Solus Advanced Materials said on Monday that it has received approval for its thin foils from memory chip giant SK Hynix.It will be the first case that a domestic copper foil company supplies such a product to SK Hynix.The thin foils, which are ultra-thin at 2 micrometers, are aimed at use in a modi

South Korean semiconductor materials firms are expected to see their supply decline for the remainder of the year as memory chip makers reduce their NAND production output.Some companies have reduced as much as over 50% of their material supply for NAND production compared to last year, sources said

Thermal compression (TC) bonders are in high demand from the launch of high bandwidth memory (Hbm) and 3D packaging by chipmakers.Accordingly, chipmakers are diversifying their suppliers. Samsung is procuring them from Toray, Shinkawa, and its own subsidiary Semes, sources said.Meanwhile, SK Hynix i

Samsung Electronics has given exclusive licensing rights of its 96 patents related to semiconductors to one of its IP subsidiaries, a move that could indicate that the tech giant may use patent lawsuits to protect its business interests in the sector.The company gave the rights over the 96 US patent

SK On said on Thursday that it has developed an oxide solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity.The South Korean battery maker, together with Dankook University Professor Hee Jung Park, coated a controllable additive on Li-La-Zr-O that improved the ion conductivity by 70% than before (1.7 mS/cmž)

EcoPro said on Wednesday that it will form a subsidiary EcoPro Cam Canada LP that will handle the building of a new battery cathode plant at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada.Approximately 1.2 trillion won has been earmarked for the project, with half of the amount to be delivered by EcoPro Cam Canada LP an

APS is reviewing a plan to develop a fine metal mask (FMM) based on a silicon substrate, TheElec has learned.FMM is used in the production of OLED panels. APS is currently developing an FMM made with laser patterning that it hopes will be used in the production of OLED on silicon (OLEDoS).However, d

SK Hynix said on Monday that it has given a sample of its HBM3E to a customer.High bandwidth memory connects DRAM vertically to increase their speed and is currently in high demand from AI applications.HBM3E is an expansion of HBM3 with a further increased speed of 1.15TB per second.The South Korean

Atomic force microscope (AFM) equipment maker Park Systems recorded 34.9 billion won in revenue and 10.1 billion won in operating profit in the second quarter.The earnings beat market consensus and is a growth of 139% and 7352%, respectively, from a year ago.The high growth is also noticeable as the

SK On said on Wednesday that it will spend 1.5 trillion won to build a third factory at its battery production facility in South Korea.The battery maker will build the new factory on 44,125 meter-square of land at the facility.It is SK On’s largest spending plan to date for its home country.The thir

South Korean 8-inch chip foundries, just like their Taiwanese counterparts TSMC and Vanguard International Semiconductor, have lowered their service prices this year from low demand from the IT sector, TheElec has learned.Their transition to 12-inch foundries has also impacted their drop in service

SK Telecom said on Sunday that it has invested US$100 million into US AI firm Anthropic.The US startup was founded in 2021 by researchers that left OpenAI. It has developed chatbot Claude and has Google and Salesforce as investors.SK Telecom is a strategic investor under their partnership and Anthro

Fab equipment maker DIT has begun supplying laser annealing equipment to chip giant SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.Annealing equipment is used to repair wafers that are damaged after ion injection.During the ion injection process, Group 3 or Group 5 dopants such as B, I or As are injected into the wa

SK Hynix has unveiled a 321-layer NAND flash at a conference in the US.The South Korean chip giant unveiled the 321-layer 1Tb triple-level cell NAND flash at Flash Summit 2023 in Santa Clara on Tuesday.SK Hynix is the first memory chip maker to unveil a NAND with over 300 layers.The company said its

Inkjet printing solution company Enjet was aiming to apply inkjet technology to battery and semiconductor production, CEO Doyoung Byun said.The company was also aiming to develop a multi-nozzle to challenge Japan’s dominance in inkjet head, he said in an interview TheElec.Enjet, which went public la

Competition in the advanced die bonder market is intensifying. Besi, ASMPT, and Hanmi Semiconductor have all announced expansion plans in the thermal compression (TC) bonder sector.TC bonders are used to bond individual chips on processed wafers. They started to become in high demand with the launch

Even in high bandwidth memory (HBM) hybrid bonding may be needed to pack in more layers within the confines of the package.This is according to SK Hynix Wafer Bonding Head Kang Ji-ho, who said during a local chip conference hosted by TheElec that HBM with 12-layer or higher can face problems in heig

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has recorded 2.9 trillion won in operating loss in the second quarter this year.This means that the South Korean chip giant recorded 6.3 trillion won in operating loss in total for the first half of the year, as the down cycle of the global chip market continues.Ho

Apple has asked its display panel suppliers Samsung Display and LG Display to develop zero-bezel OLED panels, TheElec has learned.While most premium smartphones in the market right now offer screens with very thin bezels, completely removing them is no easy task.The bezel area of the screen houses c

Fab equipment maker Wonik IPS was using multiple securities firms to purchase the shares of competitor APTC, TheElec has learned.Wonik IPS started buying listed shares of APTC in May and the move is ongoing, sources said.It is unknown how many shares Wonik IPS purchased in total for the past two mon