The tide seems to be turning for NAND Flash, but recovery is still not on the cards for the DRAM industry, according to Samsung Electronics.“As of the end of the second quarter, the DRAM inventory is where it was a quarter ago, but we do believe things will get better,” said Jeon Se-won, vice presid

Samsung Electronics is hot on the heels of China’s Xiaomi in the Indian smartphone market, prompting forecasts that the world’s largest smartphone maker will regain the No.1 spot.In the second quarter, Samsung closed the gap with Xiaomi to 2.4 percentage points from 5.6 percentage points during the

South Korea’s SK Innovation will be investing 16% more in terms of capital expenditure (CAPEX) than planned by spending up to 3.5 trillion won ($2.9 billion), the company said on July 26 in a conference call announcing its second quarter earnings.In the first quarter, the company had put the expense

Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ second quarter operating profit fell far short of the market consensus due to overflowing Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) inventory and less-than-stellar macroeconomic conditions.On July 24, the Samsung affiliate said its second quarter revenues reached 1.95 trillion w

South Korea's LG Chem expects to break even in its electric car battery business despite posting a deficit on two consecutive quarters. It also anticipates its annual sales to reach 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion).LG Chem said on July 24 that its EV battery business in the second quarter hit an accumu

Samsung Electronics said on July 18 that at the end of this month, it will begin mass producing its 12Gb Low Power Double Data Rate 5 (LPDDR5) mobile DRAM running on record-high speed and offering the largest capacity ever.The DRAM package will be loaded with a total of eight second-generation 10nm(

Samsung Electronics has officially requested its suppliers for SET products such as home appliances and smartphones to secure an inventory of Japanese materials and components, according to industry sources on July 18.The costs will be all shouldered by Samsung, said the formal letter recently sent

LG Chem Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol said on July 9 that the company is prepping for possible sanctions from Japan.Addressing a press conference held at LG headquarters in Yeouido, Shin also said the company expects its battery business to grow by more than three-fold to 31 trillion won.In total, th

South Korean fabless chipmaker Dongwoon Anatech successfully took a 40% stake in its China-based joint venture Shenzhen Challwoon Semiconducor for 3.7 billion won ($3.1 million), industry sources said last week.Dongwoon Anatech had signed a 3.2 million dollar asset-transfer deal with the JV in Janua

Samsung Electronics’ second quarter operating profit stood at a slightly better-than-expected 6.5 trillion won ($5.5 billion) on a temporary surge in profit from Apple, data showed on July 5.Quarterly revenues stood at an estimated 56 trillion won, down 4.2% from the same period last year. Operating

Semiconductor said on June 4 that it has sued European LED distributor Leuchtstark Vertriebs GmbH in a court in Dusseldorf of Germany for patent infringement.According to the South Korean chip maker, Leuchtstark Vertriebs infringed upon two patents concerning its MEGAMAN product. Semiconductor is al

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong confirmed on June 1 that Samsung remains committed to the trillions won worth of investment it previously announced.“What drove Samsung’s relentless innovation over the past half century was our commitment to invest in the future even during the toughes

Samsung executives were embarrassed by the protests of minority shareholders at the General Shareholders' Meeting.Samsung Electronics held its 50th General Shareholders' Meeting at the Multipurpose Hall on the 5th floor of its Seocho Building, Seoul, at 9:00 am on the 20th. On the day, more than 1,0

China CATL, the world's largest battery maker, is accelerating the establishment of a joint venture with a domestic automaker. It will be a strategy to strengthen its dominance of the Chinese market and to provide a foothold for cooperation with global automakers.According to the industry on June 6t

The Supreme Court ruled that the Fair Trade Commission should cancel some of the 273.2 billion won penalty imposed on Qualcomm for discriminatory royalties and conditional rebates in 2009.On 11th, the Supreme Court 1st Department (Main Judge Gi-Taek Lee Supreme Court Judge) decided that the Fair Tra

"Apart from the cloud infrastructure, we expect to see the era of 'On-Device AI', which will enable AI calculations on smart phones and autonomous vehicles. When this age arrives, the AI ​​age will be truly realized."Shim Eun-Su, Director of the AI ​​& SW Research Center of Samsung Electronics Advan

Semiconductor production is a continuation of the process of taking (photolithographing), shaving (etching), washing (cleaning), and covering the material (deposition). Among them, etching is a step of cutting out a thin film put on a circuit pattern drawn by exposure or vapor deposition. As the cir

"Foundry investment in China is becoming a threat, and the pace of the threat to Korea will be accelerated."Chinese and overseas major foundry companies are rapidly expanding production facilities in China. As demand for semiconductors in China rises, foundries are increasing their 12-inch wafer pro

The United States is focusing on R&D of high-efficiency power semiconductors. The goal is to enhance the competitiveness of domestic manufacturing industries and improve energy efficiency by developing power semiconductors that will complement the disadvantages of existing silicon (Si) wafer-based s

"AI will evolve faster through heterogeneous systems, approximate computing, analog in-memory computing, and quantum computing." Myung-Hee Na, Distinguished Engineer of IBM Research, said as a keynote speaker at Semicon Korea 2019 held at COEX, Seoul on the 23rd.Engineer Na who presented on the them