SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has succeeded in using neon gas from local suppliers for 40% of its chip production.The chip giant said it was aiming to use wholly sources from South Korea for neon gas in 2024.SK Hynix had up to recently wholly relied on import for neon gas, which is used during

Production equipment maker AP Systems is aiming to manufacture more fab equipment next year to reach 100 billion won in revenue from the business.The company, which had specialized more in display equipment in the past, is aiming to have the fab equipment business account for 20% of its total revenu

Samsung has been conducting prolonged tests on coolants from Chinese companies as it attempts to diversify its supply chain for the ingredient used in wafer fabrication.The South Korean tech giant has not finalized whether it would accept the coolants as it was unsatisfied with their quality, source

S&S Tech is planning to install key equipment that will allow it to manufacture extreme ultraviolet (EUV) blank masks, TheElec has learned.The mask maker is planning to install ion beam deposition (IBD) machines from US company Veeco Instruments.The installation of such equipment means S&S Tech has

Samsung has supplied its DDR5 DRAM with a high-k metal gate process applied to a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer G.Skill, according to analyst firm Techinsights.The chip was being used in the G.Skill Trident Z5 series memory package, the firm said.Techinsights said it expects high-k metal g

SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it will begin building a new fab with 15 trillion won in South Korea in October.M15X will be added to its existing facility in Cheongju, right next to fab M15.The new fab will have a multi-story structure, which means based on the surface area it will be larger than SK

LSI, previously the fab equipment business of Mujin Electronics, is expected to supply 30 units of wafer cleaners to SK Hynix this year, TheElec has learned.The company is in talks with the South Korean memory to supply over 60 units in 2023, sources said.LSI was formed by chip and display material

Fab equipment maker Jusung Engineering has hired a well-known executive who previously worked at SK Hynix as its head of sales.Lee Sang-sun, who was previously vice president at SK Hynix, has been named vice chairman of sales of the fab equipment maker.Lee, 61, held key positions in the South Korean

German material giant Merck will acquire South Korean semiconductor component and material firm Mecaro’s precursor business for 110 million euros, the pair announced on Wednesday.Merck’s South Korean subsidiary Versum Materials Korea will acquire the entire stake of Mecaro’s precursor business when

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has developed a 238-layer NAND flash chip.The sample of the chip will be provided to its customer while mass production is expected to start next year.It has six more layers than the chip unveiled by Micron late last month.SK Hynix’s 238-layer NAND flash comes in 5

South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Key Foundry.It has named SK Hynix System IC CEO Lee Dong-jae as the new CEO of Key Foundry.Previous Key Foundry CEO Lee Tae-jong will be leaving the company.SK Hynix had signed a deal to buy the entire st

SK Hynix hit record revenue and a high profit margin rate in the second quarter from the high demand for memory chips.The company said on Wednesday that it recorded 13.8 trillion won in revenue and 4.19 trillion won in operating profit during the quarter, an increase of 33.8% and 55.6% from a year a

Ion implant equipment maker Axcelis Technologies is expected complete its first foreign factory in South Korea in the second half of the year, the company said.The new factory will allow it to respond quickly to customers such as Samsung, SK Hynix and ON Semiconductor as well as overall demand in As

SK Hynix has named its global sales and marketing president Jongwon Noh to jointly hold the new position of chief synergy officer of Solidigm, TheElec has learned.Its task force, which was created during the process of the acquisition of Intel’s NAND business unit had also become a permanent team ca

SK Hynix is diversifying its supply chain for tetrahydrofuran (THF), a material used in the capacitor process in DRAM production, TheElec has learned.The South Korean chip giant had asked its key electronic material suppliers whether they want to become a supplier of the material, sources said.SK Tr

Samsung and SK Hynix are diversifying there supply chain for coolants used in semiconductor production following 3M’s shutdown of its related factory in Belgium.Coolants are used in the etching process during wafer fabrication. They are spread through chillers to control the temperature during the p

Fab equipment maker FST had formed a subsidiary in the US in Delaware dedicated to after-sales services, TheElec has learned. The company is also planning to form another at Taylor, Texas in preparation for Samsung’s new fab that will be built in the city.FST specializes in chillers used in wafer fa

APACT said on Friday that it will acquire ATsemicon’s packaging business unit.The unit does semiconductor packaging and testing and APACT will take over the packaging part.ATsemicon’s customers include SK Hynix and other fabless chip firms.APACT recently built a second factory for packaging and is e

Fab equipment maker SEMCNS is aiming to win approval from Samsung for its ceramic space transformer (STF) used in CMOS image sensor (CIS) probe cards during testing.The company is quality testing the equipment to secure the approval by the first half of the year, sources said.Probe cards are used to

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it recorded 12.15 trillion won in revenue and 2.85 trillion won in operating profit during the first quarter.Revenue jumped by 43% from a year ago, while operating profit increased 116% over the same time period.It is SK Hynix’s best performance for the first quarter