Dongjin Semichem has begun supplying chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry to SK Hynix for the latter’s high bandwidth memory (HBM) production, TheElec has learned.The deal breaks Soulbrain’s monopoly over the material for use in HBM production in South Korea.HBM production by Samsung and SK Hy

Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson warned of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) to the environment at his keynote speech during Semicon Korea on Friday.Dickerson said if AI data centers are built with the current technology, data centers will be consuming 15% of global power by 2025.This c

The combined sales of the top five semiconductor foundries in the world will increase 10% in 2021 from a year prior, VLSIresearch president Risto Puhakka said on Thursday.TSMC, Samsung Foundry, SMIC, GlobalFounderies and UMC combined will record US$80 billion in sales this year, the president said a

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it plans to install more water scrubbers in the cooling systems at its chip factories.Water scrubbers are used to block gas and chemicals formed during chip production from being released to the atmosphere. Catalysts and water are used during this process. SK Hynix sai

3D NAND flash scaling require technology that can reduce the stress on thin films, a Lam Research executive said on Thursday.Production of high performance was leading to more bow on wafers, Lam Research marketing manager Alice Hollister said at Semicon Korea. Technology that can control stress to a

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it plans to expand the application of magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM).MRAM stores data in magnetic domains, unlike most RAMs that store them in electric charge or current flows.The company improved the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) function of its MRAM to make

SK Hynix will apply peri under cell (PUC) technology to its next-generation phase-change RAM (PRAM), the company said on Wednesday.PRAM combines the advantages of DRAM and NAND flash. Intel retained its Optane business, which is based on PRAM technology, when it sold its NAND unit to SK Hynix. PRAM

"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

"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

“The sales revenue of the memory industry will grow again from 2021”Dr. Walden C. Rhines, Mentor, and the Honorary President of Siemens Business (Previously the CEO of Mentor Graphics) made a keynote speech ‘Domain Specific Processors will change the prospect of memory semiconductors’ in the opening

Jim Feldhan, the CEO of market researching company Semico Research, started his presentation at a press conference on the opening day of Semicon Korea 2019 by explaining about the concept of ‘10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 1-Year Treasury Constant Maturity (T10Y1Y)’Feldhan explained the ‘T

German optical/optical electronics manufacturer Zeiss is introducing their 3D X-ray imaging solution for semiconductor package failure analysis at Semicon Korea 2019.3D X-ray is used for failure analysis of various semiconductor packages such as PoP, PLP, Fo-WLP, and etc. It allows you to see if the

Swagelok, a company that provides fluid management (fittings, valves, hoses) solutions for semiconductor production lines, has decided to manage the Korean market directly. In the meantime, the company has expanded its business through domestic agencies, but, as it acquired the agency assets recentl

KSM Group participated in Semicon Korea 2019 to exhibit innovative semiconductor equipment parts and components. Among the affiliates, KSM exhibited Metal Bellows, KSM Component exhibited heater parts, and Korea Seal Master exhibited Mechanical Seal.The metal bellows, which is the main source of sal

BISTel, a semiconductor engineering automation software (SW) company, is expanding its business to the general industry group smart factory field. Through this, the company plans to continue to grow its sales. In addition to the high-tech industries such as semiconductors and displays, in which the

EV Group (EVG) announced that, at Semicon Korea 2019, it will introduce 'BONDSCALE', a new type of bonding equipment. Headquartered in Austria, EVG specializes in semiconductor wafer bonding and lithography equipment.The device can be used in advanced chip manufacturing processes such as M3D (Monoli

3S Korea will prepare an exhibition area at Semicon Korea 2019 and showcase various semiconductor wafer carrier products.The wafer carrier product family refers to the transfer box used to transport silicon wafers, which are the main materials used for semiconductors. Silicon wafers require a great

LINTEC KOREA intends to announce the VU-900 series Vaporizer products in Semicon Korea 2019, the flagship product.The abbreviation "rizer" means "vaporizer". It is used for direct vaporization of the liquid precursor to gas in a semiconductor diffusion process and supplies the vacuum chamber of chem