South Korean supplier Dongwoon Anatech has provided the haptic driver IC for Hyundai Motor’s latest SUV model in the Genesis lineup, the GV80. Industry sources said on Jan. 15 that Dongwoon is now in talks with foreign carmakers for a similar deal.This marks the first time that Dongwoon Anatech has

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

US-based chemical firm DuPont will invest $28 million (KRW 32.4billion) on establishing EUV photoresist manufacturing lines in Korea, according to government sources.The Commerce Ministry said that on Jan. 8, DuPont submitted an investment report to Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency plans to a

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

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

SK hynix, the world’s No.2 memory chipmaker, on Dec. 5 said it has undergone its regular executive reshuffling that involved promoting Jin kyo-won, vice chief executive at the DRAM development division, to the new head for development and manufacturing.The firm’s vice chief for global business at SK

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

LG affiliate Silicon Works is upping the portion of China in its portfolio in a bid to survive amid hardcore restructuring at LG Display’s LCD business, according to industry sources on Oct. 6.Silicon Works’ primary cash cow so far has been selling display driver ICs (DDI) for large-sized LCD panels

The South Korean government and top semiconductor manufacturers in Korea agreed on Oct. 24 during a ceremony celebrating the 12th Semiconductor Day to create a 100 billion won fund for fostering fabless chip companies.Samsung Electronics’ CEO Jung Eun-seung, SK hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee and Korea Growt

SK hynix said on Oct. 24 that it would ‘significantly’ cut investment in facilities next year. Industry watchers say this appears to be an indication that the cold spell among suppliers will continue to next year.“Our capex investment will go down significantly next year from this year as we assume

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