.Hanatec’s workforce is composed of 55 employees, while Silicon Harmony has 23. Both have annual sales of around 7 billi

Samsung Electronics’ foundry division appears to be preparing to produce RISC-V-based core chips in a joint effort with SemiFive, marking the first time for the department to apply a non-ARM core IP to its procedures.On Oct. 11, SemiFive head Cho Myung-hyun said that the firm is developing chip desi

South Korean tech equipment firm Wonik IPS spent 51.3 billion won on R&D in the first half of this year. This was more than the 40.6 billion won of operating profit it raised during the same period.The R&D expenditure accounted for 15.5% of the company’s sales, which was higher than the average 14%

MecaTech Systems, a Korean manufacturer of test sockets for smartphone modules, will be supplying test sockets for Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone’s folded camera, according to industry sources this week.The sockets are used to make last-minute module checks ahead of the shipment. Folded cameras in

Global DRAM prices stayed nearly unchanged in September on the anticipation that there could be disruptions to production due to Japan’s recent restrictions on tech materials to South Korea.However, experts say this could be the result of arbitrary measures taken by distributors to control the price

US-based chip equipment-maker Lam Research recently celebrated its 30th year in Korea. Marking the anniversary, the firm decided to further expand its presence here by investing $50 million to build Korea Technology Center, an R&D facility.“As we enter our 30th year in Korea, we plan on localizing m

“As more and more fabless companies are looking to design SoC by using RISC-V core, we believe our mission is to help these firms create a healthy chip designing eco-system,” said Cho Myung-hyun, founder and CEO of SemiFive.SemiFive is an affiliate of US-based semiconductor startup SiFive. The found

Deeper-I, a deep-learning company founded by a CEO from Samsung Techwin, now Hanwha Techwin, is looking for a bigger piece of the AI vision recognition market based NPU technology.“Deeper-I has developed the original technology for AI edge computing, and we have no rivals here in Korea, outside of c